Big Flats Plant Materials Center

Updated 08/25/2008

Corning, New York

Established 1940

Since 1940, the Big Flats Plant Materials Center has selected plants and provided new vegetative conservation solutions for the Northeast region. The Center has released a number of conservation plants including ‘Niagara’ big bluestem, ‘Glacial Lake’ butterfly weed, ‘Keystone’ buttonbush, Glacial Lake Albany Germplasm wild lupine and ‘Golden Jubilee black-eyed Susan. The Center has developed new technology for improving forage, buffer strips, cover crops, living snow fences and windbreaks, and assisting the National Park Service with disturbed areas.

Special Features

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2007 Progress Report of Activities (PDF; 524 KB) Big Flats Plant Materials Center

• U.S. Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey visits Big Flats Plant Materials Center
  Through the $1 million Conservation Innovation Grant, six to eight dairy farms in New York and eight to 10 hog farms in North Carolina can participate in the project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and explore cutting-edge technologies while maintaining viable agricultural operations, U.S. Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey said.
• For dairy farmers, it could pay to help the environment
  - Article Star Gazette June 28, 2007

Contact

3266-A State Route 352
Corning, NY 14830-0360

Telephone: 607.562.8404
FAX: 607.562.8516
Email: Martin.Vandergrinten@ny.usda.gov