Onboarding Seasonal Farm Employees - Get Organized for 2021!

• Do you bring groups of seasonal employees onto your farm?  Are you already up to your eyeballs when they arrive?
• Every year do you say that NEXT year you will be more organized when they arrive?
• Do you find it challenging to keep up with all of the regulatory and paperwork requirements for bringing on a new employee?

Then Onboarding Seasonal Farm Employees is for YOU!

CCE Eastern NY Commercial Hort Team, CCE Lake Ontario Fruit Program and the CCE Ag Workforce Development Program, have a planning guide and training programs to help you prepare your farm for next year's seasonal employees.  Our motto is: Safe, Productive and Engaged from Day 1!

Onboarding Seasonal Farm Employees - Get Organized for 2021!

• Do you bring groups of seasonal employees onto your farm?  Are you already up to your eyeballs when they arrive?
• Every year do you say that NEXT year you will be more organized when they arrive?
• Do you find it challenging to keep up with all of the regulatory and paperwork requirements for bringing on a new employee?

Then Onboarding Seasonal Farm Employees is for YOU!

CCE Eastern NY Commercial Hort Team, CCE Lake Ontario Fruit Program and the CCE Ag Workforce Development Program, have a planning guide and training programs to help you prepare your farm for next year's seasonal employees.  Our motto is: Safe, Productive and Engaged from Day 1!

Onboarding Seasonal Farm Employees - Get Organized for 2021!

• Do you bring groups of seasonal employees onto your farm?  Are you already up to your eyeballs when they arrive?
• Every year do you say that NEXT year you will be more organized when they arrive?
• Do you find it challenging to keep up with all of the regulatory and paperwork requirements for bringing on a new employee?

Then Onboarding Seasonal Farm Employees is for YOU!

CCE Eastern NY Commercial Hort Team, CCE Lake Ontario Fruit Program and the CCE Ag Workforce Development Program, have a planning guide and training programs to help you prepare your farm for next year's seasonal employees.  Our motto is: Safe, Productive and Engaged from Day 1!

Onboarding Seasonal Farm Employees - Get Organized for 2021!

• Do you bring groups of seasonal employees onto your farm?  Are you already up to your eyeballs when they arrive?
• Every year do you say that NEXT year you will be more organized when they arrive?
• Do you find it challenging to keep up with all of the regulatory and paperwork requirements for bringing on a new employee?

Then Onboarding Seasonal Farm Employees is for YOU!

CCE Eastern NY Commercial Hort Team, CCE Lake Ontario Fruit Program and the CCE Ag Workforce Development Program, have a planning guide and training programs to help you prepare your farm for next year's seasonal employees.  Our motto is: Safe, Productive and Engaged from Day 1!

CSFP's new season of online courses is almost halfway through, and now's the time to register for their upcoming block three courses which begin in the new year. Upcoming courses include their new offering on social media and online marketing, farm business courses, and production courses covering beekeeping, mushrooms, sheep and more.  Course start dates and times vary.

Agriculture Specialists Mike Stanyard and Janet van Zoeren will offer "Pre-Exam Coaching" in March to help sprayer operators prepare for the exam in Orleans County on April 2st. 

This training is only for those with experience and does not qualify for the 30-hour official DEC training - you are exempt from the 30 hour training (and eligible for this coaching session) if you have pesticide application experience, either through working on your own farm or through employment on another farm.

All participants will need to have the most recent Core Manual (3rd Edition) and Category Manuals.  Register by February 26 to ensure manuals are available for the training.

Cost of 4 day workshop: $35, additional costs 

Exam to be held on April 6 at 9am-1pm at Orleans County Cornell Cooperative Extension, $100 check payable to NYDEC to Exam, and you must register with DEC for the exam.

To register for this class complete the pdf registration form below, include payment and return via instructions included on form. 

To reserve a spot contact Kim Hazel at 585-798-4265 ext. 126 or krh5@cornell.edu.

Additional details about the exam https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/ev...

Agriculture Specialists Mike Stanyard and Janet van Zoeren will offer "Pre-Exam Coaching" in March to help sprayer operators prepare for the exam in Wayne County on April 1st. 

This training is only for those with experience and does not qualify for the 30-hour official DEC training - you are exempt from the 30 hour training (and eligible for this coaching session) if you have pesticide application experience, either through working on your own farm or through employment on another farm.

All participants will need to have the most recent Core Manual (3rd Edition) and Category Manuals.  Register by February 26 to ensure manuals are available for the training.

Cost of 4 day workshop: $35, additional costs 

To reserve a spot for the workshop contact Margaret Boone at 315-331-8415 ext.101 or email at: mab567@cornell.edu

Exam to be held on April 1st at 12pm till 4:30pm at Cornell Cooperative Extension Wayne County, $100 check payable to NYDEC to Exam, and you must register with DEC for the exam.

To register for this class complete the pdf registration form below and complete payment and return instructions on form.

Additional details about the exam https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/ev...

Our team of specialists from SCRUB (Sanitizing and Cleaning Resources for yoUr Business) is available to help you overcome a post harvest bottleneck, or improve your wash/pack. We are here to support a limited number of farms as they plan and implement projects to address one of six specific wash/pack topics.

The topic areas and workshop dates are listed below. Space is limited to 15 farms for each topic. All virtual workshops are held live on Wednesday evenings, 6-8:30 pm, and will also be edited and posted for future viewing. The events are FREE!

Farms that sign up for individual assistance with their projects will be asked to take part in a virtual-workshop with other growers working on the same topic, where challenges, plans and resources are discussed as a group. As a participant, you will:

• Complete a draft project improvement plan (a template will be provided to guide this process)
• Attend and actively participant in the workshop
• Implement the revised project improvement plan on your farm
• Document your results with photos and a brief description of what you did and share with workshop leads

Complete this form to register for a workshop from this series.

Design Your Succession Plan "Empowering families to get started on their succession plan."

Online Zoom Series Coming to NYS!

How will your family farm operate in the future when the owner retires or is gone? Are you currently working with another generation who may be questioning their role in the future of the farm or are you yourself questioning your current role?

More than 80% of farm families hope to pass the family farm on to the next generation, but research shows only 30% of family farms survive to the second generation, and only 12% survive to the third generation. A successful transition to the next generation takes careful planning.

 To help NYS farm families start their succession planning process, Cornell Cooperative Extension educators will be utilizing a new interactive program designed by North Dakota State University Extension: Design Your Succession Plan. This program provides tools and resources for producers who want to begin the succession planning process.

 Participants will have an opportunity to open the lines of communication with family to create a shared vision for the family business. They will also learn to choose and work with professionals such as attorneys, accountants, lenders, insurance agents and tax experts to construct a plan and documents that put the family's vision into action. Attendees will learn through scenario-based learning how to relate real-life experiences to the farm transition process. This webinar series will utilize a "flipped classroom" which requires that attendees complete pre-work prior to each session. This could include watching videos, visiting websites, or completing a handout/worksheet. This pre-work should not take more than 15-20 mins each week, but will enrich your experience during each of the weekly webinars.

 "The program will prepare you to envision, communicate, plan, write and shape the legacy of your family farm, as well as save hundreds of dollars by completing these crucial planning steps before visiting with professionals," said Bonnie Collins, Farm Management Educator, CCE Oneida.

 This six session Tuesday evening series is being offered via Zoom with an online learning platform for use in-between sessions. Session dates are: 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/30, 12/7 & 12/14. The cost is $100 per farm family and includes a workbook valued at $25. There are scholarships available for veterans. Please choose veteran as your farm category and there will be no charge for participating in this series. There will be follow-up to confirm your veteran status prior to the start of the series. There is also the ability to add additional workbooks at a cost of $25 at registration. Contact Laura Biasillo at lw257@cornell.edu or visit https://tinyurl.com/z5ujstpw for more information. The registration deadline is October 24^th to ensure on-time delivery of the workbook.

Our goal for these meetings is to get industry input on CCE-ENYCHP educational and research programming for the future. CCE ENYCHP specialists will provide a written summary of 2020-21 work, but our emphasis will be to discuss future programming

Ag Workforce Development Council is hosting Labor Roadshow V as a virtual event. A series of six two-hour webinars will be held online through Zoom at noon on November 22 and 23, and December 2, 3, 9 and 10. Cost is $55 per person to attend all six webinars and to receive links to the webinar recordings and roadshow materials.

Cornell Cooperative Extension Farm Business Management Educators are offering a series of short, farm financial education programs for farms that are facing financial stress or who are considering making a change to a different venture or exiting farming in response to the economics of their current operation.  

Each program runs from 12:30 to 1:45pm for $10 per person and includes a link to the recorded webinar if the participant cannot join the live program.