This week's briefs include news about NYCM Insurance, disaster relief initiatives, an invasive species threat and a call for community quilters.…
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“FSA offers a variety of disaster assistance programs to support farmers and ranchers through times of adversity,” said Jim Barber, state executive director for FSA in New York. “Many disaster programs have a 30-day window to report losses, so once producers are able to evaluate their losses, it is important to contact the local FSA office to report all damages and losses and learn more about how we can assist.”…
The Present State of Rural Economies Glimmerglass Film Days this year featured a documentary entitled “Storm Lake” that chronicled the operating of The Storm Lake Times, a small local newspaper in Iowa farm country much like The Freeman’s Journal/Hometown Oneonta. The community of Storm Lake endured profound changes in the last two decades as the local farm economy declined and was replaced by a very large Tyson pork processing plant that now employs 2,500 mostly migrant workers. The town’s population…
Enhanced Habitat For Migrating Birds Near Completion In Hartwick Seminary By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com HARTWICK SEMINARY – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, hosted a press briefing behind the Cooperstown Fun Park here this morning to draw attention to a 14-pond wildlife enhancement project now underway. The project was initiated by Fun Park owner Bob Hickey and his father, also Bob, who passed away in June, on 20 acres of former farmland between Route 28 and the Susquehanna River. The…