CCE Board Opts to Furlough Staff to Absorb Recent Budget Cuts

LIBERTY, NY – The public is being asked to help keep the doors open full-time at Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) Sullivan County following a 20% cut in funding by the Sullivan County Legislature, due to its financial challenges. This request for community support comes after a unanimous vote late last night at the CCE board

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Make stories part of your advocacy in ag

by Deborah J. Sergeant

July 29, 2026

Your farm’s story can help promote agriculture. Considering that most Americans are at least two generations removed from agriculture, it’s more impor...

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Decoding alphabet soup: Medicare price hikes & avoiding fraud

July 29, 2026

Penn State Extension program specialist in ag economics, sociology and education Paula Ledney urges farmers to familiarize themselves with Medicare an...

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Crop Comments: Ontario wildfires – Déjà vu all over again

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July 29, 2026

Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra once said, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” This phrase linked the French term déjà vu, meaning “already seen,” to the...

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Happy Holsteins are worth the trip

by Sally Colby

July 22, 2026

A dairy farm with proximity to urban and suburban areas is ideally situated to create a high-traffic location for marketing farm-fresh products. Klein...