Ag Commissioner Richard Ball: Farming Is Economic Development Edition of Thursday-Friday, Nov. 20-21, 2014 Agriculture is increasingly understood in New York State as economic development, Richard Ball, the recently appointed state agriculture commissioner, told 200 people at NYSHA’S “Celebration of Our Agricultural Community” Saturday, Nov. 15, at The Farmers’ Museum. “We get to work and farm a couple of hours away from the biggest appetite in the country,” said Ball, himself a Schoharie County farmer. He concluded, “If New York…
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Ag Commissioner, In Cooperstown, Hopes To Connect NY Products, Customers By LIBBY CUDMORE • The Freeman’s Journal/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Thursday-Friday, Nov. 13-14 2014 Richard Ball, commissioner of the state Department of Agriculture & Markets, wants to make sure everyone in the state has access to Upstate’s bounty. “We have a great resource here in central New York,” he said. “And we want more farmers to have New York State as a customer.” Ball, who is from neighboring Schoharie…