MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — In February 2020, for the second year in a row, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Madison County (CCE-MC) was announced as one of the Regional Navigators as part of the Farmland for a New Generation New York partnership between American Farmland Trust, the State of New York, agricultural land trusts, and agricultural support organizations across the state.

This program offers a statewide Resource Center with expert advisers and a website featuring training materials and listings of farmers in search of land as well as land available for farming. Farmland for a New Generation New York offers services to help farmland seekers – new farmers and younger generations of farm families – while supporting retiring farmers and other farmland owners in successfully transferring their farms. This statewide initiative includes:

• An online directory of available farm properties across New York and profiles of farmers in search of land
• Trainings, materials, and model documents to educate and support farmers and landowners
• Experienced staff who offer a first point of contact to navigate key topics tied to accessing and transferring farmland
• A pathway to find and access more technical expertise available to support farmers and landowners

Upcoming online events with the Regional Navigator program:

• Wednesday October 21^st @ 6:30pm: How to Determine an Appropriate Value for Your Land
• Wednesday November 4^th @ 6:30pm: How to Put Together a Lease that Makes Sense
• Wednesday November 18^th @ 6:30pm: It’s All About Relationships

Registration for any or all of these programs can be done by going to the Facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/3b7Amdl0s

Whether you are a landowner looking for a farmer to keep/put your land into agricultural production, or a farmer looking for some additional land, this initiative can help! If you’re located in Madison County, staff at CCE-MC can help! We will work with you to create a profile for your farmland, or for yourself as a farmer seeking land. Looking to lease your land to a farmer but don’t know the first place to start? Contact Myron Thurston at Myron.thurston@cornell.edu or Patty Catalano at patriciamae@cornell.edu or call (315)684-3001.

We look forward to working with you to help keep agriculture strong in Madison County.

–Cornell Cooperative Extension of Madison County

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