Feb 4, 2020
The Wyoming County Chamber & Tourism is pleased to announce that tickets are now on sale for the 13th annual “Pride of Wyoming County Agriculture Dinner,” scheduled for Saturday, March 7, 2020, at the North Java Fire Hall from 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
The Wyoming County Chamber & Tourism office partners annually with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wyoming County, Wyoming County Farm Bureau, Wyoming County Soil and Water and members of the agriculture community including farms and agri-businesses. The sell-out event celebrates and recognizes the important impact of agriculture in Wyoming County.
“The Pride of Agriculture dinner is a delightful evening dedicated to celebrating our historic agriculture tradition in Wyoming County,” said Chamber & Tourism President & CEO Scott Gardner. “We are excited to be celebrating the thirteenth year of this annual recognition event, and we take pride in our strong agricultural sector which is recognized as a leader in New York and the nation.”
The Wyoming County Chamber & Tourism office will present the 2020 Agri-Business of the Year award to the Boxler Family in Varysburg and their farming operation and businesses. This award is given annually to an agri-business that exhibits any or all of the following criteria including expansion projects, job growth, community involvement, and contributions that strengthen the agricultural industry.
For the first time, the Good Neighbor Award will be announced in advance of the dinner and will be presented this year to Jim and Sandy Brick of Perry, and the Friend of Agriculture award will be given to the Attica Partners for Agriculture.
Wyoming County Soil and Water will also join in presenting the annual Conservation Farm of the Year award to Broughton Diversified Farming, LLC in Silver Springs; the Ronald P. Herman, Sr. Partners in Conservation Award to Wyoming County Information Technology; and the Agricultural Environmental Management Farmers Partnering to Protect our Environment Award to Meeder Farms, LLC in Bliss.
The Pride of Wyoming County Agriculture Dinner is open to the public and is a sell-out event. Tickets are $30.00 per person or a table of 10 for $275.00 and may be purchased by calling (585) 786-0307 or online at www.wycochamber.org.
Event Sponsors include: Attica Auto & Hardware, Inc; Complete Payroll; NYSEG; Creative Food Ingredients; Upstate Door; Pioneer Credit Recovery/Navient; Tompkins Bank of Castile; Morton Salt, Inc.; Wyoming County IDA; Byrncliff Resort & Banquets; WCJW Radio; Five Star Bank; Tompkins Insurance Agencies; Upstate Auto; Koike Aronson; FreedMaxick, CPA's; R&R Precision Construction; Solar Liberty; Wyoming County Community Health System; Accountable Business Solutions; Advanced Dairy Services, Inc.; Ash-Lin's Elegant Rose Florist & Tux Shop; Attica Rodeo Show & Association; Attica Veterinary Associates; Brad Veley Masonry; Broughton Diversified Farming; Carolina-Eastern Crocker; Corfu Machine; CSS Farms; Daily News; DFA; Dziedzic Farms, LLC; Edelrock Gravel; Elitsac Lumber; Farm Credit East ACA; Farm Family Insurance Co.; Foote & Meyer, PLLC; Frey Well Drilling; Gary Swede; George & Swede Sales & Service, Inc.; Glen Iris Inn; Gramco; Hidden Valley Animal Adventure; Hubner Seed; Kelly's Garage; Lamb & Webster; Lincoln Agri-Business; Milk for Health on the Niagara Frontier; Ortel Supply Inc.; Perry Veterinary Clinic; Reisdorf Brothers; Royce Electric; Senator Patrick Gallivan; Silver Lake Brewing Project; SJF Construction, Inc.; Steuben Trust Co.; Strassel Law; Table Rock Farms; Warsaw's Country Courier/Arcade Herald; William Kent Inc. WNY Crop Management; Wolfpack Multisport; Wyoming County Soil & Water.
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