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  • President Norton Welcomes New Dean

    New York Farm Bureau
    5/21/10


    Dr. Kathryn Boor

    New York Farm Bureau, the state’s largest family farm organization, welcomes Dr. Kathryn Boor to her new position as Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Dr. Boor will be appointed for a five year term on June 30th, 2010 to lead one of the most prestigious agricultural and life sciences colleges in the world.

    Dean Norton, President of New York Farm Bureau, said, “Our farmer members could not be more pleased that Dr. Boor’s tremendous talents will be put to work in a new direction, that of leading the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences through a very challenging time. At no time have we seen such a confluence of events that will shape the future of the College for generations of students and alumni.

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  • Growing Success

    Grape Industry An Economic Boom For Region

    By Dave Emke
    The Post-Journal
    5/20/10

    With a history that dates back more than 150 years, grapes have been a longstanding tradition in Chautauqua County.

    The Concord Grape Belt is approximately 60 miles long, stretching along the Lake Erie coastline from the Town of Hanover all the way to the Town of Ripley and into Erie County, Pa. Andrew Dufresne, executive director of the Concord Heritage Grape Belt Association, said that the economic impact the growth of grapes has on the region is major.

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    Growing Success

  • Southern US Apple Growers Lose 2010 Crop Due to High Temperatures

    By Matthew McDermott
    Treehugger
    May, 2010

    I'm not saying you can directly attribute this one to climate change, but coming on the heals of NOAA saying the past April was the warmest on record, it's likely at least a sign of things to come: The Alabama Cooperative Extension reports that apple growers in northern Alabama "have basically lost the 2010 crop." The culprit is unusually high nighttime temperatures.

    Starting on the weekend of May 7-9, fruit began falling from trees from northern Alabama to northern Virginia. Trees in north Georgia, Tennessee, and western North Carolina were also affected.

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    Southern US Apple Growers Lose 2010 Crop

  • Vernon-Verona-Sherrill FFA is Named Best Chapter in New York State Again

    By Alaina Potrikus
    The Post-Standard
    5/20/10


    VVS FFA - Nikki Schiebel gives a history of maple

    The Vernon-Verona-Sherrill Central School District has won the state’s top honor for Future Farmers of America for the second time in three years.

    New York State Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets Patrick Hooker will present students with the chapter of the year award and give the keynote address at the district’s annual banquet and awards program May 27.

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