Agricultural Environmental Management
AEM is a voluntary program led by local Soil and Water Conservation Districts with focus on local and watershed-wide environmental concerns, farm-specific conservation practices, and individual farm business objectives. Through AEM, a landowner can develop their enterprise in a vast array of ways including but not limited to, NYS Grown & Certified, installation of various Best Management Practices, Prescribed Grazing Management Plan, Afforestation and more.
Prescribed Grazing Management Plan
For landowners who have pastures and are worried about their resource management, the Otsego County SWCD with it’s partners provides resources to develop a grazing plan for the operation. For more details, please call us so we can schedule a field visit.
Visit AEM website at www.nys-soilandwater.org/aem for more resources
Feel free to contact us at (607) 547-8337 ext. 4 to get started
WHAT'S THE POOP ON MANURE LAGOONS?
Video by Michelle Breidenbach, Christa Lemczak and N. Scott Trimble. Illustrations by Peter Allen. Music by MK2.
Additional content: Google Earth and New York State Department of Agriculture
See the full interview with Mark Burger, Executive Director for Onondaga County Soil and Water Conservation District below: http://www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2017/06/whats_the_poop_on_manure_lagoons_see_how_they_work_why_farmers_need_them_video.html
Brick House Farm - Otsego, NY
2017 AEM Award Recipient
http://www.madcoswcd.com/grazing-charts.html
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