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Onondaga County warns of potential COVID-19 exposures at five Syracuse–area businesses
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Onondaga County Health Department announced potential COVID-19 exposures at four Syracuse–area restaurants and bars and one jewelry store. Employees at Strada
Cazenovia College freezes tuition, room, and board costs for 2021-22
CAZENOVIA, N.Y. — Cazenovia College announced it is freezing the cost of tuition, room, and board and boosting the amount of merit-scholarship money available to
ALBANY, N.Y. — SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras on Tuesday announced that SUNY has adopted a policy mandating all students “using on-campus facilities in any capacity”
Madison County warns of potential COVID-19 exposures at Oneida businesses
ONEIDA, N.Y. — The Madison County Health Department announced it has confirmed that patrons at three businesses in Oneida have tested positive for COVID-19. The
Leadership Alliance to host COVID-19 economic recovery town hall on Wednesday
DICKINSON, N.Y. — The Leadership Alliance says it will host a COVID-19 economic recovery town hall on Wednesday from 4 to 5:30 p.m. The program
Carthage Area Hospital to prohibit visitors beginning Tuesday, citing rise in virus cases
CARTHAGE, N.Y. — Carthage Area Hospital says it will suspend all hospital and assisted-living facility visitation starting Tuesday, citing the recent rise of COVID-19 infections
SUNY’s mental-health network for students is expanding amid increased need
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The mental-health services available to SUNY students is expanding to more campuses. The network provides counseling and psychiatry services to 11 campuses
Customers may have been exposed to virus at Prime Steak House as employee tests positive
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Onondaga County Health Department announced Saturday night that that an employee at Prime Steak House at 101 East Water St. in
Restaurants posted their best sales in September since the pandemic started
Comparable restaurant sales in the U.S. fell 8.1 percent in September, compared to the year-ago period. That’s the best-performing month for U.S. eateries since February, before the coronavirus pandemic hit, according to a report from Black Box Intelligence, a data provider for the hospitality industry. “Not only was this the first month of the COVID
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Comparable restaurant sales in the U.S. fell 8.1 percent in September, compared to the year-ago period. That’s the best-performing month for U.S. eateries since February, before the coronavirus pandemic hit, according to a report from Black Box Intelligence, a data provider for the hospitality industry.
“Not only was this the first month of the COVID era that had restaurants losing less than 10 percent of their sales year over year, but it also represented a small acceleration in the pace of sales recovery compared to previous months,” the report stated.
However, with COVID-19 cases starting to rise again and cooler weather beginning to limit outdoor dining, Black Box foresees another possible flattening of the recovery curve for restaurants, as happened in July.
Black Box Intelligence currently tracks and analyzes more than 290 brands, 2.3 million employees, 50,000 restaurant units, and $76 billion in annual sales revenue.
New York corn production rose an estimated 1 percent this year, USDA forecasts
New York farms are estimated to have produced 86.8 million bushels of corn this year, up 1 percent from 86.1 million bushels in 2019, according to a USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service forecast issued on Oct. 9. New York farms are projected to harvest an estimated 520,000 acres of corn for grain in 2020, down
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New York farms are estimated to have produced 86.8 million bushels of corn this year, up 1 percent from 86.1 million bushels in 2019, according to a USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service forecast issued on Oct. 9.
New York farms are projected to harvest an estimated 520,000 acres of corn for grain in 2020, down 5 percent from 545,000 acres last year.
The total yield per acre in the Empire State is forecast to hit a record high of 167 bushels of corn this year, up 9 bushels from the 2019 average.
Nationally, U.S. farms are expected to have produced an estimated 14.7 billion bushels of corn for grain this year, up 8 percent from their 2019 production total, according to the USDA.
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