CAFO Planning
Several of the Certified Crop Advisors on staff are certified by New York State to write Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans. The CNMP is necessary to meet a farm’s CAFO Permit requirements and NRCS requirements. Cropland nutrient management and field conservation planning is developed through the use of New York State nitrogen and phosphorous indexes. Farmstead assessment and design is planned to withstand a 25 year 24 hour storm event.
The professional staff work with each farm individually and maintain strict confidentiality in regards to all information obtained.
Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans
Several of the Certified Crop Advisors on staff are certified by New York State to write Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans. The CNMP is necessary to meet a farms CAFO Permit requirements and NRCS requirements. Cropland nutrient management and field conservation planning is developed through the use of New York State nitrogen and phosphorous indexes. Farmstead assessment and design is planned to withstand a 25 year 24 hour storm event.
The professional staff work with each farm individually and maintain strict confidentiality in regards to all information obtained.
Consulting
A full range of consulting services are provided for our members. Each recommendation is site-specific and tailored to fit the individual client. These services include herbicide and fertility recommendations, variety selection, and rotation management, and take into consideration the farm’s overall operation. The consultants are also available to answer any and all questions growers may have, and to address concerns as they arise
Fertility recommendations are based on soil sample results and are designed to provide the members with the most cost-effective means to maximize yields on each individual field. They utilize chemical fertilizers only as a supplement to the soils own resources, crop rotations, and manure management practices.
Herbicide recommendations are produced with four major areas of consideration: control, cost, crop safety, and the timeliness of application.
Crop Scouting
Scouting services are provided during the growing season, with regular, timely visits to monitor enrolled field acreage. Pest pressure is evaluated and weeds are identified and rated based on quantity. A timely follow-up recommendation accompanies each visit to the field that identifies a problem. Growers may enroll any number of acres in the scouting programs.
Other Services
-The C.M.A. staff conducts research on beneficial topics, including forage digestibility and yields. The research is pertinent to our members and applicable to local conditions.
-Through the use of portable axle scales, our technicians can also weigh your wagons or trucks so that an accurate measurement of production by field can be obtained.
-Farm maps are created through a Global Information System and can be integrated with our in field Global Positioning System to produce a variety of precision applications to field crop management.
-As a member, you will receive timely newsletters, summarizing our finds during the season and providing pertinent information relative to field crop management. These publication keep members in touch with the most progressive information available.
Soil Sampling
Technicians and scouts employed by the C.M.A. are trained to take soil samples with a focus on accurate results. They seek out unusual areas, grid sample to reflect soil type changes, and submit a representative specimen to the soil test laboratory for complete soil profile analysis so exact fertilizer needs can be ascertained.
A popular program offered by the C.M.A., grid pH testing, offers more detailed analysis. Each 1.25 acre area is tested with a hand held kit to measure pH. Through this method, poorer areas of the field can be pinpointed and subsequently corrected. Our GPS technology can be used for field pH mapping and variable rate field application of liming materials for accurate results. The C.M.A. also provides pre-side-dressing nitrogen tests (PSNT’s). These samples are collected on a timely basis and processed in the C.M.A. office so that immediate, accurate recommendations can be made for side-dressing nitrogen to each individual corn field.
