Empire Farm Days will be hosted by Rodman Lott & Sons Farms located along State Route 414 in Seneca Falls on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week.
Tuesday and Wednesday hours of operation will run from 9 am through 5 pm, and the event will wrap up on Thursday running from 9 am until 4 pm.
There will be shuttle service operating throughout the area, with drop locations at the Finger Lakes Regional Airport. There will also be shuttle service on-site for those looking to more conveniently get around from event-to-event.
Expanded field demos will take place each day, with hay mowing, hay merging and chopping, tillage, hay bailing, and hay handling also being featured. Each will run for one-hour sessions throughout the three-day event.
Here’s the complete list of events for Empire Farm Days 2017
All Day: Tour Field Irrigation Site with CFS Irrigation/Kifco Lot – #522
All Day: American Welding Society: Try Virtual Reality Welders Lot – #332
All Day Fastest PTO Shield Installation Contest: NYCAMH Safety Center – #628
9:00 – close: NY Soil Health Team Seminars, Soil Web Survey/App Demos Soil Health Center – #922
9:00 – close: “Why I Farm,” Pumpkins Spotlight, Chicken Chat Game & More NY Farm Bureau – #917
9:00 – close: Live Beef Display, Info and Activities NY Beef Center – #202
9:00 – close: Cornell Marketplace Cornell/Empire Bldg – #400
9:00 – close: USDA Info and Q&A USDA Center – #502
9:00 – close: 2017 Discover Clean & Safe Boat: NY Sea Grant Farm Pond – #300
9:30: Soil Health Seminar: New topic each day Soil Health Center – #922
9:30: Beef Seminar: Design Cattle Handling Systems for Cow/Handler Safety Lot – #600
9:30 – 10:00: “You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks” w/“Sparks” & Tibbie Dell Grange Family Center – #107
9:30 – 3:30: Grain Bin Simulator 20-minute Safety Demos on the Half-Hour Lot – #507
10:00: In-Water Safety Demonstrations: NY Sea Grant Farm Pond – #300
10:00 – 2:00: Applicator Test Drive Lot – #929
10:00 – 2:00: Ride & Drive: Ford, Honda, Milton CAT, RAM Trucks, Yanmar, Applicators Lots – #199, 826, 928, 929
10:00 – 3:00: JCB Dancing Digger: Top of the hour 10-minute performances Lot – #701
10:00 – 4:00: Welch’s Grape Juice Tasting: Women for NYS Wines Cornell/Empire Bldg – #400
10:05 – 10:20: Council on Alcoholism Program Grange Family Center – #107
10:15: Beef Seminar: So Who’s Cow is This? Identifi cation Practices Lot – #302
10:30: Field Demo: Hay Mowing East Showgrounds Demo Fields
10:30: Soil Health Center Cover Crops Field Demonstration Tour Lot – #930
10:30: Standup Paddleboard & Pedal-Drive Kayak Try-Outs: Morgan Marine* Farm Pond – #300
10:30: Dairy Profi t Seminar: New topic each day Dairy Profi t Center – #426
10:35 – 11:00: NYS Grange Youth Presentation Grange Family Center – #107
11:00: Apple & Grape Grafting Demonstrations: USDA ARS Cornell/Empire Bldg – #400
11:00: Equine Round Pen Live Horse Demonstrations Round Pen – #601
11:00: Live Beef Cattle Handling with Dr. Mike Baker & Manufacturer Reps Lot – #302
11:05 – 11:30: Quilting & Spinning Presentation Grange Family Center – #107
11:30: Field Demo: Hay Merging and Chopping East Showgrounds Demo Fields
11:30: Soil Health Seminar: New topic each day Soil Health Center – #922
11:30: Standup Paddleboard & Pedal-Drive Kayak Try-Outs: Morgan Marine* Farm Pond – #300
11:35 – 12:00: NYS Grange: Past, Present and Future Grange Family Center – #107
12:00: Beef Seminar: Put Profi t in Your Pocket w/Pre-Conditioning Practices Lot – #302
12:00: In-Water Safety Demonstrations: NY Sea Grant Farm Pond – #300
12:30: Soil Health Center Luncheons sponsored by Kings Agriseeds Soil Health Center – #922
12:30: Field Demo: Tillage/GPS East Showgrounds Demo Field
12:30: Earthlife Fertilizer Demo: Casella Organics East Showgrounds Demo Fields
12:30: Standup Paddleboard & Pedal-Drive Kayak Try-Outs w/Morgan Marine* Farm Pond – #300
12:25 – 1:00: Seneca Falls Town Historian Fran Barbieri Grange Family Center – #107
1:00 – 4:00: NY Wine Tasting: Women for NYS Wines Cornell/Empire Bldg – #400
1:05 – 1:30: Seneca County Historical Society: Fred Capozzi Grange Family Center – #107
1:30: Conservation Client Gateway Introduction: USDA NRCS Soil Health Center – #922
1:30: Field Demo: Hay Baling East Showgrounds Demo Fields
1:35 – 2:00: History of Hot Wheels with Richard McKee Grange Family Center – #107
2:00: Equine Round Pen Live Horse Demonstrations Round Pen – #601
2:00: In-Water Safety Demonstrations: NY Sea Grant Farm Pond – #300
2:05 – 2:30: Quilting & Spinning Demonstration Grange Family Center – #107
2:30: Field Demo: Hay Handling East Showgrounds Demo Fields
2:30: Standup Paddleboard & Pedal-Drive Kayak Try-Outs w/Morgan Marine* Farm Pond – #300
Click here to check out the individual, day-by-day events schedule at Empire Farm Days 2017.
