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Past News Articles

• Reality Check Youth Work With Local Business Owner to Remove Tobacco Advertising
  Realty Check youth from Perry School worked with local business owner, Steve Smyder, from the Perry Market Place to remove the exterior tobacco advertising at his store. / Summer 2008
  
  
• Dairy Initiative Aims to Improve Profitability
  By Matt Surtel, The Daily News, 12/22/07
  Dairy farmers are experts when it comes to production. Their skill and knowledge has helped make Wyoming County the state's top dairy region. But profitability can be a challenge, where price per hundredweight is notoriously shaky. / December 2007
  
  
• Wyoming County Dairy Institute
  Wyoming County can boast of the fact that it ranks first in the Empire State in dairy production. The average herd size of our dairy operations is ever increasing. This larger herd size brings with it the demand for a skilled and dedicated work force. ‘To keep the existing work force abreast of the ever changing technologies while simultaneously attracting an emerging local work force’ was identified as a barrier to the future success of our dairy operations in the county. / September 2007
  
  
• Wyoming Initiative for School Health
  The WISH (Wyoming Initiative for School Health) is well on its way to reaching many Wyoming County school-aged children to teach them the importance of eating healthy and exercising. / July 2007
  
  
• Wyoming County Dairy Fest 2007
  The dairy fest this year was a great success. / June 2007
  
  
• Art In The Garden Celebration
  The Master Gardeners at Cornell Cooperative Extension, Wyoming County, are sponsoring Art in the Garden, a Home Grown garden celebration, on Saturday, May 12th from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the Legion Hall in the Warsaw Village Park. The event is free and open to the public. / May 2007
  
  
• From the Director's Desk
  Excerpts taken from the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wyoming County Annual Report 2006. To view the entire Annual Report, click here. / January 2007
  
  
• Help Support 4-H at the Movies!
  For every ticket purchased for Paramount Pictures and Walden Media's production of Charlotte's Web through www.fourhcouncil.edu, Hollywood Movie Money will make a $1 donation to 4-H to help support your state's 4-H program. / December 2006
  
  
• Emergency Forage Exchange
  Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton joined Cornell Cooperative Extension and the New York Farm Bureau Foundation for Agricultural Education, Inc. in launching an Emergency Forage Exchange and a Feed and Forage Transportation Fund to provide feed and cash assistance for farmers in New York State who have been severely impacted by the recent flooding. The website will be active through December 2006 at which point continuation will be reconsidered based on need. / July 2006
  
  
• It's Farmers' Market Time
  June is the month most local farmers’ markets come alive with fresh produce. The Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program is a federally funded program that provides coupon books to WIC families to use at their local farmers’ market or farm stand. The coupons can be used to buy locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables. / June 2006
  
  
• 2006 Tractor and Compact Tractor Contest Results
  The annual 4-H Tractor & Compact Tractor Operators Contest was held on Saturday, May 27, 2006, at the Letchworth Central School grounds in Gainesville, NY. These contests test the 4-H'ers mechanical knowledge, safety skills and driving skills. / May 2006
  
  
• 4-H'ers Visit State Capital
  On March 6th and 7th, 2006, a group of 4-Hers from Wyoming and Livingston counties went to Albany for the "4-H Capital Days" award trip. Wesley Cox and Amanda Ciurzynski from Wyoming County, and Chris Ciufo and Kelsey Minnich from Livingston County, traveled to Albany to learn about the New York State Government. / March 2006
  
  
• Take Action With TobaccoFreeKids.Org
  Do you want to take action against big tobacco? You can, just log onto www.tobaccofreekids.org and click on the icon on the left hand side that says "take action." This will allow you to sign up to be an E-Champion, you will get email updates that allow you to take action against the tobacco industry. / January 2006
  
  
• Executive Director, Barb Boyer, To Retire
  Barb has served as the association's executive director since 1999. She has also been the association's Family and Consumer Sciences Program Leader, a position she has held since joining CCE in April of 1998. / November 2005
  
  
• Staff Changes and Additions
  Educator Vacancies Filled in the Agriculture Department and
  New Nutrition Coordinator for Wyoming and Livingston County. / October 2005
  
  
• Welcome To Our New Web Site
  Welcome to the new Cornell Cooperative Extension - Wyoming County website. With our new website, we will be able to provide you with more news and events going on here and around Wyoming County. We will be able to provide more frequent updates. So, please check back often for news, events, and publications.