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New York onion production fell 7 percent in 2022
A recent government report found that New York onion production fell an estimated 7 percent to 2.52 million cwt (hundredweight) last year from the 2021 production estimate. That’s according to a Feb. 15 report from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), New York Field Office. The average yield per acre was estimated at 400 cwt […]
New York milk producer prices fall 4 percent from prior month
Milk prices at the producer level in New York state remained elevated in the latest month but prices tempered from previous months. New York dairy farms were paid an average of $24.90 per hundredweight of milk in December, down 4.2 percent from $26 in November, but were still 13.2 percent higher than the $22 average in December

Auburn Community Hospital awarded $10 million in federal funding for COVID-19 costs
AUBURN, N.Y. — Auburn Community Hospital (ACH) will use a federal award of more than $10 million to cover costs associated with the hospital’s COVID-19

People news: Ongweoweh promotes Haddock to director of global operations
ITHACA, N.Y. — Ongweoweh Corporation, a Native American-owned pallet-management company, announced it has promoted Matt Haddock to director of global operations. In his new role,

Coal-impacted Southern Tier communities eligible for grant funding
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York Department of State announced the opening of applications for a share of up to $65 million in grant funding

New York Water Environment Association names new executive director
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The New York Water Environment Association, Inc. (NYWEA) announced it has selected Khristopher A. Dodson as its next executive director. Dodson will

Application period for Syracuse’s ARPA Distressed Property Fund opening soon
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The City of Syracuse expects to open the application period later this month for those interested in applying for funding from the
State awards DRI, NY Forward funding to four CNY communities
HOMER, N.Y. — New York State has awarded the Village of Homer in Cortland County $10 million as the Central New York winner of the

Syracuse hospitals to continue requiring masks for now
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate University Hospital, St. Joseph’s Health, and Crouse Health all tell CNYBJ that they will continue to require masks to be worn

People news: OCWA names director of communications & government affairs
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — OCWA – Central New York’s Water Authority announced it has hired Tiffany Latino-Gerlock as director of communications & government affairs. In this
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