Research Report Archives

This annual reports section was updated in February 2005 with research reports for the past year’s projects. Please scroll down through the major headings to find documents listed under various topic areas.

ALFALFA SNOUT BEETLE

2004 Alfalfa Snout Beetle Larval Mass Rearing Techniques

2004 Biological Control of Alfalfa Snout Beetle: A small-scale field trial

2004 Biological Control of Alfalfa Snout Beetle Using Insecticidal Fungi

2004 Breeding Alfalfa Snout Beetle Resistant/Tolerant Alfalfa Varieties

AGRICULTURE-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Rural and Ag Economic Development Specialist for Franklin County
NNY Profiles of Successful Small Farm Dairy Strategies

AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Aminosugar Nitrogen Soil Test for Economic and Environmentally-Sound  Nitrogen Management of Corn in NNY
(Note: large file loads slowly)

Best Management Practices for the Use of Dairy Manure; Towards Calibration of the Phosphorus Runoff Index in Northern NY

Economic and Environmental Impacts of Corn Silage Maturity Management (Note: large file loads slowly)

Nutrient Accounting for NNY Dairy Farms Basis for Environmentally Sound Nutrient Management

The Effect of CuSO4 from Dairy Manure on the Growth, and Composition of Cool Season Forage Grasses and Corn
 

CROP PRODUCTION

Alfalfa
2004 Grass-Alfalfa Spring Quality Prediction

2000 Northern New York Alfalfa Variety Trials

BMR Sorghum Sudangrass
Nitrogen Management for Brown Midrib Sorghum Sudangrass: results of six NY field studies in 2004 (What’s Cropping Up)

2004  BMR Sorghum Sudangrass vs. Late Planted Corn

Clover
1999 Northern New York Red Clover Variety Trials

Corn
Aminosugar Nitrogen Soil Test for Economic and Environmentally-Sound  Nitrogen Management of Corn in NNY
(Note: large file loads slowly)

2004  BMR Sorghum Sudangrass vs. Late Planted Corn

Brown Midrib Sorghum Sudangrass: An Economic and Environmentally-Sound Alternative to Corn in NNY?

1999 Northern New York Corn Variety Trials

Corn for grain
2004 Hybrid Grain Corn Tests In Northern New York

2004 Corn Grain Hybrid Testing Program

2000 Hybrid Grain Corn Tests in Northern New York

Corn for silage
Economic and Environmental Impacts of Corn Silage Maturity Management (Note: large file loads slowly)

2004 Corn Silage Tests In Northern New York

2000 New York Corn Silage Hybrid Tests

Grasses
2004 Tall Fescue Variety Trials

2004 Grass-Alfalfa Spring Quality Prediction

1999 Orchardgrass & Timothy Variety Trial - Canton

Small Grains

2004 Organic Field Crop Production in NNY: Spring & Winter Wheat

2004 Small Grains Variety Trials: Spring & Winter Wheat

2004 Small Grain Variety Trial for Northern New York

2000 Small Grain Variety Trial for Northern New York

1999 Small Grain Variety Trial for Northern New York

1999 Small Grain-Pea Mixtures for Forage

Soybeans
2004 Organic Food-Grade Soybean Production Systems for Northern New York (Note Large File - Loads Slowly)

2004 Forage Soybean Breeding Nursery and Advanced Line Evaluations (Note Large File - Loads Slowly)

2000 Northern New York Soybean Yield Trials

1999 Northern New York Soybean Yield Trials

Vegetables
2004 Expansion of Vegetable Production in Northern NY

Grass-Based Agriculture

2004 Tall Fescue Variety Trials

2004 Holstein Beef for Grass-Finished Market

2004 Manure Management on Grasses

Organic Production

2004 Organic Field Crop Production in NNY: Spring & Winter Wheat

2004 Organic Field Crop Rotation for NNY: Spring & Winter Wheat

2004 Organic Food-Grade Soybean Production Systems for Northern New York (Note Large File - Loads Slowly)

2004 Small Grain Variety Trial for Northern New York

Phosphorus

Best Management Practices for the Use of Dairy Manure; Towards Calibration of the Phosphorus Runoff Index in Northern NY

2004 NNY - Calibration of the P Index – (short report)

2004 NNY - Calibration of the P Index – (report w/tables)

Soil Health

2004 Soil Health and Conservation Agriculture in NNY