U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand joined a bipartisan group of senators asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to review the floor price for unprocessed milk.
Chenango County Farm Bureau president Bradd Vickers was among other Farm Bureau members from the southern tier who attended the "Farm Bill Now" rally in Washington D.C. this week.
New York Farm Bureau members attended the Farm Bill Now rally in Washington, DC, last week, pushing for quick action on the 2012 Farm Bill before the current bill expires at the end of September.
State comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released a report at the New York State Fair on Monday that says that New York State continues to be a leading agricultural state with over 36,000 farms producing 4.7 billion in products annually.