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New York corn production forecast to rise 4 percent this year
New York farms are forecast to produce 83 million bushels of corn for grain in 2021, up 4 percent from last year. That’s according to a USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) forecast issued on Aug. 12, based on field conditions as of Aug. 1. Any potential impacts from severe weather that occurred after Aug.1 […]

MVCC’s Ireland elected president of SUNY Librarians Association
UTICA, N.Y. — Jocelyn Ireland, instructional-design librarian at Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC), was recently elected president of the SUNY Librarians Association (SUNYLA) for the 2021-2022 year. After serving as second vice president/conference chair and first vice president over the past two years, Ireland assumed the position of president at the SUNYLA annual conference, hosted

New York manufacturing index reverses July’s gain in August
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index fell 25 points to 18.3 in August. The decline nearly reversed the entire 26-point gain that the index — a monthly gauge on New York’s manufacturing sector — posted in July to reach a “record high.” The latest report also missed analysts’ expectations for a reading of 29.0, according

ANCA program uses grant to help small firms recover from pandemic
SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. — North Country small businesses can sign up for free technical services through the Adirondack North Country Association’s (ANCA) Center for Pandemic Response (CPR). CPR is a new program designed to help businesses “build resilience in the wake of the COVID-19 economic crisis,” ANCA contends. ANCA is an independent, nonprofit corporation that

American Airlines begins service from Syracuse airport to Dallas-Fort Worth
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — American Airlines on Wednesday started its service from Syracuse Hancock International Airport to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). Initial estimates place the

Centro plans to use $74M over five years in federal funding for operations
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Centro would receive a “record” $74 million in federal funding over the next five years in the infrastructure bill that the U.S.

Five finalists selected for this year’s Genius NY program
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Empire State Development (ESD) on Tuesday announced the five teams selected to take part in round five of the Genius NY business-accelerator

Rome Lab to benefit as AFRL is designated as a quantum information science research center
ROME, N.Y. — Rome Lab will secure funding as the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is now designated as the quantum information science (QIS) research

Baseball Hall of Fame to use nearly $5 million in federal funding for operations
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown will use federal funding of nearly $5 million that’s meant to help it “recover

Upstate Medical University researcher to use nearly $700K in federal funding for dementia research
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University will use grant funding of more than $680,000 for research into one of the leading forms of dementia. The
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