{"id":4744,"date":"2015-11-02T17:53:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T17:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nnyagdev.org\/?p=4744"},"modified":"2015-11-02T17:54:09","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T17:54:09","slug":"senators-praise-nnyadp-beef-project-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/02\/senators-praise-nnyadp-beef-project-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators Praise NNYADP Beef Project Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The NNYADP thanks New York State Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman and Senator Patty Ritchie and NYS Senator Betty Little for their comments on the NNYADP funded beef survey project in a\u00a0recent\u00a0article by Lancaster Farming Correspondent Paul Post.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>We share those excerpts below.<\/em> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lancasterfarming.com\/news\/northeedition\/Survey--Beef-Producers-Plan-to-Expand-Operations\" target=\"_blank\">To read the entire article, please click here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Senator\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Patty Ritchie, R-St. Lawrence County, represents the western half of the region. Livestock represents one of the largest sectors of New York\u2019s agriculture industry, Ritchie said, \u201cand in order for it to continue to expand, we need to know what\u2019s happening on the ground level,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve been pleased in recent years to advocate for funding for the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program to help make efforts like this possible, and am looking forward to seeing how these findings help guide New York\u2019s beef industry as it continues to grow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Betty Little, R-Glens Falls, represents the eastern part of the North Country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis survey shows the growing trend in the beef industry, which is consistent with discussions I\u2019ve had at our county fairs,\u201d she said. \u201cIn the North Country, we have good soil and plenty of water, and a consumer population increasingly interested in knowing where their food comes from and wanting high-quality beef for its nutritional content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NNYADP thanks New York State Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman and Senator Patty Ritchie and NYS Senator Betty Little for their comments on the NNYADP funded beef survey project in a\u00a0recent\u00a0article by Lancaster Farming Correspondent Paul Post. We share those excerpts below. To read the entire article, please click here. Senator\u00a0Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Patty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4744","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-press-releases","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4744"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4746,"href":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744\/revisions\/4746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}