Showing posts with label Oswego County Farm Bureau. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oswego County Farm Bureau. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Meeting About Ag District and Ag Value Assessment Feb. 2 in Mexico

From Oswego County Farm Bureau:

Oswego County Farm Bureau, as a part of their Coffeecake Meeting Series, will host a Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County discussion of the Agriculture District Review currently being done at 2 p.m. Monday Feb. 2 at the Oswego County Federal Credit Union, 5828 Scenic Ave., Mexico.

All farms in the Oswego Count Ag District are reviewed every eight years and will have to be reauthorized for the district. This a very important component of every farm operation in the county. 

Also speaking at the meeting will be John DeHollander of the Oswego County Soil and Water District regarding Ag Value Assessment and how this program affects your property taxes. Take this opportunity to learn from the experts about the Ag District and Ag Value Assessment protections and how they affect your farm and farmland, whether you are farming it yourself or are renting land to another farm. 

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Wind Power Topic of March 3 Oswego County Farm Bureau Coffeecake Meeting

The Oswego County Farm Bureau will host its March Coffeecake Meeting at 1 p.m. Monday, March 3 at the Oswego County Federal Credit Union on Scenic Ave./Route 3 in Mexico.

The featured speaker will be UnitedWind, a wind power company. They will have a presentation on windmills for farm and landowners. As always, light refreshments will be served.

The coffeecake meetings are free and open to the public as well as Farm Bureau members.

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Farm Bureau Hosts Talk on Oswego County Muck Farms

From Oswego County Farm Bureau:

The Oswego County Farm Bureau will be hosting a series of Coffeecake Meetings on the first Monday of the winter months at 1 p.m. at the Mexico branch of the Oswego County Federal Credit Union on Route 3 (5828 Scenic Avenue). 

The first will take place at 1 p.m. Jan. 6 with special guest speaker, Jim Farfaglia, author of “Of the Earth -- Stories from Oswego County Muck Farms."     

Farfaglia also has agreed to do a book signing and will have books available for purchase. 

These meetings are free and will be open to the public as well as Farm Bureau members. As the name implies, light refreshments will be served. 

Future meeting speakers will include Josh Hornesky, a resource conservationist for the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service.