News Release

2009 Agriculture and Home Gardening Enrollment

Cornell Cooperative Extension Agriculture and Home Garden enrollment packets will be coming in the mail in the next few days. Enroll as soon as you receive your packet to avoid interruption of enrollment benefits. For 2009, we are offering a new farm or company-wide enrollment discount option.

Since many of our agricultural businesses involve multiple families and households, we are offering a $10 discount to the second or more enrollees per farm or company. Consider offering Cornell Cooperative Extension enrollment as an employee benefit so your staff has easy access to timely information and educational offerings. The initial enrollment fee for a family or business costs $35.00. Each additional enrollment after the first from the same business will be $25 each.

For 95 years, Cornell University Cooperative Extension Wyoming County has been proactively developing agricultural and horticultural educational programs to address the needs of the County’s citizens. Our organization is facing some challenging times as we adjust to New York State’s Budget cutbacks. Now more than ever, we need your support and involvement as we chart the course for Cornell Cooperative Extension to meet the educational needs of farmers and the community of Wyoming County. Consider making a tax deductible donation with your enrollment to support the local continuing education Cooperative Extension offers.

Enrollment benefits:

• “Wyoming County Farm News”
• Discounts on classes & services:
  • Wyoming County Dairy Institute
  • Commercial Drivers License Training
  • Pesticide Certification Seminars
  • Complete Soil Analysis
  • Guidelines for Agricultural Production
  • Farm Account Books
• “Small Farm Quarterly” subscription (Cornell Small Farms Program)
• Free in office diagnostics:
  • Insect, disease, weed, or plant identification
  • Soil pH testing
• Timely announcements for classes and technical updates
• $5.00 discount on Home Gardening Enrollment
• Voting privileges for electing Cooperative Extension’s Board and Program Advisory Committees
  

If you are already an Agriculture Program enrollee at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wyoming County, watch for your enrollment packet to arrive and return it without delay!! If not, then please call our office at 585-786-2251 to enroll!