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Current Project: Northern New York Nutrient Management Research

Projects sponsored in part by the Northern New York Agriculture Development Program

The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) selects and prioritizes research the results of which can be practically applied to farms in the six-county region of Northern New York: Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clinton, and Essex counties.

A farmer panel oversees program direction. The farmer members represent the diverse aspects of Northern NY agriculture, including dairying, and crop, beef, vegetable and organic grain production. The Program's Co-Chairs are Jon Greenwood of Greenwood Dairy in Canton and dairyman Joe Giroux of Plattsburgh. R. David Smith of Cornell University provides program coordination.

The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program is supported by the New York State Senate, and through the long-term sponsorship of Senator James W. Wright, and by Senator Elizabeth O'C. Little, and Assemblyman Darrel Aubertine. The Program also receives support - funds, time, land, expertise, etc. - from Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell's Agricultural Experiment Station, W. H. Miner Institute, the E. V. Baker Research Farm in Willsboro, the Cooperative Extension Learning Farm in Canton, the six Northern New York Cornell Cooperative Extension associations, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, cooperating farmers, and others.

To learn more about Northern New York Agricultural Development Program phosphorus research projects, conducted in cooperation with Cornell's Nutrient Management Spear Program, please click on the links provided on this page.

To learn more about the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program as a whole, contact Program Co-Chairs Jon Greenwood, 315-386-3231, or Joe Giroux, 518-563-7523, or R. David Smith, 607-255-7286.

Current projects sponsored in part by the NNYADP include:

• Can manure replace the need for starter N fertilizer? (starting spring 2010).
• Sulfur for alfalfa (ending winter 2010).
• Enhanced efficiency nitrogen sources (ending winter 2010).
• Whole farm Illinois Soil Nitrogen Test (ISNT) and Corn Stalk Nitrate Test (CSNT) assessment for six northern New York dairy farms (ending winter 2010).
• Manure application methods. (ending winter 2010).

Completed projects sponsored in part by the NNYADP include:

• Precise management of corn; how much N do we need and how would we know?
• Whole farm nutrient balance project.
• New York starter phosphorus project.
• Developing agronomic guidelines for brown midrib sorghum sudangrass.
• New York phosphorus index calibration.

Download Northern New York Agricultural Development Program phosphorus factsheets:

• NNYADP 1: Why is phosphorus an issue for New York farms?
• NNYADP 2: Trends in soil phosphorus status.
• NNYADP 3: Developing a phosphorus index for Northern New York soils.
• NNYADP 4: Limiting phosphorus use for corn growing in Northern New York.
• NNYADP 5: The impact of starter P on corn silage quality.
• NNYADP 6: Phosphorus runoff: calibrating the P index for Northern New York.

Note: fact sheets are written by Kara Lynn Dunn, NNYADP Publicist (315-465-7578).

Download Northern New York county soil test summaries

2002-2006
• St. Lawrence Soil Sample Survey 2002-2006. CSS Extension Bulletin E07-2. 35 pages.
• Jefferson Soil Sample Survey 2002-2006. CSS Extension Bulletin E07-5. 36 pages.
• Lewis Soil Sample Survey 2002-2006. CSS Extension Bulletin E07-1. 34 pages.
• Essex Soil Sample Survey 2002-2006. CSS Extension Bulletin E07-6. 34 pages.
• Clinton Soil Sample Survey 2002-2006. CSS Extension Bulletin E07-4. 33 pages.
• Franklin Soil Sample Survey 2002-2006. CSS Extension Bulletin E07-3. 32 pages.
  

1995-2001
• St. Lawrence Soil Sample Survey 1995-2001. CSS Extension Bulletin E03-3. 37 pages.
• Jefferson Soil Sample Survey 1995-2001. CSS Extension Bulletin E03-4. 37 pages.
• Lewis Soil Sample Survey 1995-2001. CSS Extension Bulletin E03-5. 36 pages.
• Essex Soil Sample Survey 1995-2001. CSS Extension Bulletin E03-8. 36 pages.
• Clinton Soil Sample Survey 1995-2001. CSS Extension Bulletin E03-9. 37 pages.
• Franklin Soil Sample Survey 1995-2001. CSS Extension Bulletin E03-11. 37 pages.
  
  

For Further Information:

Information on this project can be obtained from Quirine Ketterings (qmk2@cornell.edu or 607-255-3061). You can also write to: Quirine Ketterings, Cornell Nutrient Management Spear Program, Department of Animal Science, Cornell University, 323 Morrison Hall, Ithaca NY 14853.