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Farmers fighting for COVID vaccine
WWNY Farmers fighting for COVID vaccine By Keir Chapman | March 11, 2021 at 3:41 PM EST - Updated March 11 at 8:54 PM
TOWN OF ELLISBURG, N.Y. (WWNY) - New York farmers are making noise after still being left off the stateâs COVID vaccine eligibility list.
Thereâs plenty of work to do on Sheland farms in the town of Ellisburg and plenty of animals too.
âWe milk about 900 cows and we farm about 3,000 acres,â said Devon Shelmidine, Jefferson County Farm Bureau president.
Shelmidine is pushing for agricultural workers to be on the stateâs list to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
STEUBENVILLE The Jefferson County Farm Bureau’s membership campaign is open.
Benefits of a Farm Bureau membership include:
¯ Participation in the legislative process: Members collaborate on issues they deem important to shape local, state and federal regulations affecting their community;
¯ A subscription to Our Ohio magazine featuring recipes and information about the farm families who grow our food.
¯ Landowner education: Farm Bureau staff provide the latest information on oil and gas leasing activity, property tax issues, private property rights and more.
¯ Property protection program: The bureau offers a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction for felony crimes committed on a member’s property.
The Jefferson County Farm Bureau will be awarding three $500 scholarships in 2021.
The scholarships are being sponsored as an aid to young people of Jefferson County in continuing their education and becoming self-directing, productive and contributing members of their community, according to a bureau spokesperson.
Qualified students must be residents of Jefferson County and high school seniors or graduates planning to attend or having entered an accredited institution offering post-secondary education. The student or his/her parents or guardian must be current Jefferson County Farm Bureau members for at least the past two consecutive years.
Questions can be directed to the Jefferson County Farm Bureau office by phone at (888) 265-2090 of by e-mail to jefferson@ofbf.org. The deadline for the county application is March 15.