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Allegiant Air announces Syracuse flights to Southwest Florida in November
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Allegiant Air (NASDAQ: ALGT) on Tuesday announced nonstop service from Syracuse Hancock International Airport to Fort Myers / Punta Gorda, Florida beginning

State Fair, Chevrolet extend sponsorship agreement
GEDDES, N.Y. — The New York State Fair has announced the extension of Chevrolet’s sponsorship agreement with the Fair. The three-year, $525,000 extension begins “immediately”
Genius NY program announces new prize-money structure for third round
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Genius NY, a business-accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden, has a new prize-money structure for round three of the Genius NY

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Cancer Center is now offering a same-day surgery and radiation-treatment option for women with early stage breast cancer. Intraoperative radiation therapy

People news: Grossman St. Amour CPAs hires McMahon
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Grossman St. Amour CPAs PLLC announced it has hired Danielle L. McMahon as a staff accountant in its audit services group. She
UTICA, N.Y. — The federal government has awarded Utica–based Human Technologies Corp. a two-year, $45 million contract to provide third-party logistics and supply-chain management services.

University of Rochester Medical Center opens liver-transplant clinic at St. Joseph’s Health
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) has opened a clinic site at St. Joseph’s Health to offer care “closer to home”

People news: CenterState CEO hires Scuderi as Tech Garden senior program manager
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — CenterState CEO announced it has hired Royale Scuderi as its senior program manager for the Tech Garden in downtown Syracuse. Scuderi most

Solvents & Petroleum Service buys Clay building
CLAY — Solvents & Petroleum Service, Inc. recently purchased the industrial building located at 4724 Burr Drive in the town of Clay. Strathmore Property Holdings LLC sold the 21,150-square-foot building, located on 0.72 acres, for $355,000. Gary Cottet and Patrick Hillery of Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company exclusively marketed the property and brokered the sale
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CLAY — Solvents & Petroleum Service, Inc. recently purchased the industrial building located at 4724 Burr Drive in the town of Clay.
Strathmore Property Holdings LLC sold the 21,150-square-foot building, located on 0.72 acres, for $355,000.
Gary Cottet and Patrick Hillery of Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company exclusively marketed the property and brokered the sale transaction on behalf of the seller.
This property last changed hands in April 2015, when it sold for $923,788, according to Onondaga County’s online property records.
Solvents and Petroleum Service, established in 1946, says it has been servicing the industrial and automotive markets throughout the Northeast. Its specialty is chemical manufacturing and providing chemical-related services to the commercial and public sectors all across the Northeast. The company is currently located at 1405 Brewerton Road in the town of Salina, according to its website.
New York corn production forecast to rise 27 percent this year, USDA says
New York corn grain production is forecast at 99.5 million bushels this year, up 27 percent from last year, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service New York Field Office. Based on conditions as of Aug. 1, yields are expected to average 158 bushels per acre, down three bushels from 2017. Area harvested for
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New York corn grain production is forecast at 99.5 million bushels this year, up 27 percent from last year, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service New York Field Office.
Based on conditions as of Aug. 1, yields are expected to average 158 bushels per acre, down three bushels from 2017. Area harvested for corn grain is expected to increase 30 percent to 630,000 acres, the field office reported.
U.S. corn production is forecast at 14.6 billion bushels, down less than 1 percent from last year, according to the USDA. Based on conditions as of Aug. 1, yields are expected to average 178.4 bushels per acre, up 1.8 bushels from 2017. If realized, this will be the highest yield on record for the U.S., the USDA stated. Area harvested for grain corn is forecast at 81.8 million acres, down 1 percent from 2017.
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