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WELCOME

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Onondaga County Soil & Water
Conservation District

6680 Onondaga Lake Parkway
Liverpool, NY 13088

(315) 457-0325
Fax:  (315) 457-0410


2018 TREE & SHRUB SALE IS HERE!
Orders are due March 23rd


CLICK HERE FOR THE ORDER FORM OR VISIT OUR TREE SALE PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

2017 DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT AVAILABLE
Here


WHY DO DAIRY FARMS BUILD SATELLITE MANURE STORAGE STRUCTURES??

Manure storage is an important environmental protection practice and more dairy farms across NYS are installing or adding to their storage capacity.  Manure storage allows for improved application timing so that nutrients can be better recycled for crop use.  Farms that are regulated or that receive state or federal cost sharing must design and build manure storage in accordance with strict USDA-NRCS standards.  New regulatory requirements are bringing additional limitations that affect when manure may be applied making adequate manure storage capacity a necessity, and this will also drive an increase in construction of manure storages.  Many farms have built manure storage structures near the barns where the animals are housed for ease in loading. Manure needs to be applied at an agronomic rate to crop land, according to crop need, and this means manure must be transported to most fields operated by the dairy, some near, some far.  Further, traditional bedding sources like straw or sawdust have become very expensive or difficult to find, so many farms provide mattresses or have turned to bedding with sand or recycled manure solids for cows in freestall housing.  This results in manure with a liquid consistency, and often containing 90-95% water.  This watery material is bulky and presents challenges to move around at the optimum spreading time to land that grows crops for the cows.  For these reasons, it often does not make sense to enlarge or add a second manure storage structure at the home location, but to create storage near other blocks of land where manure will be land applied anyway.  These structures are referred to as satellite storage. 
A satellite storage allows farms to pump or transport manure during less busy times and in ways that reduce traffic intensity and odor prevalence.  This is a benefit for the environment, neighbors, and the farm.   This system also allows farms to focus on manure application when the land is ready, as the time-consuming aspect of hauling was taken care of before the growing season starts.  This means more timely manure application and also better results for the farm and the environment, because risks of nutrient loss are lower when timing is better.         



Karl Czymmek and Peter Wright
PRO-DAIRY Program
Cornell University

In Case of Emergency

In case of an agricultural spill, and it's after office hours (4:30 p.m.) you can call Mark Burger directly at 315-415-5057.

WHAT'S THE POOP ON MANURE LAGOONS?
To watch the interview, click below

http://www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2017/06/whats_the_poop_on_manure_lagoons_see_how_they_work_why_farmers_need_them_video.html

SNOW LOAD & BARN COLLAPSE
Important information - read below

farmstead_recovery_fact_sheet-_snow_load_-_barn_collapse.pdf
File Size: 101 kb
File Type: pdf
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snowremovalfrombarns.pdf
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS
2018


Meeting schedule: 4th Wednesday of every month at 10:00 a.m. (unless otherwise noted)

January 24                                                  July 25
February 28                                                 August 22

March 28                                                     September 26
April 25                                                        October 24
May 23                                                         November 28
June 27                                                        December 19 (3rd week)


Holiday Schedule 2018

Monday January 1            New Year's Day
Monday January 15          Martin Luther King Day
February 19                       Presidents' Day
Monday May 28                 Memorial Day
Wednesday July 4             Independence Day
Monday September 3        Labor Day
Monday October 8             Columbus Day
Monday November 12       Veterans Day
Thursday November 22    Thanksgiving Day
Friday November 23          Day after Thanksgiving
Tuesday December 25      Christmas Day


SHARING THE ROAD WITH
SLOW MOVING VEHICLES
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What you need to know.

Click here
    http://www.safeny.ny.gov/media/SMV-broc4-09.pdf

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Learn more about the Onondaga County Water Authority on their website - read their water saving tips.
http://www.ocwa.org/about/watersense-fix-a-leak/


Our mission is to promote excellence in the wise use of our rural/urban natural resources.
Our vision is to live in a society in which future generations will have natural resources necessary to sustain and enrich their quality of life.
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