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CONTENTS

COVER -- Page 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Page 2

SMALL FARM PROGRAM UPDATE
Cornell Small Farms Program Update -- Page 3

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Dairy Farms Big and Small Benefit from Business Benchmarking, by Rebecca Schuelke -- Page 7

COMMUNITY AND WORLD
Mediation - Frank Talk, Fair Solutions, by NYSAMP -- Page 3
Worldwide Food Crisis?, by Gerard Monnat -- Page 11

COWS AND CROPS
Grass-Finishing Beef on BMRSS, by Tom Gallagher -- Page 19
Selecting The Right Cover Crop, by Thomas Björkman -- Page 17
Swallow-wort Threatens Northeast Ag, by Brian Aldrich and Larissa Smith -- Page 22 & Page 24
Dear Vicki Vetch, by Vicki Vetch -- Page 23

GRAZING
Focus On Managing Land, Not Owning It, by Jennifer Colby -- Page 17
Let Them Eat Weeds!, by Mike Dennis -- Page 4
Think About Stockpiling, by Mike Dennis -- Page 8

HORTICULTURE
So, You Want To Start A Vineyard and Winery?, by Jodi Creasap -- Page 15
The High Tunnel Question: To Heat or Not to Heat?, by Molly Shaw -- Page 8

LOCAL FOODS & MARKETING
Freezing and Vacuum Packaging for Local, Healthy Convenience Products, by Anna Dawson -- Page 5

NEW FARMERS
Consider Beekeeping, by Niechelle Wade -- Page 6
Farm Bureau: A Key Resource for Beginning Farmers, by M. Kelly Young -- Page 10

NON-DAIRY LIVESTOCK
Managing the Lambing Season, by Ulf Kintzell -- Page 16
Tackling the Livestock Processing Bottleneck, by Martha Goodsell -- Page 9
The Many Faces of Equine Farming, by Fiona Farrel -- Page 18

RESOURCE SPOTLIGHTS
Becoming An Outdoors-Woman -- Page 12
Center for Absentee Landowners -- Page 17
New Beginning Farmer Resource Center Website -- Page 10
Some Helpful Agencies -- Page 6
Viticulture and Enology Resources -- Page 15

SMALL FARM SPOTLIGHTS
Life on Springside Farm, by Renee Drexler -- Page 9
The Kilpatrick Family Farm, by Martha Herbert Izzi -- Page 13 & Page 14

STEWARDSHIP & NATURE
Agricultural Environmental Management -- Praising Grazing!, by Barbara Silvestri -- Page 23

WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
Becoming an Outdoors-Woman, by Kelly Stang -- Page 12

YOUTH PAGES
Spending Time with a Friend, by Jessica Brown -- Page 20
Geospacial Adventures, by Elliott Padnode -- Page 20
We’re Horse N Around, by Horse N Around 4-H Club -- Page 21
The Unstung Hero, by Chris Voss -- Page 21
Fundraising Helps a Friend, by Heather Dunton and Anna Cole -- Page 21