What's New:
Equine Business Mgt Series Session 1: Hiring and Retention of Employees and Farm Business Record Keeping. Tuesday, Mar. 9, 2010, 12:00 – 4:00 pm at Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County, Middletown. NY.
Equine Business Mgt Series Session 2: Customer Service and Making Sense of Marketing. Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010, 12:00 – 4:00 pm at Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County, Middletown. NY.
Equine Business Mgt Series Session 3: Growing Your Horse Business and Business Plan Basics. Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 9:30 – 3:30 pm at Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County, Middletown. NY.
Tax Update for Agriculture 2010 What’s New in Federal Legislation. Some of the highlights and benefits to small businesses, farmers, and individuals are provided in this newsletter.
Cornell Guidelines for Pest Management (Cornell "Recommends") -- now online and searchable!
Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County Ag Enrollment Take full advantage of our research-based information!
Link to New York State Horse Council: www.nyshc.org
With a well earned historical place in America’s history of agriculture, the role of equine operations in the Orange and Ulster County counties has taken on a new look. While the equine population of over 14,000 head is diversified, and the deep rooted Standardbred industry driving on, the pleasure horse numbers have greatly increased, lending to the accelerated growth of boarding and training facilities to meet their demand. Breeding operations account for 10% of the equine farms within the borders of the two counties. Equine facilities offering either instruction for enthusiasts or animal training tally 26% of our equibusiness. Boarding barns are recorded at 29% of the services offered to horseman throughout the area. Pleasure and sport horses account for roughly 70% equine use, while non-commercial ownership of equine accounts for half the animals accounted for in Orange and Ulster Counties.
Audrey Reith, Resource Educator, Equine & Livestock ald5@cornell.edu
- Animal Husbandry (not 4-H) nutrition, health, general care Pasture Management relating to livestock production
- Farm Business Management relating to equine and livestock industries
- Soil Samples for livestock farms
- Alternative Agriculture relating to livestock
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Updated: January 27, 2010