Farm Bureau Head Pushes Agenda

IMMIGRATION POLICY: Norton says changes must include priorities of N.Y. farmers

NYFB President Dean Norton

WASHINGTON — The only immigration policy worse for farmers than the one in place today might be a piecemeal change that misses out on agriculture's priorities, New York Farm Bureau President Dean Norton said Tuesday.

Mr. Norton, in Washington for meetings with the American Farm Bureau Federation, said he worries that Congress, unable to pass comprehensive reform, might pass only some elements of a new immigration policy.

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Farm Bureau Head Pushes Agenda

Location, Location and Presentation Help Promote Healthier Snacks, Expert Finds

While key words for real estate are location, location, location, for healthy foods, they just may be presentation and location.

Case in point: When apples were moved in a school lunchroom from a metal bin to an attractive basket lit by an ordinary desk lamp closer to the cash register and away from more tempting, less-healthy chips and other packaged snacks, their sales jumped 58 percent.

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Location, Location and Presentation

New York Aims to Tap Deeper Into “Cow Power”

At last fall’s Dairy Power Summit, held in New York, dairy farmers, industry experts and government officials joined forces to try to jump start the Empire State’s use of anaerobic manure digesters.



Curt Gooch, an agricultural engineer at Cornell University, talked about the summit and its goals during the recent AgSTAR conference in Green Bay.

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New York Aims to Tap Deeper Into “Cow Power”

Vt. Maple Crop Down, but Not Like Elsewhere

The quick warmup this spring switched sugar maples from sap-making to bud-popping, lowering Vermont's maple syrup production slightly.

But the 3 percent drop seen in Vermont from 2009 to 2010 wasn't nearly as high as the reduction in maple production seen elsewhere.

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Vt. Maple Crop Down, but Not Like Elsewhere