Grassroots

July 2007

Table of Contents

• Farm Bill on tap
• Albany session wraps up
• Aquaculture is growing industry for Long Island Farm Bureau
• We all scream for ice cream
• Immigration reform still up in the air
• Legislature OKs bill to help farmers afford insurance
• First Pioneer offers free dairy benchmark
• Schumer criticizes feds for failure to fully fund black dirt crops lost from flooding
• Campbell to head state maple group
• Lincoln's Address - Progress, promise in the Capital
• Ag Agenda - It's time to take immigration reform off hold
• Spitzer touts help for dairy, renewable fuels, organic farming
• Hooker highlights specialty crops
• Clinton lays out agenda for bill
• Kuhl, Gillibrand seek action on MILC crisis
• Center for Dairy Excellence names new director
• Conservation District employees have new head
• Cornell scientist awarded $2.5M for toxicology studies
• Farm Bureau files brief in property rights case
• Government begins enforcing 'user fee' on Canadian produce - Niagara County Farm Bureau leader is unsure whether move will make difference
• NASS staff spend a day on the farm
• New diesel fuel rules for tractors enacted by feds
• Young Farmer Award deadline near
• NYFVI seeks farmers for grant review panels
• Regional reports
• NYFB announces legal referral program
• Immigration officials hit Central New York grower
• Immigration & Customs Enforcement at Your Workplace
• Board's action boosts membership drive
• Albany County OKs Right-to-Farm Law
• Jeff Williams named to renewable energy task force
• New trail to promote agriculture
• 'I Love New York' campaign expanded
• Ag Commissioner 'On the road again' with Willie Nelson
• Sen. LaValle pledges support for agriculture
• By the numbers