-Grower and Marketer, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 19,2001
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Lt. Gov. Donohue Awards $520,000 For Agricultural Development
GENEVA, N.Y. Bacte
rial cultures don’t often oscil
late in front of New York
State Lieutenant Governor
Mary O. Donohue.
But biotechnology was
front and center during her
announcement of the recipi
ents of $520,000 in funding
from the Grow New York’s
Agricultural Research and
Development Grant Program
at the New York State Agri
cultural Experiment Station
in Geneva, in February.
Twenty agricultural proj
ects throughout the state re
ceived funding. Commodities
ranged from hay to beef,
brandy to maple syrup,
onions to apples, and pota
toes to wine. The projects tar
geted economic development,
feasibility analysis and
project research aimed at ad
dressing New York’s agricul
Vidalia Onion Growers In Georgia
To Vote On Marketing Order
WASHINGTON, D.C.
The USD A recently an
nounced that Vidalia onion
growers in Georgia will vote
June 4-22 on whether to con
tinue their federal marketing
order.
The order requires holding
a continuance referendum
every six years. To be eligible
to vote, growers must have
produced Vidalia onions
within the designated pro
duction area of Georgia
during the period Jan. 1,
2000, through Dec. 31,2000.
For the order to continue,
at least two-thirds of the
growers voting in the referen
dum, or growers representing
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tural development needs and
opportunities.
In choosing a state-of-the
art lab at the Experiment Sta
tion in Geneva for the press
conference, the Lieutenant
Governor acknowledged the
strong role Geneva has
played in supporting New
York’s fruit and vegetable in
dustry through the develop
ment of good farming, food
storage and food processing
practices.
“Agriculture is a vital com
ponent of the rural economy.
In fact, every New Yorker
benefits from a • viable and
profitable food and agricul
ture industry,” said Do
nohue. “In order to maintain
the industry’s strong eco
nomic impact, we must en
courage and assist the
research and development of
new concepts and products in
at least two-thirds of the
volume of these onions, must
vote for the order.
Notice of the referendum
was published in the April 30
Federal Register. USDA’s
Agricultural Marketing Ser-
vice, which oversees the mar
keting order, will mail ballots
and voting instructions to all
growers of record.
Eligible growers not receiv
ing ballots may request them
from William G. Pimental,
USDA/AMS Southeast Mar
keting Field Office, P.O. Box
2276, Winter Haven FL
33883-2276, (863) 299-4770
or fax (863) 299-5169.
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the marketplace. I am ex
tremely pleased to award
these 20 grants to projects
that will help strengthen New
York’s agricultural indus
try.”
The Agricultural Research
and Development Grant Pro
gram awards matching funds
of up to $50,000 to individual
farmers and various agricul
tural businesses, organiza
tions, local governments and
institutions. The funded, eli
gible projects focused on de
veloping and expanding
markets for New York agri
cultural products, improving
production capacity, creating
new technologies or improv
ing efficiency in agriculture.
It was the first year of the
program. Another $500,000
is slated to be awarded in
2002.
Of the 20 projects, Cornell
We are all endeavouring to
profit from the best possible
yield from our crops. Fighting
disease and insects with
chemicals is an on-going process,
Chemicals have proven to be
effective, but the secret is in the
application. Atomizers have
been used since the 1970’s in
actual field experience, and
insure clean, blemish-free,
University-related projects
received four grants, includ
ing $17,913 for the develop
ment of a NYS Beef Quality
Assurance Program with
Cornell Cooperative Exten
sion (CCE) in Cortland
County; $24,500 for an eco
nomic feasibility analysis of a
producer meat processing
consortium with CCE in
Oneida County; $40,000 for a
New York State “onions with
attitude” branding program
with CCE in Oswego County;
and $21,300 for a project to
maximize the potential of
MCP, a post-harvest com
pound that helps control pre
mature apple ripening, with
Christopher Watkins on the
Ithaca campus and Steve
Hoying, of the Lake Ontario
Fruit Team.
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opportunity to improve our
market for the first-class
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The wine and grape indus
try of New York garnered
five of the 20 awards, includ
ing $50,000 to the New York
Wine & Grape Foundation to
create an awareness and ap
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culture campaign in New
York City, The $25,336 to a
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