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 "Calendar of Events""What's happening & When"
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Past Events
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Past Events
Doug's Fish Fry will be at the CCFB
Office on September 20th from 11:00am to 6:00pm We will also
have Alpacas and RootBeer Floats. Be sure to join us! | |
Join us on November 12th at
Morrisville College Norwich Extension Conkey Ave, Norwich NY for
a
"Celebrate Local
Agriculture" Event
We held our 1st
"Savor the Flavor of Chenango" event on
July 30th, 2011 and it won us our 13th American Farm Bureau CAE Award
Click
here for a flyer on the
event or here for an
MP3 voice file
We presented the idea for this activity to more than 6,000 attendees at the AFBF Annual meeting held in Oahu, Hawaii in January of 2012
Ag Day celebration was held at the Silo Restaurant 203 Moran Rd. (Just off Rte. 206) in Coventry 11am - 3pm Our Theme was "Sowing Seeds Today...For our Energy Needs Tomorrow.
Policy Development meeting was held Oct 9, 2008
at the Farm Bureau Office at 7pm
call 607-334-6061 for details
Oil & Gas Leases: Landowners Rights meeting was
held at the
Norwich High School Auditorium Oct. 15, 2008 at 7:00pm. Featuring
Guest speakers from the Attorney General's Office; Assemblyman
Clifford Crouch; Assemblyman Gary Finch; Assemblyman Pete Lopez;
Chenango County Farm Bureau President Bradd Vickers
Oct 28, 2008 CCFB Annual Meeting was held at the
Silo Restaurant (Coventry)
call 607-334-6061 for details
natural gas drilling symposium on Aug. 19, at Lake Huntington, NY Sullivan West High School (6604 Rt. 52), from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
A meeting, organized by the Sullivan County planning division, the Chenango County Farm Bureau and Cornell Cooperative Extension, will focus on negotiating a gas lease that protects your property and financial interests.
Dairy Day was held on June 21st with a Parade at 11am and events continue at the fairgrounds in Norwich.
June 17th (7:00pm) Gas Lease meeting. This meeting was held in conjunction with The Greater Greene Chamber of Commerce.
Our Farm Bureau Auction was held on June 14th, 2008
We thank everyone that helped to make it a successful Fundraiser!
On March 20, 2008, we held an Agriculture Day Celebration
On February 12,
2008 we held an Agricultural District Regulations
& Ag Exemptions Forum
at the Norwich Extension of Morrisville State College located at
23 Conkey Ave, Norwich
Our Speakers were:
Mark Twentyman (NYS Office of Real Property Services)
Bob Somers (Dept. of Ag & Markets)
Lauren Johnson (SWCD)
Assessors received credits
Chenango and Madison County Farm Bureaus held a co-hosted Gas & Oil Leasing public information meeting November 27th at the Sherburne-Earlville High School Auditorium
Our 52nd Annual Meeting, was held at "The Silo", Greene, NY.
Call the Farm Bureau Office (State Hwy 12 N, Norwich, NY)
607-334-6061 for
details.
We held a Gas & Oil Leasing public information meeting on
May 2nd at the Norwich Senior High Auditorium at 7pm.
Call the CCFB Office (607-34-6061) for more information.
June Dairy Day will be held on June 16, 2007 at the Chenango County
Fairgrounds.
The AFBF (American Farm Bureau
Federation) Annual meeting was held at Salt Lake City Utah
January 7-11.
We won our 10th CAE (County Award
of Excellence) award and had a display there. We won in the
Policy Implementation category for 25 X '25 (Agriculture will produce 25% of the
energy needed by the year 2025) - Community Anaerobic Digester.
Our COUNTY ANNUAL MEETING was held
on OCTOBER 18,
at the
FOX RUN EVENT CENTER
SHERBURNE, NY
June 17th
Was Dairy Day Fun and Parade in Norwich and at the Fairgrounds
June
24th...we held Our Annual Auction
Fundraiser...
thank you to all that
Consigned equipment
Ag Summit Meeting with Senator Charles Schumer
 Met with Senator Charles Schumer in Sidney to discuss issues pertinent to Agriculture. |
Left to right: Vern Davis - NYSDRA (New York State Dispute Resolutions Association, Inc.); Marge Secrest, Vice-President Chenango County Farm Bureau; Senator Charles Schumer; Chenango County President Bradd Vickers and 6th District American Legion Legislative Chair; and Mary Palmer, Chenango/Delaware Dispute Resolutions Center (Agriculture Mediation Program) |
Chenango
County Farm Bureau has received its 9th American Farm Bureau (AFBF)
County Idea Exchange Award (County Award for Excellence ) for the
program "Creating a Highly Visible and Effective Farm Bureau (using
old and new technology)". We showcased this program
in Nashville Tennessee at the January 2006 AFBF Annual Convention.
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Rainy Collins-Vickers; Bradd Vickers, Harvey Fletcher and Marge Secrest (also attending was Harvey's wife Judy) |
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Grand Opening: Visit us
at our "NEW" Farm Bureau Office.
6083 State Highway 12N, Norwich (just north of Norwich,
across from Ossie II restaurant, next to the Exxon gas station).
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 Cut line: Hundreds attend Chenango County Farm Bureau Grand Opening, ribbon cutting, and ice cream social. Participating in the ribbon cutting front left to right Norwich Mayor Bob Raphael; CCFB President Bradd Vickers; Town of Norwich Supervisor Dave Law; CCFB VP Marge Secrest; Back row left to right Case Manager Dispute Resolution Center of Chenango & Delaware Mary Palmer; NYSDRA Agricultural Mediation Program Vern Davis; Norwich Town Councilman Charlie Brooks; and Cornell Cooperative Extension Dir. Keith Severson
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Hundreds attend Chenango County Farm Bureau Grand Opening, ribbon cutting, and ice cream social. CCFBs new office on Rt 12 north of Norwich provides a visibility and a central location for their many endeavors, with future plans to provide a starter marketing place for member entrepreneurs. The County Farm Bureau, �Your Link to Agriculture�� is a member driven organization providing a network to the largest industry in Chenango County and NY State, which is open to any one to join.
Bradd Vickers, president of CCFB says �The County Farm Bureau (winner of 8 National Awards) has a lot to be proud of, bringing more than $350,000 in to the community plus the multiplying affect, with their annual FB auction, and a major player in such programs as �Bullthistle Bounty�, Venison Donation, and many others�. Chenango County Farm Bureau is a key player in maintaining economic stability, enhancing the quality of life, and ensuring a future for the region, making a difference for everyone.
Chenango County Farm Bureau is a not-for-profit agricultural organization, dedicated to providing its members with legislative support, educational programs, discounts of all sorts including health insurance and other services to help members improve the quality of their lives; strengthen agriculture and rural America.
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Thank you for joining us at the annual Ag Awareness day at the Chenango County Fair, which was held on Friday, August 12, 2005....See you next year.
June 18th was
Dairy Day...Thank you for joining
us for the Parade and events held from 11am to 4 pm.
We
would to thank all of our members and friends that attended our
4th
Annual Auction, on Saturday June 25th, 2005., and made it so
successful.
We recently
joined Tompkins County in an "Ag Day at the Mall" event.
Marge Secrest and the puppeteers, read ag related books to children
at Borders Bookstore.
Joined with NFIB in a Legislator Town Hall meeting.
We want to thank everyone that joined us on March 18th for our Agriculture Recognition Day!
We won our 8th
National AFBF County Idea Exchange Program.
We displayed it at the AFBF Annual Convention (January 9-12)
in Charlotte, NC in January. We also received 3 Honorable mentions
for our other programs submitted.
Our County
Annual Meeting was held on October 20th, at the Fox Run Event
Center, with the largest turnout in quite a few years. Milk Punch and cheese was served by the Dairy Princess. A
Scrumptious Pork Loin dinner was served. A video entitled
"The Year in Review" was presented. Policy was presented
and voted upon to be submitted to NYFB. Everyone received door
Prizes.
Our Ice-Cream/Membership
Social ( held on July 23rd, 2004) was a great success. Thank
you for joining us. This is our way of adding an extra "Thank
You" to our members.
We want to thank everyone for their participation in our 3rd Annual Auction, June 19th, 2004. Please keep us in mind for next year.
We want to thank everyone that joined us on March 18th for our Agriculture Recognition Day!
We had a great turnout for SNB Valley Supply Days (Rte 8 north of So. New Berlin, NY) on March 4th and 5th. Over 2000 people attended the event. The postcard campaign to send a message to our legislators was a great success.
We received 10 Silver
Keys and the coveted Gold Key at the State Annual Meeting held in
Rochester,
NY.
Our Annual
Meeting, was held at the Sherburne American Legion Farm Bureau Day at the Fair
on Wednesday, October 15, 2003.
Milk Punch and cheese was served by the Dairy Princess. A
Scrumptious Pork Loin dinner was served. A video entitled
"The Year in Review" was presented. Policy was presented
and voted upon to be submitted to NYFB. Everyone received door
Prizes.
Featuring our Farm Bureau Puppets and Puppeteers,
in
"Agri-cadabra -The Magic of Agriculture".
American Farm
Bureau Federation (AFBF) president Bob Stallman (left) presents
Chenango County Farm Bureau their seventh consecutive County Idea
Exchange Program award. The
award was presented to Rainy Collins-Vickers, Pro-Ed Chair;
president Bradd Vickers (center); Georgianna Rowe, Young Farmer
Rancher Chair; and vice-president, Marge Secrest.
The 84th American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF)
annual convention was held in Tampa, Fla.
The idea put forth by Chenango County Farm Bureau (CCFB), �Burn, Bury or Recycle�, was a project created to address the best methods for disposing of agricultural plastics used in greenhouses, big-bale wrappers, etc.
The CCFB
representatives presented their seventh consecutive award-winning
program at a booth on the show case floor, to the nearly 5,000
members from 50 states and Puerto Rico that attended the
convention.
Bradd Vickers noted that questions and comments were varied, such as �How can we get plastic recycling started in our state?� to �How can we find a market in our area for the recycling of these types of plastics?�
