Welcome To The Chemung County Farm Bureau Of New York
Membership in the Farm Bureau gives farmers-and non-farmers
alike-the opportunity to be part of an organization dedicated to
supporting and enriching the rural way of life, an organization whose
resources benefit every New Yorker. Your involvement in the Farm
Bureau strengthens our efforts to protect your rural heritage. We
urge you to support these efforts by becoming a member of Farm
Bureau. Together we can continue to meet the needs of all who make
farming their livelihood..and rural New York their home.
To Safeguard you property rights. We work hard to promote public
policy that protects an owner's right to user their land. We oppose
efforts to allow public access without permission and compensation.
To protect the environment. We actively support ideas that promote
environmental responsibility. We advocate earmarked state and federal
funding for solid waste management, water quality programs, and
on-farm environment compliance.
To improve public appreciation of agriculture. We create age
education teaching materials and in-school presentations that deliver
the farm story to educators, while our media relations department
delivers it to selected new papers, TV stations, and asdvertising outlets.
Valuable information. Through a variety of Farm Bureau publications
and our New York home page on the Internet (www.nyfb.org) and our
Chemung County home page on the Internet (www.ccfb.org), we provide
members with up-to-date information on the latest agricultural,
policical, and environmental news.
Quality insurance coverage. Among our many programs is a complete
line of life, property, casualty, and health insurance and workers'
compensation plans specifically designed with the needs of rural New
Yorkers in mind. Coverage for small businesses is also avaliable.
Eligibility and underwritting determined by insurer.
Special discount programs. Members are eligible for money-saving
discounts on a variety of products and services nationwide, auch as a
$500 discount on Dodge vehicles and discounts on Grainger industrial
supplies. For more information on these and other Farm Bureau
services, contact Farm Bureau Member Services at 1-800-342-4143.
Service programs are subject to change.
--Farm News-- P.A. Residents are recieving 15% and $1500 per acre from Chesapeak Applacha Energy. Our minerals and theirs are the sam. DEMAND THE SAME FROM ALL COMPANIES! GrassRoots Paper Christiansen Tire Center Inc. is now a member and is offering a 5 % discount off everything for FB members. They are at 97 Colonial Drive in Horseheads, and can be reached at 739-8473 Are New York Land Owners Getting A Fair Deal On Natural Gas Leases ? Bob Stallman President of the American Farm Bureau Federation answered a question from Chemung County Farm Bureau President Ashur Terwilliger at the New York Farm Bureau Annual Meeting. The questions was how comparable are New York’s so called standard leases to other leases in various states. According to Bob Stallman in the state of Texas normal leases are for 1-year terms at around $225.00 per acre and royalties of around 25%. He also stated that Texas’s wells are much shallower than that of the ones located in New York State and produce around 500 cubic feet of gas per day. This leads to the question are New York landowners getting a fair deal on their gas leases? "The Following Is A Letter Sent To The Chemung County Farm Bureau" Chemung County landfill Hardship On Local Farmers & Landowners Mr. David Fleming is a farmer in the town of Chemung. His farm borders the Chemung County landfill but has some of the best river bottom soil in the county. Despite the nuisance of blowing trash bags/ truck traffic he has recently invested $150,000 in a new barn and is busy growing corn and fodder for his growing dairy herd. He was unpleasantly surprised when he found out that the county had worked out a deal to “privatize” the landfill, bring in a waste management company, increase the tonnage, attempt to enlarge the facility and essentially put him out of business. It was even more disturbing to eventually find out that: The landfill has been poorly run (345 environmental law violations), There are toxic chemicals in the groundwater surrounding the landfill, the waste company chosen by the county has a poor track record and recently had its license revoked in Pennsylvania, that they want to put up a 15 story fence around the dump, expand to greater than 500,000 tons (currently 80,000 tons/yr), and possibly go to 24/7 operation. How did this happen? The County was fined $45,000 for Environmental Law violations concerning the landfill 2002, Mr Santuli wrote the check April 2003.Instead of closing this mess they started looking for a way out, thus the above. Mr. Fleming is currently fighting to hold onto his land and his livelihood. He was not involved in any of the above negotiations and rightly feels that his rights have been violated. For Other Information Visit On This Topic Visit:
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and a staff of skillful, experienced lobbyists, attorneys, and
communicators, we speak from a rock-solid grassroots policy
development process.
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representation. With our professional staff and volunteer leaders
speaking out on agricultural issues, we are a strong agent of
necessary change and legal defense at the county, state, and national levels.