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Fireghters receive life-saving grain bin rescue tube

JEFFREY ARNOLD/FOR THE LIVINGSTON COUNTY NEWS, FILE PHOTO

Livonia and Lakeville reghters participate in a grain bin rescue
drill using a state-of-the-art grain entrapment simulator and
rescue tube at the Panipinto Farm on Stone Hill Road, Livonia.

LIVONIA FD: Nationwide Insurance grant

provides vital equipment for rural dept.
By Sally Santora
For The LCN
Volunteer re departments
in rural, four-county GLOW
Region face many rescue sit-
uations unique to rural life.
Agricultural accidents and
emergencies top the list.
In Livingston County, the
Livonia Fire Department re-
ceived a new piece of rescue
equipment in August that will
help them respond to these
types of emergencies.
Nationwide Insurance, in
conjunction with the National
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vonia Fire Department a grain
bin rescue tube.
Representatives from the
Agriculture Safety center
presented the rescue tube to
the department on Aug. 6 and
also conducted an extensive
hands-on training session
with the tube.
The Livonia Fire Depart-
ment has extended the invi-
tation to train on the grain
bin rescue tube to other re
departments.
About 20 reghters partic-
ipated in the full day training,
which included class time and
the hands-on demonstration
training at the Panipinto Farm
on Stone Hill Road, Livonia.
Dan Neenan, director of
NECAS, conducted the train-
ing with a state-of-the-art
grain entrapment simulator
and rescue tube, which arrived
at the farm loaded on a 20-foot
trailer and able to hold about
100 bushels of grain.
During the training, re-
ghters took turns rescuing
fellow reghters (entrapped
in waist-high grain) using the
tube and proper rescue pro-
cedures. Once the tube is built
around the victim, the grain is
removed from inside the tube
to free the occupant.
The reghters were very
interested in the training. We
even had some competition
over who would go rst and
reghter Tom Guinta from JEFFREY ARNOLD/FOR THE LIVINGSTON COUNTY NEWS, FILE PHOTO
Fireghters were trained on the use of a new rescue device by Dan Neenan, from the National
Education Center for Agricultural Safety in Peosta, Iowa. The equipment was obtained through a
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On Aug. 6, Livonia and Lakeville reghters participated in a grain bin rescue drill at the Livonia re
station and on the Panipinto Farm on Stone Hill Road. Fireghters were trained on the use of a new
rescue device by Dan Neenan, from the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety in Peosta,
Iowa. The equipment was obtained through a grant from Nationwide Insurance.
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New York State farmers
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ricultural Statistics Service of
the U.S. Department of Agri-
culture.
Milk production in New
York totaled 1.27 billion
pounds in August 2017, up
1.9 percent from August 2016,
when 1.25 billion pounds was
produced.
The average milk price re-
ceived by New York farmers
in July 2017 was $18 per hun-
dredweight, up 40 cents from
June 2017, when the price was
its hard to put a dollar amount on that.
Chief, Livonia Fire Department
JEFFREY ARNOLD/FOR THE LIVINGSTON COUNTY NEWS, FILE PHOTO
$17.60, and up $1.20 from the
July 2016 price of $16.80.
New York farms had 624,000
milk cows in August 2017,
compared to 620,000 a year
ago, according to the report.
The number of milk cows in-
cludes dry cows while exclud-
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New York state grows more apples than any other state east of
the Mississippi River.

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NEW YORK APPLE ASSOCIATION
New York really is the Big
Apple and the states apple
growers are demonstrating
why, as pickers are harvesting
a forecasted 28.0 million car-
tons or 1.1 billion pounds
of apples over the coming
weeks.
The 2017 crop forecast was
developed at U.S. Apple As-
sociations Crop Outlook and
Marketing Conference on Aug.
24-25 and updates USDAs Ju-
ly forecast.
The New York Apple As-
sociation
is planning
a full court
press to get
the word out
about this
years crop
to wholesale,
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al and consumer customers,
according to Cynthia Haskins,
president of NYAA.
While New Yorks 2017 ap-
ple crop will be of average size
for the state, the crop size is
about the only thing that will
be average this year.
The state has generally had
favorable weather for bloom
and during the growing sea-
son, so apple fans wholesale
and consumer alike will nd
ample supplies of all their fa-
vorite New York state apples
and cider this fall. Fruit size
and nish are expected to be
good.
New York state grows more
apples than any other state
east of the Mississippi River,
our state is made for growing
apples, Haskins said. There
is no reason for New Yorkers
and other East Coast buyers
to look any further than their
own backyards for great-tast-
ing apples and apple cider.
The associations marketing
team began calling on retailers
in early summer, to talk up the
bounty of the coming crop and
to offer to customize market-
ing programs.
Led by Haskins, that team
includes Michele Hoard,
NYAAs new retail and food-
service account manager, and
Susan McAleavey Sarlund, the
associations longtime North-
east account manager.
NYAA also has tapped NYAA
alumnus David McClurg to
support the associations 2017
retail promotional activities
and to implement a foodser-
vice market-development
grant project.
Our experienced team has
a broad marketing toolbox to
aid retailers, including high
tech and high touch tools
from demos to digital coupon-
ing, Haskins said. We can
advise you on everything from
the basics, such as training
store-level personnel, to on-
trend promotions that tap into
the latest food trends.
The big news in apples to-
day is variety, both new vari-
ety innovation and the classic
consumer favorites, according
to Haskins.
New York has perfect geog-
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Breeding a better apple
SNAPDRAGON: Farms partner to make Cornell-bred varieties a hit
By JIM KRENCIK
jkrencik@batavianews.com
Pulling their attention out
of a trench cut in a corneld to
show soil health at the under-
ground level, a group of farm-
ers touring Jeff Toussaints
elds gravitated to the rows of
apples.
It was only mid-August,
but the fruit clustered in the
town of Ridgeway orchard was
already reddening on the st-
sized bulbs. Growers of onions
and corn were impressed, as
Toussaint described his Snap-
Dragons.
They are nicky, he told cu-
rious guests, but the extra care
and acreage he committed
to the premium apple variety
was paying off at harvest.
Across the state, more than
100 farmers made innovative
investments in SnapDragon
and RubyForst, Cornell-bred
premium varieties. Each are
grown only by members of
New York Apple Growers LLC,
with farms agreeing to limit
acreage and contribute a share
of prots to both research and
marketing.
Growers made a leap of
faith, said Susan Brown, the
apple breeder at Cornell Uni-
versitys Agricultural Experi-
ment Station.
As delicious as the varieties
Cornell professor Susan Brown is the apple breeder at the
universitys agricultural experiment station in Geneva. The two
leaves she is holding one resembling a tobacco leaf are from
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are, they would have failed
without farms supporting the
project.
Its a group thats willing
to try stuff ... some growers
signed on without even trying
the fruit, Brown said after a
tour of her research orchards
in Geneva. It was phenome-
nal.
Since appearing on the mar-
ket in 2013, and a wide release
in 2015, the early response to
the apples has proven the in-
vestment wise. Growers watch
the trials at the experiment
stations open elds closely,
but few have drawn the public
attention of apples.
Recounting tales of the early
marketing blitzes, Brown said
she saw consumers pulling
hundreds of apples to test
recipes, apple-phobic chil-
dren won over, and suddenly JIM KRENCIK/DAILY NEWS
devout SnapDragon and Ru- Snap Dragon apples at Jeff Toussaints farm in Ridgeway drew the attention of farmers at a soil
byFrost eaters. health workshop in August. The Cornell-bred variety was added at many farms in the fruit belt
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Cornell has released more
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shelves with brands such as
New Zealands Pacic Rose
and Washingtons Cosmic
Crisp.
You havent seen a lot of
them, but they are coming,
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eties will hold up (against the
challengers).
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troducing an apple by giving
it to a few farms to test wont.
Apples such as Empire werent
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To me, thats the amazing
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to join, Brown said. We had
growers who are very innova-
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with the marketing group to
come up with the names, and
they are the board members.
They had skin in the game.
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SnapDragon was an in-
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The rst tree in the row was
Snap Dragon, and we bit into
it and thought, Oh my God ,
Brown said. So we came back,
thinking it was very good. We
propagated it right then. The
second year, we made more
trees. The third year we put
out more to test. All sorts of
things could go wrong, but in
our case, it didnt.
All apples are hybrids of
their parents, just like the
people that eat them. Its
modication by breeding, not
by bringing in outside genetic
traits breeders pluck apple
blooms and seed parents,
shooing away bees to keep the
pairing pure.
The success rate is low.
Imagine pairing up Batavia
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Apple breeding can produce trees that sprout grape-like harvests. The intention is to nd qualities
that can be bred into marketable hybrids.
NBA-ready body and naturally
blue hair thats the bar fruit
breeders set.
We kiss a lot of frogs,
Brown said. Some might have
potential for breeding, some
might have a unique attribute,
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but its very tough to make
the grade to be an advanced
selection a breeder needs to
be tough, unless this is better
than something else, Im not
keeping it.
Those that show promise
it has decent sugar and acid,
JIM KRENCIK/DAILY NEWS
get added to a root stock,
but nearly all are cut down
for some sort of fatal aw.
The advanced selections still
standing from an eight-year
trial produced a few varieties
Brown thinks could become
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the parents of a future market
apple.
One candidate was an ear-
ly-ripening apple that would
beat Macintosh crosses to the
market by about a month.
Early apples tend to drop,
tend to be very soft, are lower
in sugar and dont hold up,
Brown said. Weve been able
to break this so it has rmness,
were happy about it.
It could work as a farm
market variety, hitting stands
along with a growers peaches.
Another is able to ripen in
September but hold on the
tree for two more months.
This will get bred, its a
rm, juicy, crisp apple that will
stay on the tree for a long time
without fermenting, Brown
said. This will be named ... it
has that kind of ability.
THE NEXT FRONTIER
Cornells test orchards in
Geneva still have a few rows
of RubyFrosts and SnapDrag-
ons, but their purpose is to be
examples for visiting farmers,
and pull buds for new trees.
See SNAP T12
12 Thursday, September 28, 2017
Snap
From T11
Brown said the quick turn-
around on the new varieties
was unique most new apples
take 20 to 40 years to go from a
rst breeding cross to market
but shes actively working on a
number of new projects.
What apples can you expect
to see in coming years?

Apples that dont brown.
Both new varieties had an
inkling of this trait, but Brown
said the sliced apple market
is seeking varities that dont
need to be treated with Vita-
min C to stay attractive. One
of the Geneva elds advanced
selections held very well in its
tastings.

Striped apples. There are
57,000 genes in an apple, some
controlling whether a color is
turned on or off. While some
marketers are creating artistic
appeals by covering portions
of the fruits skin during grow-
ing, Brown said a naturally
bred mixture of red hues is
coming.

More robust avors.
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Revived varieties. Rus-
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nutty taste and a brown-gold
skin, were once a popular va-
riety. Brown said the search is PHOTOGRAPHS BY JIM KRENCIK/DAILY NEWS
on for a version closer to mod- TOP: This mature dwarf tree
ern tastes. is part of an orchard of wildly

Robot-friendly apples. different varieties bred for
Challenges with nding la- their extreme qualities.
bor to pick apples will lead to
LEFT: Apple breeder Susan
farms seeking more mecha- Brown said her projects are
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Livingston County is accepting

new agriculture district petitions
Special to The LCN
The Livingston County
Board of Supervisors has
designated the month of
September as the 30-day an-
nual period for submission
of petitions by landowners to
join an existing Agricultural
District.
Landowners must submit
their requests along with
the tax map identification
number and a description of
the farming activities on the
land to be considered for in-
clusion into an Agricultural
District. Landowners may
not request to be taken out of
an Agricultural District. Re-
quests for removal may only
be granted when an Agricul-
tural District is undergoing
its eight-year review.
After September, the Liv-
ingston County Agriculture
and Farmland Protection
Board has 30 days to review
requests and report its rec-
ommendations to the Board
of Supervisors as to whether
the land to be included in the
Agricultural District consists
See DISTRICTS T31

SALLY SANTORA/FOR THE LIVINGSTON COUNTY NEWS

A view of the primary bean processing facility at New York Bean LLC in Caledonia. The company is
proposing a new storage building to the west, or left, of this main building.
New York Bean eyes expansion
CALEDONIA: Village planners reviewing water runoff concerns
By Sally Santora
For The LCN
CALEDONIA New York
Bean LLC, 2905 West Main
St., the largest dry edible bean
handling facility in the state, is
seeking to add a 9,100 square
foot building on the plants
site, which would be used as
additional storage for its prod-
uct inventory.
The proposed building was
recommended for approv-
al with advisory comments
from the Livingston County
Planning Board on Sept. 14. A
public hearing followed Sept.
19 with the Village of Caledo-
nia Zoning Board of Appeals
that was attended by about 10
neighbors of the plan.
Most of those attending
were concerned about how
the new building could affect
water and ooding in that area
of the village. Flooding in that
area of Caledonia had been
a threat to property for ma-
ny years until the mid-1980s
when engineering work was
done to prevent the ow of wa-
ter from continuing east along
Route 5.
Planning Board Chair Kris-
ten Murphy said there is an ar-
ea for natural water retention
area for storm overow.
I submitted the basic plans
to the village engineer, Chat-
field Engineers, for review,
Murphy said. They are work-
ing with the bean plants engi-
neer to review the topography
and storm water runoff issue.
The county planning board,
which recommended approv-
al of the project, advised that
an engineering review should
be done to ensure that the lo-
cation of the new building
would not affect water flow
and create ooding concerns.
The county board also not-
ed that the building location
does not comply with Village
of Caledonia Zoning regula-
tions on set back requirements
from the center of a state high-
way and will likely need a zon-
ing variance.
That request would need
to be presented to the Village
of Caledonia Zoning Board
of Appeals, which next meets
Oct. 18. A public hearing
would then need to be sched-
uled to consider the variance.
The county planning board
also noted the proposed build-
ings prominty to an agricul-
tural distrct and the MacKay
Wildlife Preserve.
New York Bean LLC ap-
plied to the Village of Caledo-
nia for a building permit for a
140-foot-by-65-foot steel-sid-
ed, concrete oor pole barn on
the western-most side of the
property. The pole barn would
be equipped with electricity
but no other utilities would be
needed.
Village of Caledonia zon-
ing code requires a 100 foot
setback from the center of the
state highway. Due to the pro-
posed positioning of the build-
ing within the property line, a
variance would be required
before a building permit can
be obtained.
New York Bean General
Manager John McCreedy said
the building is needed for stor-
age of beans on site that will be
distributed to customers along
the East Coast. Currently the
company is renting storage
space from a Caledonia com-
pany in the center of the vil-
lage.
McCreedy said it will be eco-
nomically beneficial for the
company to build the storage
barn on its own premises.
New York Bean handles,
processes and ships black
beans, light red kidney beans
and cranberry beans that are
grown in New York State.
The facility also handles
navy, pinto and great northern
beans for distribution across
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nearly every major metropoli-
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Telling the story of farmers

NEW YORK AGRICULTURE: Short film by Caledonia man is State Fair winner
By BEN BEAGLE
ben@livingstonnews.com
Caledonia photographer
Kevin Keenan has come to Kevin Keenan
like the perspective of drone
footage that he is increasing-

ly incorporating in to the vid-
eos he makes that highlight Drones really are
agriculture in Livingston pretty fascinating
County.
I use a lot of drone footage and they provide us
in my work because it seems with a very unique

to get a really great response
from just about everyone,
Keenan said. Drones really
are pretty fascinating and
they provide us with a very
unique perspective that we
wouldnt have the ability to
see without them.
Keenan, a photographer
known for his images of
farms and farmers, was
among the winners of the
State Fairs rst drone video
competition.
His video, New York Ag-
riculture, which runs just
under 4 minutes, earned him
an honorable mention.
With the video, Keenan
said, he wanted to portray
how big agriculture is in
New York and also to show
the amount of technology
and innovation that goes into
modern agriculture.
The video is a compila-
tion of previous projects
Keenan has worked on. All
the footage was shot in New
York with 14 different farms
represented from Livingston,
Monroe, Wyoming and Gen-
esee counties.
A still image from Kevin Keenans short lm New York Agriculture, which received an honorable
mention in the State Fairs Drone Video Competition.
footage used in New York
Agriculture down to the
videos 3-minute, 55-second
run time.
The category Keenan
entered required that more
than 75 percent of the video
needed to be shot with a
drone.
That was pretty easy for
me since I have quite a cata-
log of New York drone foot-
age now, he said.
Several friends encour-
aged him to enter the com-
petition.
I had no idea what kind
of competition I would be
going against but I thought It
would be a good experience
for me no matter what the
outcome was, said Keenan,
KEVIN KEENAN PHOTOGRAPHY
a 2010 graduate of Caledo-
nia-Mumford High School
and a 2014 graduate of SUNY
Geneseo where he received a
bachelors degree in commu-
nications.
In 2016, a video Keenan
created that showed a day
in the life of a Livingston
County farmer received
more than 160,000 views on
perspective.
KEVIN KEENAN,
photographer
his Facebook page and was
also picked up by RFD-TV,
a cable network devoted to
rural America, where its
received tens of thousands
more views.
PART OF MY LIFE
Keenan, the son of Daniel
and Barbara Keenan, grew
up amidst some of the largest
family-owned farms in the
area and fell in love with the
idea of driving big farm trac-
tors and spending time with
hardworking, down-to-earth
farmers.
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See DRONE T20

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Cultivating innovation on the farm

FUTURE OF FARMING: Learn how 4 area operations are using technology to improve efficiencies and yields
TRUE FARMS

Perry dairy using

automatic feeding
system for calves
By JOE LEATHERSICH
jleathersich@batavianews.com
PERRY Technology that
automates farm operations
has affected nearly all aspects
of running a farm, and raising
raising calves isnt any differ-
ent.
At True Farms in Perry, the
calves arent being hand fed
like they have traditionally
ROCCO LAURIENZO/DAILY NEWS
been. For the past few years,
A calf about to feed approaches the automatic feeding station at True Farms in Perry. She will get they have been getting their
her milk from a nipple attached to the plate in front of her nose. The Radio Frequency Identication milk from an automated feed-
tag on her ear will help control how much she is able to eat. er a system that allows the
calf to eat on its own time.
When a calf goes up to the
feeder, a Radio Frequency
Identication tag on her ear
will relay information to a
computer that assesses if she
has been fed or not. If she
hasnt, the machine will dis-
pense a set amount and the
calf can drink away.
But if she has recently had
some, the machine knows not
to dispense too much. Calfs at
See TRUE T18

CY FARMS

Computer-assisted farming
produces better crop yields
By SCOTT DESMIT
sdesmit@batavianews.com
BYRON Emmaline Long,
from her ofce at CY Farms,
NICK SERRATA/FOR THE LIVINGSTON COUNTY NEWS notices that a small section of
Justin Grant, left, prepares to feed the HopsHarvester as Alan corn is in need of more fertil-
Garnett, center, of Caledonia and Justins daughter, Fiona, 8, izer.
watch at Dublin Corners Farm Brewery in Linwood. The leaves on the corn
stalks in that section are not as
DUBLIN CORNERS FARM BREWERY dark with nutrients as the rest
of the eld.

HopsHarvester offers Long doesnt have to ven-

solution to small farm
By BEN BEAGLE
ben@livingstonnews.com
LINWOOD It used to
take several weeks of long
weekends and late nights
to harvest the hundreds of
pounds of hops grown out-
side Dublin Corners Farm
Brewery, 1906 Main St., in
this York hamlet.
But the purchase of a new
machine, called a HopsHar-
See DUBLIN T22
ture out in the eld to see
this and, even if she did, she
wouldnt likely detect the
small variations in color.
Technology does that for
her.
It allows us to be more
exible, faster and more ef-
cient, she said. And it saves SCOTT DESMIT/DAILY NEWS
Emmaline Long of CY Farms in Byron uses software that allows
See CY FARMS T21 her to create grids showing all aspects of a crop eld.
 Tractor Factor Thursday, September 28, 2017 17

COTTONWOOD FARMS

Milkers of the future will likely be robotic

By MALLORY DIEFENBACH
mdiefenbach@batavianews.com
PAVILION 300 cows.
Thats how many Cotton-
wood Farms milks, and each
cow averages around three
milkings a day per cow.
This is in no small part due
to the robotic milker, of which
Cottonwood Farms has ve.
Each machine milks about 60
cows a day, and the cows can
come in at all hours of the day
to get milked.
(The cows walk in) because
either they want grain or they
have pressure on their udders
where they are full and they
know they are going to get
milked, explained Jason Til-
lotson, owner of Cottonwood
Farms, 10771 Cook Rd.
(The robotic milkers) never
stop, he said. I mean there
are cows in there 24 hours a
day.
The cow enters the ma-
chine, and thanks to the iden- ROCCO LAURIENZO/DAILY NEWS
tication on their collar, the Jason Tillotson is shown at the control of the robotic milking machine used by Cottonwood Farms.
machine tracks how much the
cow has already been milked. wood Farms, which employed afforded, he was able to hire
The milk is then pumped into two full-time and two part- better people for labor.
the storage tank and cooled time milkers. The milking The cows also have become
before it is picked up. Each shifts were at 4 a.m. and 4 easier to handle, he said,
cow averages about 60 pounds p.m., and took three to four because they are no longer
of milk, so multiplying it for hours. While the cows were pushed into a pen and being
anywhere between 280 to 300 still milked by machines, the forced to wait for hours to be
cows, Cottonwood Farms workers had to put them on milked.
is shipping about 16,800 to the cows. The robotic milker tech-
18,000 pounds of milk a day.
(The robotic milker) has nology has been in the United
The machine also tracks
taken a lot of workload off; the States for about 15 to 20 years,
how many pounds of milk
the cow gave, how much she biggest thing is the labor, Til- and was developed in Europe.
weighs, how much she walked lotson said. Its hard to nd Cottonwood Farms will have
and mastitis. good people who wanted to had the machines for four
Tillotson describes the ma- milk cows, and did a good job. years in December. Tillotson
chines as another set of eyes The robots are consistent and started researching the tech-
on the farm, giving the farmers thats what the cows like the nology in 2012, and he said ROCCO LAURIENZO/DAILY NEWS
necessary data. same job every time. while it was a big investment, A cow gets into position in the robotic milker for milking. The
The robotic milker replaced He said due to the labor its basically paying for the la- machine allows Cottonwood Farms to milk 300 cows three times
the milking parlor at Cotton- savings the robotic milkers bor up front. a day.

ROCCO LAURIENZO/THE DAILY NEWS ROCCO LAURIENZO/DAILY NEWS ROCCO LAURIENZO/DAILY NEWS ROCCO LAURIENZO/DAILY NEWS
Teats are washed and prepped by the Teats are aligned and cups placed. Cups on the robotic milker attach to the And the connection is made, allowing
robotic milker. cow. milking to begin.
18 Thursday, September 28, 2017 Tractor Factor

True
From T16

True Farm are limited to two

quarts of milk every two hours.
Theyre no different than
children, said Stacia True,
theyll overeat one day and
then not eat the next.
Its exactly the same as hu-
mans. You have to gure out
how to control their diet.
After nine days, however,
calves are able to have as
much milk as they please ROCCO LAURIENZO/DAILY NEWS ROCCO LAURIENZO/DAILY NEWS
part of the idea to let a calfs A calf licks the spray from the top of the feeder. Calf feeding in an automatic feeder.
personality show through.
The technology came to
America from the Nether-
lands, where they have been
feeding their calves this way
for a while now. True Farms
has only had it since 2014 and
is one of a few in the region
that has it, so its new to the
farm but also the industry.
Because were one of the
few farms in the state that are
trying this technology, theres
a lot of stuff people just plain
didnt know when they put
it in, True said. It hasnt
been super easy and perfect
all the time but were happy
with how big the calves are ROCCO LAURIENZO/DAILY NEWS
getting. Stacia True of True Farms,
Like anything, there are 3086 Route 246, Perry, stands
pros and cons to these indus- next to an automatic calf
try changes as they become feeder. The machine allows a
introduced. calf to eat when it wants to.
On the pro side, this au- have more sickness to manage
tomatic feeder allows a calf in the calves, which is why I
to be who they are, True said, have such a high level of inter-
meaning the calf doesnt have est in the company Im work-
to eat when it might not to. ing with right now, True said.
The meal is on the calfs time.
Because were exploring and
And because they dont
chasing ways to keep calves
need the individual attention,
healthy, to improve their
the calves live in bigger pens
which allows them more exer- immune function and to give
cise and movement. them some different defenses
Another benet is that the against the pathogens that ROCCO LAURIENZO/DAILY NEWS
make them sick. A calf is shown in the stall of the automatic feeder. The tag on the calfs ear will be scanned to
calfs transition to solid foods
No matter how effective determine how much milk it will receive.
better than ones traditionally
raised. or great a technology may
Because we can control the be, True said it always comes
milk so well, then they come down to the person whos op-
up on their grain intake, True erating it.
said, again likening them to a Not just anybody can come
human baby. Just like a baby, up here, she said. It has to







you have to get them off the
milk and on solid food.
Whats more, its less labor
intensive for the humans.
On the con side, True
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home after being born or go-
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PEOPLE
2 GLOW dairy producers named to state advisory board
From Staff Reports a statement. I look forward to Association-sponsored shows As a licensed real estate bro-

Two GLOW-region men
have been named to the 2017
New York State Dairy Promo-
tion Order Advisory Board.
Chris Noble of Linwood
Their work will help
guide the future
of the dairy industry
building on our past successes
and embracing what the fu-
ture may bring.
Dalton man is member
and other national and region- ker, he serves all of New York
al events. State. He joins the Farmers Na-
The American Angus As-
sociation is the largest beef
tional Com-
pany sales
breed association in the world,

team that has
has been named an at-large with more than 25,000 active
member and Jason Kehl of in New York State. of Angus Association adult and junior members.
collectively
Strykersville, who was en- sold more
Nicholas R. Wood of Dalton than $2.44
dorsed by Niagara Frontier RICHARD A. BALL, Hornell man joins bank as
was recently named as a new billion in the
Cooperative Milk Producers New York State junior member of the Ameri- farm real estate specialist last ve years Timothy Rosell
Bargaining Agency Inc. Agriculture Commissioner can Angus Association, based and sold
The Advisory Board, which
in Saint Joseph, Mo. Timothy Rosell of Hornell
administers the Dairy Promo- more than 3,800 properties.
Junior members of the has joined Farmers National
tion Order and evaluates dairy Rosell, a licensed attorney
Association are eligible to Company as a real estate bro-
marketing promotion pro- in New York since 1996, is a
earned promotion dollars of register cattle in the American ker for New York.
grams, consists of 10 New York graduate of Alfred University
Angus Association, partici- Rosell specializes in farm,
milk producers appointed by the dairy farmers of New York and Western Michigan Uni-
pate in programs conducted recreational, and may consid-
New York State Agriculture State and it is a role we take versitys Thomas Cooley Law
by the National Junior Angus er certain residential property
Commissioner Richard A. Ball.
very seriously, Hardie said in Association and take part in sales. School.
Each member serves a three-
year term that began May 1.
The work of the Dairy Pro-
motion Order Advisory Board
is important to the continued
education of consumers and
promotion of the States dairy
products. Their work will help
guide the future of the indus-
try in New York State, Ball said
in a statement.
The Dairy Promotion Order
Advisory Board advises the
Commissioner on the distri-
bution of about $14 million a
year in funds collected from
milk producers under the
producer-approved New York
Dairy Promotion Order. Nom-
inations to the board are sub-
mitted and endorsed by milk
producers.
The board meets regularly
to recommend allocations
to new programs and to re-
view progress of programs
currently funded under the
Order, which include dairy
promotion programs, nutri-
tion, education and outreach
programs, and a variety of
dairy product quality research
proposals.
Other appointees are Larry
Bailey of Fort Ann, Barbara
Hanselman of Bloomville, Da-
vid Skip Hardie of Lansing,
who will serve as chairman;
LouAnne King of Madrid, Kim
Nelson of West Wineld, Mike
Nolan of Cambridge, John
Mueller of Clifton Springs,
Carroll Wade of Jasper.
It is a tremendous respon-
sibility to direct the hard-
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Drone State drone, Narrative,

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were at home playing video
games or at the park shoot-
ing basketball, Keenan was
working long days at the
farm. He started working
for Stein farms when he was
12 years old and it really
became a huge part of my
life.
ABOUT THE COMPETITION
The drone video compe-
tition, which featured short
videos using cameras on
drones, received 83 entries
from across New York and
internationally. Winners
BEN BEAGLE/LIVINGSTON COUNTY NEWS, FILE PHOTO 2016 were chosen in eight cate-
Malachy Coyne of Coyne Farm, Avon, talks about the farms operations during the 2016 Livingston gories, including New York
County Agriculture Tour.
Landscape & Architecture,
Student, Show Reel, Sports,
Health Care, and Corpo-
rate/Industrial/Business.
Videos submitted could
not be longer than 5 min-
utes, except for the Corpo-
rate/Industrial category,
which could be up to 10
minutes long. At least 50
percent of each video was
required to have been fhot
using a drone or other un-
manned aerial vehicle.
Cargo Drones in Am-
azon: Behind the Scenes
was the best in show win-
ner.
To view Keenans video,
go to: https://youtu.be/
JicTFD1D2VU.

Livingston Countys ag tour

gets attention in national pub
By BEN BEAGLE
ben@livingstonnews.com
The Livingston County Ag-
ricultural Tour, which is orga-
nized each fall by the Genesee
Valley Conservancy, was fea-
tured in the summer edition of
Saving Land, a national maga-
zine about land conservation.
The tour takes local offi-
cials such as town, zoning and
planning board representa-
tives on-site to farm opera-
tions. They discuss the farms
history and operations and
other agricultural topics that
are relevant to their work as
public ofcials.
The aim of the tour is to
allow for improved commu-
nication and greater under-
standing between elected
officials and the agriculture
industry.

Tour will explore next gen of farmers
This weeks Livingston
County Agricultural Tour
will visit some of the next
generation of farmers and
learn how and why they
chose Livingston County for
their agricultural future.
The Sept. 29 tour, present-
ed by the Genesee Valley
Conservancy, will discuss
current trends in farming
and look at what the next
generation is planning for.
The day-long tour will
begin and end at Edgewood
Farms, Groveland, which is
under three generations of
management and has diver-
sied into a multi-product
enterprise growing dairy
forages, specialized grain

Keyetta Farms, Sparta,
a 50-cow rotational grazing
dairy of Holstein and Jersey 10090 Pigeon Hill Road., Delevan
cows run by the Herrington
family.

M&M Schuster Party Show Age Calves
Barn, Sparta, is a new rural
party barn facility. & Heifers Available

Olde Silo Farm, Cone-
sus, produces a variety of
vegetables and soft fruits.
Contact Nate Bennet At 716-353-8579

Walker Farm, Springwa-
ter, a father-son operation of
1,000 dairy cows, is incorpo-
rating new dairy practices
and technology.
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Area Community Founda-
tion. Tour sponsors include
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us money.
It also leads to better yields.
CY uses a variety of software
programs and in-the-eld
gadgets for every aspect of
the operation, from the time a
eld is tilled and planted to the
time it is harvested.
In the winter months, Long
analyzes data, telling her
which elds or sections of eld
yield the most or least, which
elds need what types of fer-
tilizers.
I can look at this and see
that there was a low yield here
and why, said Long, crop pro-
duction manager at CY. I can
compare the yield data and
I can see what soil types per-
form best for each crop.
Long, of Bergen, has a lot of
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schooling behind her. She has
a masters degree in animal
sciences from Cornell, where
she also earned her bachelors
in ag sciences, crop produc-
tion and management. She is
a certied crop advisor, served
as a student researcher in
South Africa and is vice pres-
ident of New York State 4-H
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The equipment comes
with auto-steering, she said.
Its easier on the operator
and prevents compaction.
Planters also come
equipped with auto-steering
and GPS, which can map elds
and, using a Verizon wireless
data plan, transfer the infor-
mation to the computer.
We can immediately de-
termine that the east side of
the eld has lower rates of
seeding, she said. We can
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ing planted and adjust it. The
cost of seed adds up. Are they
planting one seed at a time?
Foundation. We can correct the problems
It is at the computers at CY before they plant more elds.
where Long does much of her Long has an app on her
work. phone that can pinpoint prob-
On a recent Saturday morn- lem areas, allowing her to go
ing, Long went through the directly to a section of eld.
steps. Spraying with herbicides
Tillage comes rst. comes within days of plant-
Does a tractor operator ing. Sprayers, too, allow for
have shaky hands? operators to stay straight to
Thursday, September 28, 2017 21
avoid compacting seeds. They
also show spray rates. If Long
detects an anomaly I can call
the operator and ask Why did
you do this?
At harvest time, more tech-
nology.
A corn combine will collect
information on yields as the
operator traverses a eld.
Long will look at a map show-
ing how yields vary from eld-
to-eld, pinpointing exact
locations where yields are low.
Long can determine if the
soil quality is poor in certain
sections of elds and adjust
rates for the next growing
season.
Long mainly uses software
developed by Granular, a tech
company recently purchased
by Dupont.
Its a matter of knowing
how to use the tools we have,
Long said. In the long run, it
saves us money and time.
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Dublin
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vester, is expected to signi-
cantly speed up harvest time
and has brewery owners Justin
and Heather Grant thinking
about possible expansion of
their hops garden.
With the HopsHarvester,
well be able to expand with
more plants, more variety,
Justin Grant said on a Sat-
urday afternoon last month
when he and a small cadre of
family and friends rolled out
the HopsHarvester for the rst
time.
Dublin Corners, named
this month as most promising
new venture in the Livingston
County Area Chamber of
Commerces annual Business
Excellence Awards, is a craft
brewery on a fth-generation
family farm. The brewery
opened in October 2016, cul-
minating a process begun ve
years prior when the Grants
planted their rst hops. (The
one-year anniversary will be
celebrated with a special event
on Oct. 28.)
The Grants grow two vari-
eties of hops Cascada and
Wiamette in a half-acre hops
garden adjacent to the brew-
ery.
Hops are a key ingredient in
beers, providing the bitterness
in the beer and the oral notes
that tease the drinkers nose.
But harvesting those hops,
a climbing plant which grows
on bines, can be a challenge.
There may be 120 to 180 bines
per acre and it can take about
one hour per plant to pick the
hops.
That was the challenge
John Bonzo, creator of the
HopsHarvester, discovered
after he planted his own hops
in 2009.
I sort of got the cart before
the horse, Bonzo told the
website FarmShow.com. We
started growing hops and
quickly discovered that we
werent prepared to handle
the harvest. We needed a har-
vester.
So Bonzo searched for a
solution and when he didnt
like what was available sought
his own. The HopHarvester is
designed for small farms as an
entry-level solution that will
allow those farms to produce
at a commercial scale and
prot, according a description
on the company website.
Bonzo, director of Brink-
man Lab at Rochester Institute
of Technology and owner of
Mendon Precision, produced
his prototype HopsHarvester
in 2015. The next year, the ma-
chine had been sold to opera-
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Felicity Grant, left, 10, and her sister, Fiona, 8, go through hops
after the bines were processed through the HopsHarvester at the
Dublin Corners Farm Brewery in Linwood.
tors in 16 states and Canada.
More than 100 of Bonzos
portable harvesters were ex-
pected to be in use this season.
The Grants were able to
purchase their HopsHarvester
harvest about 800 pounds of
after being awarded a low-in-
terest loan through the states
Growing the Agriculture
Industry, or GAIN, program,
which provides loans to ag-
riculture-based businesses
looking to expand. The loan
was Dublin Corners prize in
Livingston County Develop-
ments Brew in Livingston
business competition.
The Hopster 5P used by
Dublin Corners is a PTO-pow-
ered implement that runs off
a tractor. The harvester is also
NICK SERRATA/FOR THE LIVINGSTON COUNTY NEWS
available in a 5G self-powered
model and a 5E electric model.
Grant said the HopsHar-
vester would be a huge labor
saver.
Dublin Corners expects to
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said. With the brewery open
theres not a lot of time to sit
and pick for weeks at a time.
It used to take three to four
weeks for the Grants to get
through the hops harvest. The
process would begin in late
August or early September
depending on the variety to
be harvested and need to be
completed in a window of two
to four weeks for the best via-
bility of the hops.
The length of the process
really prohibited us from
growing our hop garden be-
cause it took so much time to
harvest, Grant said.
The Harvester will change
that. I dont have to line up a
bunch of people to hand pick
and we can pretty much har-
vest any time we want, Grant
said. Itll make our schedule a
whole lot better.
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State Fair sculpture recycled in Linwood
NOBLE UNDERTAKING: 800-pounds of butter is turned into power for farm operation, 300 homes
By DEBRA J. GROOM
dgroom@wdt.net
One of the most popular at-
tractions at the New York State
Fair gets to live another day
once the fair comes to an end.
The ever-popular butter
sculpture isnt just dismantled
and thrown in the garbage. It
goes on to be recycled, made
into methane gas and then
used to make electricity for a
farm in Western New York.
Natural Upcycling is a
company founded eight years
ago by Chris Noble, a farmer
with Noblehurst Farms in
Livingston County, and Harry
Cohen, a recycling business
owner. The Linwood busi-
ness collects and digests food
waste, recycling about 50 tons
of food waste a week keep-
ing the waste out of landlls.
Michael Boerman, of Natu-
ral Upcycling, was at the Dairy
Products Building on the
fairgrounds Sept. 5 just a mere
12 hours after the fair closed
its gates on the 13-day event.
More than a million people
went to the fair, and its a good
bet most saw the butter sculp-
ture, which heralded the 100th
anniversary of the founding of
the New York State Police.
But on Sept. 5, the sculpture
was taken down. Four Mas-
ter Gardeners with Cornell
Cooperative Extension of
Onondaga County came to the
Master Gardeners with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County dismantle the State
Fairs butter sculpture on Sept. 5, the day after the fair closed for its 2017 run. At left is Sue Shopiro,
at top left is Mike Fixler and at right is Deb Araniti. The sculpture was recycled in Livingston County.
Dairy Products Building with
spades, chisels and other tools
to hack away at the sculpture
and remove the 800 pounds of
yellow dairy goodness.
We are collecting the but-
ter, well put it in the truck and
take it to Western New York,
Boerman said, pointing to
his shiny Ford F-150 pickup.
Then well bring it to our
methane digester, digest the
waste and harvest the gas to
make electricity.
The food waste that Natural
Upcycling collects from the
butter sculpture will produce
enough electricity to power
Noblehurst Farms and 300
Tractor Factor
homes. This is the second year
the butter from the sculpture
has gone to Western New York
for recycling.
And while this is a noble
undertaking to ensure the but-
ter doesnt go to waste, its a
bit sad for some people to see
the butter sculpture come to
an end.
I just think about how long
it takes in planning each year,
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nications at American Dairy
Association North East in Syr-
acuse. The dairy association is
responsible for planning and
executing the butter sculpture
each year at the state fair.
Noblehurst Farms is known
for its innovative and high-
tech farm features. In addition
to the methane digester and
Thursday, September 28, 2017 23
We are collecting
the butter, well put it
in the truck and take it
to Western New York.
Then well bring it to
our methane digester,
digest the waste and
harvest the gas to
make electricity.
MICHAEL BOERMAN,
of Natural Upcycling
recycling business, the farm
also has afliated companies
for turf equipment sales,
genetics and the sale of com-
modities. One afliate is con-
structing a $50 million cheese
plant with Dairy Farmers of
America and Arla Foods.
The dairy farm has 1,800
milking cattle that milk on a
carousel milking system and
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Children play in the corn box during the annual Livingston
County Farm Fest, which this year was at Dairy Knoll Farm.

Matthew
BETH DOTY/SPECIAL TO THE LIVINGSTON COUNTY NEWS
A young visitor to the Livingston County Farm Fest at Dairy Knoll Farm, Groveland, takes a rest
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By SALLY SANTORA
For The LCN
Judging by the crowds that were strolling
the acres of farm land at Dairy Knoll Farm in
Groveland for the annual Livingston County
Farm Fest, agriculture is surely growing in pop-
ularity.
A beautiful day Sept. 9 in Livingston County
no doubt helped boost the attendance with an
estimated 2,000 coming out to experience farm
life.
Farm Fest celebrates the countys agricul-
tural community and invites the public to learn Call for a Quote today!
more about the countrys leading industry.
This year, the Meyer family hosted Farm Fest
at their dairy farm, Diary Knoll Farm at 4693 306 W MAIN ST BATAVIA, NY 14020
Rosebrugh Rd., Groveland.
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A visit to a farm, whether on
a tour or for a special event,
can provide an inside look in-
to the care, craft and history of
farming and agriculture.
The visit can be a wonderful
family activity, providing both
educational and entertaining
experiences for all ages. But it
is important to be aware that
you are visiting a working farm
and remain respectful and vig-
ilante farms can be a danger-
ous environment.
At the farm, you may en-
counter uneven terrain, farm
equipment and unusual
sights, sounds and smell.
To help ensure you have a
safe, successful visit, consider:
 Call ahead: A farm is a
business. It is important to re-
spect the work schedule and
the farms privacy. Some farms
have regular hours when they
are open for tours. Call ahead
to conrm information.

Park in designated ar-
eas. A working farm is busy
place as tractor trafc and de-
livery trucks come and go.

Be prepared. Come
dressed for the weather in
clothes that you wont mind
getting mud or even manure
on. Wear sturdy, closed-toed
shoes to protect your feat and
walk on uneven ground.

Pick, only if invited to.
Whats grown on the farm is
its product and its income.
Dont be tempted to help
yourself to what you see, espe-
cially when fruits look perfect
and plentiful. Be a good guest
and remind children to do the
same. Taste only if invited.

Keep a safe distance.
Respect crops, animals and
the farmers work by keeping
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Fest Safety greater risk for agricultural in-

From T24
farm to the public and educate
them on agricultural practices
through a day of activities for
families, including farm tours
and demonstrations.
Those attending enjoyed
tours of the farms operations
and the milking parlor where
the farms 1,300 head of dairy
cows are milked using a great
deal of technology. The day
also included a lot of educa-
tion about todays agricultural
practices and how milk gets
from the farm to the table.
Sara Gillett, a milk inspec-
tor for Upstate Niagara Milk
Cooperative, said cows milk
is a safe, non-GMO, nutritious
food for all ages. The cows
enter the milking parlor in
groups and, to some degree,
by age. Younger cows are very
spirited, said Gillette, while
older lactation cows are less
active.
Its kind of like grouping
the teenagers together and
separately from the senior citi-
zens, she said.
It takes about 5 minutes for
the machine to milk a cow. A
sensor detects when there is
no more milk owing and the
vacuum shuts off. When the
Dawson Johnson, 4, of Dansville hopes to drive one of these.
milk process is complete, each
cows teats are cleaned with
an iodine solution before they
are returned to the clean stalls
in the barn. The parlor is sani-
tized once again to prepare for
the next group of cows.
The collected milk is
carefully handled and never
sees the light of day, Gillette
explained. From the time it
comes out of the cow and into
the truck, it is cooled from 100
degrees to 36 degrees through
stainless steel hoses.
There was plenty for the
kids to take part in: a straw
pyramid for climbing, a hay
maze for racing, a petting zoo,
corn boxes for playing with a
tractor, games and crafts.
All farm equipment looks
large when its driving down
juries because it is difcult to
provide constant supervision
From T24 and children may engage in
work inappropriate for their
farm animals are not pets; do age and developmental level.
not pet. The department offers the
 Watch your step. Stay on following advice on farm safe-
walking paths. Dont walk in ty for children:
plant beds, which can cause  Do not allow your child
soil to be compacted and dam- to wander alone on the farm.
age plants. Create a fenced-in safe play

Be curious, ask ques- area for your child to play in
tions. A visit to a farm is an op- or near the house and away
portunity to learn direct from a from work activities.
SALLY SANTORA/FOR THE LIVINGSTON COUNTY NEWS
farmer how various things on  Assign age-appropriate
the farm work. Listen carefully tasks to your child if they are
and become more connected. physically able to take part in
the highway, but its even

Wash your hands. farm work, ensuring they are
more impressive when its
Whenever possible, and al- properly trained and super-
parked and able to be climbed
ways before eating, wash your vised at all times. Searchable
on, said parents as their chil-
hands thoroughly. This will guidelines for age-appropriate
dren enjoyed being able to sit
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in the drivers seat of a huge
from germs that could cause nagcat.org/nagcat/.
pieces of farm equipment.
illness in humans or animals.  Follow manufacturers
The Livingston County
The New York State Depart- recommendations for age re-
Sheriffs Department provided
ment of Health says children strictions when operating ma-
childrens safety identica-
who live on farms may be at chinery and equipment.
tion packets. The Sheriffs
Ofces community policing
detail issued nearly 100 Safe
Child Cards, countless Ju-
nior Deputy badges, stickers, Trucks For
coloring books, crayons and
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Deer Run unveils Conesus Red WORK OR PLAY...

WINE: Lightly-colored red wine named for Conesus Lake tour boat
By BEN BEAGLE
ben@livingstonnews.com
With a nod toward the regions history, Deer
Run Winery, 3772 West Lake Rd., launched its
latest wine nearly 113 years to the day that the
excursion boat that inspired the wines name
made its maiden voyage on Conesus Lake.
Conesus Red, named for The Conesus tour
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The style my father and I made it in is very
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The wine was made with local Steuben
grapes. It had a decent amount of acidity to
the grapes when we picked it, so we really bal-
anced it out with about 6 percent residual sug-
ar, Kuyon said.
The result is a wine that is not an overly sweet
wine. Its actually a very easy to drink wine,
Kuyon said.
The wine made its debut with a special event
July 29. The Conesus boat launched July 30 on PROVIDED PHOTOGRAPH
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Local historians Lore and Vince DiSalvo pro-
vided the image for the label. Marie Kuyon said The Conesus launched July 30, 1904. The
the DiSalvos have been integral in helping tour boat ran excursions for up to 1,000 passen-
with the labels and the history. gers. It operated between 1904 and 1914. The
The wines introduction was accompanied boat was partially dismantled, and the remain-
by a cake from The Cake Place in Avon that was der of the ship was sunk in the lake at McPher-
made with a lling made with Conesus Red son Point Cove.
wine. The top of the cake was designed to re-
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WNY Draft Horse show continues family tradition

By Sally Santora
For The LCN
The Western New York
Draft Horse Show has been a
very long standing tradition
for the Estes family of Cale-
donia and their horses from
Honey Locus Farms.
The family has been run-
ning the show for many years,
from announcing, running
the ofce details and entries,
hiring the judge, setting up the
class list it denitely is a fam-
ily event, said Lisa Estes.
This years show took place
Aug. 12 at the Caledonia Fair-
grounds on Leicester Street.
The familiar voice of Bob
Estes was heard coming from
the speaker. Estes was perched
in the viewing stand high
above the arena and announc-
ing for the event. Estes whole
family was there including his
wife and son Dean, daughter-
in-law Lisa and grandchildren
Rebecca, Richard and Adam,
who were all involved in the
show with their horses.
Dean and Rebecca drove
a six-horse hitch team using
the familys 100-year old run-
ning gear underneath the box
on the Honey Locust Farms
wagon.
It is a family event for all of
the farm families that partici-
pated.
The show started with the
halter class in the morning.
The competition took a break
at lunch time when the fami-
lies each shared a dish to pass
Judges take a careful look at Dean Estes and daughter Rebecca Palmer from Honey Locust Farms
as they drive their six-horse hitch team around the arena at Caledonia Fairgrounds for the Western
New York Draft Horse Show.
and enjoyed socializing with
each other over the mid-day
meal. Hitch class started after
lunch.
The competition included
adult and youth classes in
both halter and hitch. Lisa
Estes said encouraging the
youth to compete is important
as interest and participation in
showing draft horses is fading
in the recent years.
The youth are judged on
their ability to handle and
present their horse appro-
priately to the judges. Dean
and Lisa Estes children have
competed against each other
in area shows for several years,
she said.
A variety of Belgians, mules
and draft horse crosses were
involved in the show ranging
in height from 17 to 18.2 hands
(one hand equals 4 inches)
and weighing between 1,600
and 2,000 pounds.
Put two, four, six or more
of these horses together as
working and powerful horses,
SALLY SANTORA/FOR THE LIVINGSTON COUNTY NEWS
a team and you have a lot of
horsepower to maneuver if
you are the driver of the hitch.
Sixty percent of the score is
based on the horses and how
they work together as a team;
40 percent is based on their
appearance.
In the halter competition,
the horses are judged accord-
ing to the specications of
Honey Locust Farms
started on Maxwell Road
in Caledonia in 1832.
their breed on things such as
tness, cleanliness and breed
specics such as feet, slope of
their shoulder, length of the
horses neck and proper bite
in their teeth.
While originally bred in
medieval times to be hard
today they are used in shows
and competitions. It can be
an expensive endeavor with
a six-horse harness ranging
from $12,000 to $35,000 de-
pending on whether it is full
grain leather or a newer lighter
materials called biothane.
The wagon can cost between
$5,000 and $50,000.
Honey Locust Farms start-
ed on Maxwell Station Road
in the Town of Caledonia in
1832. Today the farm has 15
Texas Longhorn cattle and 32
horses, mostly Belgians with
some Percherons.
While Honey Locust Farms
once took their horses to as
many as 15 county fairs each
summer, today they compete
in three fairs each year, includ-
ing the New York State Fair.

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Once Again Nut Butter named Sustainability Leader

By BEN BEAGLE
ben@livingstonnews.com
Once Again Nut Butter in Nunda has
been recognized for its sustainability
efforts. The employee-owned compa-
ny, which makes organic nut butters,
packaged nuts and honeys, was in Au-
gust named a 2017 HowGood Certied
Sustainability Leader. The honor rec-
ognizes the companys ranking among
the top 15 percent of HowGoods sus-
tainable food and beverage products,
ofcials said.
Since day one, the prosperity of our
people, the quality of our products and
the health of the planet have been top
priorities, said Bob Gelser, Once Again
president and general manager.
HowGood Ratings claims to own the
largest database of sustainable food
and beverages in the world. Nearly
300,000 products were reviewed across
BEN BEAGLE/LIVINGSTON COUNTY NEWS FILE PHOTO
Organic peanut butter is dispensed at
Once Again Nut Butters peanut butter
facility that opened in 2016.
more than 60 metrics that consider
growing guidelines, processing prac-
tices and company conduct, among
others.
Once Again Nut Butter has made
HowGoods list for two years in a row.
Its a huge accomplishment,
said HowGood CEO Alexander Gillet.
Were proud to support OnceAgain
Nut butter and recognize them for
meeting and exceeding our compre-
hensive standards for environmental
and social impacts.
Contributing to the recognition is
Once Agains donation of between 6
and 8 percent of net prots each year
to more than 160 charities, including
more than 25 organizations in Nunda
and Western New York; development
of 13 worker cooperatives in Nicara-
gua that represent more than 2,000
farmers; stringent supply chain mon-
itoring, support for organic and sus-
tainable farming practices, fair pay
and economic development among
global supplies and their communities;
and partnerships to support bee farm
sustainability and help prevent colony
collapse disorder.
Once Again Nut Butter recently
trademarked its Honest in Trade sus-
tainability program, which aims to
improve quality of life for employees,
suppliers and consumers through a da-
tabase that traces the path of all ingre-
dients to ensure its environmental and
social integrity from farm to fork.
Its inspiring that the majority of
global consumers now prefer brands
that are socially responsible, but with
so many option on the shelves, it can be
overwhelming to select the best prod-
uct, Gelser said. This is why were
proud to be distinguished by and
hope more retailers will provide its rat-
ings as a guide for shoppers.
Once Again Nut Butter was found-
ed in 1976 by Jeremy Thaler and Con-
stance Potter, who shared common
beliefs in the importance of work-
er-owned cooperatives, organic and
sustainable farming and the power of
community.

Audit: State needs better tracking of food buys
ALBANY The state De-
partment of Agriculture and
Markets and the Ofce of Gen-
eral Services are directing all
state agencies to submit better
reporting of their purchases
of New York produced foods
according to an audit released
by State Comptroller Thomas
P. DiNapoli found numerous
problems.
The tracking of purchas-
es was not up to par and state
agencies were not always giv-
en the necessary guidelines or
training to buy more locally
produced foods, DiNapoli
said in a news release. With
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FFA students
By Ben Beagle
ben@livingstonnews.com
WILLIAMSVILLE Legisla-
tion is currently being debated
in the House Committee on Ed-
ucation and the Workforce that
would lower the tax burden for
students involved in 4-H and
Future Farmers of America pro-
grams.
The legislation would al-
so provide the students with
an opportunity to invest their
earnings in future projects, col-
lege funds, or savings accounts,
Congressman Chris Collins,
R-Clarence, said in a news re-
lease.
He highlighted his support
for the bipartisan legislation
titled the Student Agriculture
Protection Act of 2017.
4-H programs offer con-
structive ways for students to
expand their knowledge of
agriculture and animal scienc-
es, he said. With agriculture
being the largest industry in
New Yorks 27th Congressional
District, those who participate
in local 4-H programs will soon
be amongst the primary con-
tributors to Western New Yorks
economy. For this reason alone,
its critically important that in-
centives are set in place that
will drive up participation and
spread awareness of 4-H pro-
grams.
Rachel Clayson, agriculture
production instructor and FFA
co-advisor at the Mount Morris
Career and Technical Educa-
tion Center, sees opportunity
for FFA students participating
in a Supervised Agricultural Ex-
perience, or SAE.
When students participat-
ing in a SAE they not only gain
experience and income but
have the opportunity to apply
for awards and recognition in
the FFA, Clayson said.
SAE is a hands-on compo-
nent of agricultural education,
Clayson said.
Students nd an area that
they are interested in and ei-
ther do a type of research proj-
ect, start their own business, or
work for a business in that area.
See BILL T30
GenerationNext program seeks young ag
leaders to develop management skills
FARM CREDIT EAST
A successful manager is
required to master many as-
pects of the farm business.
To help the next generation
develop the necessary busi-
ness and nancial skills, Farm
Credit East is hosting multi-
ple GenerationNext seminars
across the Northeast this fall
into winter, and currently
seeks interested young lead-
ers to attend.
Upcoming sessions are
scheduled in three New York
locations Greenwich, Kings-
ton and Java Center and also
Eneld, Conn., Presque Isle,
Maine, Middleboro, Mass.,
Bedford, N.H., Flemington,
N.J.
Farm Credit Easts Genera-
tionNext helps young leaders
identify areas for personal
growth and development, im-
prove business management
skills and network with other
young industry leaders.
Whether just entering in-
to a management role or an
experienced manager, par-
ticipants will gain valuable
insights from Farm Credit
East farm business consul-
tants and from their Genera-
tionNext colleagues.
A key take-away of many
participants is effective com-
munication across genera-
tions, said Chris Laughton,
Farm Credit East Director of
Knowledge Exchange. Gen-
erationNext helps to develop
a balance of respect for the
accomplishments of the old-
er generation and trust in the
ability of the next generation
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A key take-away of many participants
is effective communications
across generations.
CHRIS LAUGHTON,
Farm Credit East Director of Knowledge Exchange
to take over the business.
While each session is cus-
tomized for the participants
attending, the program is typ-
ically offered in a three-part
series. The rst class covers
leadership and employee
management. The second
session focuses on under-
standing financial records,
including budgets, inventory
and investments, to develop
and achieve goals. The nal
sessions focus is based on
the groups interests.
Each seminar includes
group discussion, idea shar-
ing and networking opportu-
nities.
In addition, participants
receive a self-paced, com-
puter-based course and a
take-home portfolio with
handouts and worksheets
that support the topics cov-
ered by the program.
UPCOMING SEMINARS
It is not necessary to have
an existing relationship with
Farm Credit East to attend.
Contact your local Farm
Credit East office, or call
(800) 562-2235 for more in-
formation or to sign up.
Thursday, September 28, 2017 29
14, Jan. 18. Call 800-362-4404.

Java Center: Dec. 15, Jan.
5, Jan. 26. Call 800-929-1350.

The Presque Isle, Maine,
seminars begin Nov. 28, and
the contact number is 800-
831-4640.

The Flemington, N.J.,
seminars begin Nov. 30
and the contact number is
800.787.3276.
GenerationNext seminars 
The Bedford, N.H., sem-
are a three session series. inars begin Jan. 23, and the
Each session will run from contact number is 800-825-
approximately 10 a.m. 3 p.m. 3252.
to allow for travel. Lunch is in- 
The Middleboro, Mass.,
cluded. seminars begin Jan. 24 and
Dates and contact num- the contact number is 800-
bers are: 946-0506.

Greenwich: Nov. 16, 
The Enfield, Conn.,
Dec. 14, and Jan. 4. Call 800- seminars start Jan. 25, and the
234-0269. contact number is 800-562-

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Most of our students do a proj-
ect here at the Mount Morris
Career and Technical Educa-
tion Center during their senior
year, Clayson said. This bill
Schumer calls for farm
safety program funds
By JOE LEATHERSICH
jleathersich@batavianews.com
NORTH JAVA Standing
could be an opportunity for stu-
dents to take a project and make
it a larger part of their FFA expe-
rience.
Administrators at Cornell
Cooperative of Extension of Liv-
ingston County, after consult-
ing with CCE ofcials, declined
to comment on the proposal.
Since CCE is primarily
education based, we cannot
program, said a study showed
that the chance of a farm be-
ing open seven years after a
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comment on political issues
or proposed legislation, CCE
of Livingston County said in a
statement to The Livingston
County News.
If signed into law, the Student
Agriculture Protection Act of
2017 would create a tax exemp-
tion for the rst $5,000 of reve-
nue earned by students 18 years
or younger from either the sale
Schumer said his visit is
also to let farmers know the
program even exists.
of livestock or agriculture proj-
ects completed through 4-H or
FFA programs.
In effect, it will eliminate
the tax-ling burden for eligi-
ble students and allow them to
invest their earnings in future
projects or college funds.
Plain and simple, the Stu-
dent Agriculture Protection Act
is an investment in the next gen-
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I will continue my advocacy in
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Schumer was in Wyoming
Keeping the program fund-
ed, both Schumer and OHara
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County this month to discuss said, is about saving lives and win-win because it helps
the potential defunding of a helping farmers cover costs farmers, it saves lives and it
program in the proposed fed-
eral budget that helps farmers
when the cost of production al-
ready outweighs the revenues
supports local jobs for places
like Lamb and Webster.
768-6578
81 Lake St.,
pay to install roll bars on old- being brought in, as is the case When asked what a cut to bubbaslandscape.net LeRoy
er-model tractors at a subsi- with dairy farmers. this program could mean
dized cost. The NEC covers about 70 for the industry, OHara said
The bar is nothing glamor- percent of the costs of the bar farmers would lose their
ous, it serves a vital role in an under this program. OHara lives. It would mean farm-
industry that is more danger- said the maximum a farmer ers would die, to be perfectly
ous than others, Schumer said. would have to pay is $500. blunt about it, OHara said.
The occupational fatality There is also a toll-free Not only farmers but farm
rate for farmers is 800 percent telephone number for farm- children, farm workers
higher than for the average ers to call and someone from anyone operating a tractor.
profession, Schumer said. I the NEC will work with them People die if this program
didnt say eight or 80 800 to get the bars installed. is eliminated.
percent higher.
The National Rollover Pro-
tection Structure Rebate Pro-
gram, or ROPS, helps farmers
cover the cost of retrofitting
the roll bars. Newer tractor
models usually come with the
bar already installed.
Schumer added that of that
increased risk, tractors are the Established in 1967
No. 1 cause of farm injuries or Mark J. Dewey
deaths. In Wyoming County, Kim B. Dewey
there have been two rollover Nathan M. Dewey
deaths since 1997 one in
2004 and another in 2014. Liv-
ingston County had a rollover
death in 2015.
585-548-7407
Patrick OHara, a clinical
case manager with the North- fax: 585-548-2743
east Center for Occupational e-mail: dew99@juno.com
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Syngenta loses $218M verdict in GMO trial test

Margaret Cronin Fisk and Tim Bross
Bloomberg
Syngenta was ordered
to pay $217.7 million to a
group of Kansas farmers who
claimed the company care-
lessly marketed its genetically
modied corn seed, causing
contamination of U.S. crops
and a rejection of export sales
to China by ofcials there.
A Kansas jury issued the ver-
dict in the rst trial brought by
U.S. farmers alleging Syngenta
caused ve years of depressed
corn prices. Several other
trials are pending as lawyers
pursue suits on behalf of some
350,000 corn growers claim-
ing as much as $13 billion in
losses.
The win gives momentum
to claims by farmers from
more than 20 states who are
suing the Swiss agrochemical
giant. Syngenta, which has
about two dozen retailers and
or sales representatives in the
Greater Rochester area, also
faces a class action in a Min-
nesota court, where farmers
are seeking more than $600
million.
This drastically changes
the complexion of the upcom-
ing litigation, said Anthony
Sabino, law professor at St.
Johns University in New York.
A jury found the plaintiffs
claims of depressed prices so
convincing that, not only did
the jury give them a win on the
liability, they awarded the en-
tire amount of damages asked
for. That is not an everyday
occurrence.
A dozen Kansas farmers
attended the 13-day trial. The
only farmer in the courtroom
when the jury returned its ver-
Districts
dict after four hours of delib-
eration during two days, was
Bret Kendrick, 52.
Im relieved that things
turned out the way they did,
Kendrick said. Im very hap-
py, especially for Kansas farm-
ers. Kendrick farms 6,000
acres in southwestern Kansas.
The Kansas City, Kansas,
jury awarded only compensa-
tory damages and no punitive
damages. The farmers law-
yers had asked for $217.7 mil-
lion for lost sales plus punitive
damages.
Syngenta said it would ap-
peal the verdict.
We are disappointed with
todays verdict because it will
only serve to deny American
farmers access to future tech-
nologies even when they are
fully approved in the U.S.,
the company said in an e-mail.
The case is without merit.
More than 7,000 Kansas
farmers claimed Syngenta
rushed its GMO seed to mar-
ket before getting approval
from China to export grain
there. In 2013, China stopped
shipments after calling the
corn contaminated by the
GMO seed. The farmers also
claimed Syngenta misled
them on when the Chinese
would approve the seed.
In all, China barred an esti-
mated 1.4 million metric tons
of U.S. corn from entering the
country, effectively cutting
Agricultural Districts to the state Department
of Agriculture and Markets, where the request
the U.S. out of the worlds
fastest-growing market, the
farmers contend. Corn futures
tumbled as demand for Amer-
ican corn weakened, they
claim.
And while Syngentas GMO
seeds were approved by the
Chinese a year later, corn from
Ukraine and other countries
continues to supplant U.S.
crops, the farmers said.
The average U.S. cash corn
price has fallen 20 percent
since the 2013 Chinese ban on
U.S. shipments, while futures
on the Chicago Board of Trade
fell 15 percent, according to
data compiled by Bloomberg.
During the worst drought
since the 1930s, cash prices
peaked in August 2012 at $8.26
a bushel. On June 22, the price
of a bushel of corn was $3.30,
up from a seven-year low of
$2.73 a bushel in September.
The farmers blame the lower
prices on the Chinese rejec-
tion. Syngenta said this wasnt
a factor.
The Swiss company was
under pressure because
Monsanto Co. had a seed that
was equal to Syngentas that
already had Chinese approval,
Scott Powell, the farmers law-
yer, told jurors Thursday.
Syngenta rushed this prod-
uct to market to serve its own
commercial interests, he
said. No consideration was
given to the farmers.
Powell, citing a company
document, said Syngentas
then-CEO, Mike Mack, knew
that China would object to
his companys seed, but that
Mack wanted to pressurize
China into accepting it.
For Syngenta, there was no
risk, he said. It was all on the
backs of farmers.
Syngenta did nothing
wrong and the farmers suf-
fered no losses, Mike Brock,
the companys attorney, told
jurors in closing arguments
Thursday.
Important approvals were
in place before the seed went
into the ground, he said.
Syngenta began marketing
the seed in 2011 following U.S.
approval the prior year.
The Chinese rejection
didnt cause corn prices to
crater, he said. A 2010 corn
drought in China forced it to
buy foreign corn, and a 2012
drought in the U.S. led to a
spike here, he said. A 2013
corn glut sent prices plum-
meting. Rain, particularly in
the corn belt, shapes the corn
market, he said.
Chinas decision to block
Syngentas seed wasnt for
safety reasons, but done as
a pretext to lessen its de-
pendence on U.S. corn, Brock
said. They wanted to slow
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down the export of corn to
China.
Syngenta wasnt required
to wait for Chinese approval
and that country was using its
biotech regulations to control
trade, Brock said. The rejec-
tion of U.S. corn was part of
that strategy, he said.
The trial comes as state-
owned China National Chem-
ical Corp. is completing its $43
billion acquisition of Basel,
Switzerland-based Syngenta.
U.S. District Judge John
Lungstrum, who is overseeing
the Kansas City trial and most
of the litigation, has certied
eight statewide classes and
had said Friday hed schedule
another trial for January or
February. Farmers in 14 addi-
tional states are awaiting class
certication by the Kansas
judge.
Grain exporters Ar-
cher-Daniels-Midland Co.
and Cargill Inc. have accused
Syngenta in separate suits of
carelessly allowing its seed to
taint U.S. corn, causing the
Chinese rejection. Those suits
are pending in state court in
Louisiana, with Cargills head-
ed for trial next year.
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Bloombergs Jef Feeley and
Jeff Wilson contributed to this
report.
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