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2010 WNYCMA Annual Meeting
Posted Feb 25, 10 in WNYCMA News
The WNYCMA annual meeting was held yesterday at our Warsaw Office.
We had four excellent speakers:
John Woodring The program coordinator for the NYS Agricultural Mediation Program http://www.nysamp.com/ gave a presentation entitled “Good Fences, Good Neighbors, Good Business”. The presentation focused on how mediation can be an inexpensive and effective way of handling farm disputes.
Bianca Moebius-Clune The Coordinator for the Cornell Soil Health Team http://css.cals.cornell.edu/adapt-n.cfm gave a presentation entitled “Adaptive Nitrogen Management for Corn Production”. Her presentation focused on tools that the soil health team is working on to help tailor Nitrogen recommendations to different locations and weather conditions throughout the Northeast.
Joan Sinclair Petzen The Cooperative Extension Acting Director gave a presentation entitled “Ready to Get Off the Roller Coaster? “Tools” for Managing Price Risk”.Her presentation covered the wide array of tools available to producers to help reduce price volatility.
Tom Kilcer of Advanced Ag Systems gave a presentation entitled “Managing the Whole Farm Feeding System with High Commodity Prices”. This presentation covered topics ranging from corn grain composition and its’ effect on digestibility to the use of small grains as forage crops.
New WNYCMA Board Members
Elections for the WNYCMA Board were held at the meeting.
Congratulations to our new board members Betty Nichols, Ben Atwater, and Tim Wittmeyer.
Congratulations to our new officers President Eric Dziedzic, Vice President Donn Branton, and Secretary/Treasurer Mike Dueppengiesser.
