Dairy - milk sales account for $22.3 million of the total agricultural sales in the county

Image by Mary Finger

Livestock -

Poultry

vine ripened tomatoes in a farmers' market in NYC, July 2014

Image by Sandy Repp

Produce

Field Crops - 41,104 tons were produced on 22,486 acres*

Maple trees with taps and buckets for collecting sap, to be made into maple syrup, at Beaver Meadow Audubon Center, North Java, NY.

Image by Dave Pape

Maple Products - 1471 Gallons were produced in 2012*

Fiber

Marketing

Agroforestry

Image by Mina Vercera, CCE Suffolk County

Ornamental Horticulture

Image by Michele Kline

High Tunnel Day Neutral Strawberries in October!

Agriculture

Tioga County Agriculture

Tioga County’s diverse agriculture industry encompasses over one-third of the county land mass with businesses in every town and municipality. Direct sales of local products generate $36.7 million annually which translates into nearly $100 million community dollars as well as full or part time employment of 536 people.

Agriculture in the county continues to change with a decrease in the number of traditional dairy farms which is offset by the growth of farms marketing a range of products such as vegetables, fruits, meats, poultry, fiber products, timber products, maple syrup, and other specialty farm items.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tioga County is dedicated to helping you, the farmer, succeed. Our services include soil testing advice and recommendations, disease and insect diagnosis, connecting you to markets, grants, business planning, and more.

Barb Neal is the county agriculture educator--start your agriculture questions with her. She will either answer your questions, or connect you to one of our regional specialists. Barb's email is: ban1@cornell.edu or call 607-223-2753.

COVID-19 Agriculture Resources

CCE is committed to keeping our farms and food systems safe, and essential workers healthy.

Dairy & Field Crops

The SCNY Dairy & Field Crops Team serves Broome, Chemung, Cortland, Tioga & Tompkins Counties to help producers maintain a strong dairy industry in our region.

Latest Issue of Farm & Garden Newsletter

Visit the Agriculture section to download the latest issue of Farm & Garden Newsletter. It is chock full of information that farmers in Tioga County can use to grow their business.

shiitake mushrooms on sale at a farmers' market in NYC

Forest Farming

Shiitake mushrooms are one of the valuable crops that forest owners can cultivate in their woods, along with fruits, nuts, and berries.

Dairy cattle in the Cornell Dairy Research Center in Harford, NY (Cornell University Photography).

Forage

Quality forage is not quality feed until it reaches the cow's mouth. Our resources can help maximize the nutrients in order to optimize profitability for our county’s dairy farms.

Farmland for a New Generation

Are you a farmer looking for land, or a farmland owner with acreage you'd like to sell or lease? Farmland for a New Generation is working to connect farmers with land.