Grassroots

February 2007

Table of Contents

• Dairy crisis top priority for NYFB
• Farmers welcome Spitzer - FB: 'We're off to a great start'
• Safety First: NYCAMH urges use of tractor rollbars
• Patrick Hooker to head up Ag & Markets
• At a Glance
• Lincoln's Address - A new day dawns in Albany
• View from D.C. - Farm Bureau a strong, united front
• President Bush, Congress at odds over Farm Bill
• Field crops slow
• Nov. milk production up
• Dec. milk prices higher
• Wall Street interested in agriculture
• Farmers planting more corn to meet demand
• Global biotech acreage on the rise
• CWD rules hurt farmers
• Funding for CNMP updates
• Gillibrand joins Kuhl on House Ag Committee
• NYFB encourages members to join LEAD NY program
• From the Field
• Pennsylvania looking to revive dairy industry
• Cornell University honors founder's 200th 'birthday'
• Chenango County FB welcomes home veteran
• N.Y. FFA toy tractor available at TSC stores
• "Ag Master" on the road
• SUNY Cobleskill Bioenergy gets $1 million
• Grape industry touts economic impacts
• Leadership meeting set for mid-March
• Energy firm Fortuna to alter its practices
• Radio pioneer Slusarczyk dies
• Upstate counties eligible for flood recovery funds
• Biofuels meeting set