Feb 10, 2021
Cornell Cooperative Extension Chautauqua County, in partnership with the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program, is launching a virtual series, What’s Bugging You First Fridays, a virtual presentations on practical solutions to pest problems.
The monthly virtual series will explore timely topics to help farmers use integrated pest management to avoid pest problems and promote a healthy environment. Integrated pest management is a wholistic approach that uses different tools and practices to not only reduce pest problems, but to also address the reasons why pests are there in the first place. Each month, speakers will share practical information about IPM.
Todd J. Tranum
President and CEO of the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce & Executive Director of the Manufacturers Association of the
The Governor’s Executive Budget outlined this past week offers a stark and sobering look at the year ahead for New York State. There are essentially two scenarios: one bad and one worse.
In the wake of the COVID-19 response over the past ten months, New York state faces a $15 billion deficit this year. Tax revenue is down dramatically statewide due to business shutdowns and job losses. At the same time, expenses rose as the state scrambled to respond to the pandemic with providing personal protective equipment, reopening protocols and communication, testing, and now vaccine distribution. Over the next four years the Governor projects the state will have a $39 billion revenue shortfall.