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Allegany County proclaims March 2025 as Agricultural Month; Farm Bureau highlights Ag Literacy and National Ag Day
Summary
The Allegany County Board of Legislators proclaimed March 2025 as Agricultural Month after a presentation from the Allegany County Farm Bureau highlighting Ag Literacy Week and National Agricultural Day on March 18.
The Allegany County Board of Legislators on March 12 proclaimed March 2025 as Agricultural Month after a brief presentation by representatives of the Allegany County Farm Bureau.
Nora, speaking on behalf of local farmers, told the board that agriculture “is part of our history, our heritage, our values and it continues as an important part of our culture and our rural economy.” The board’s chairman, W. Brooke Harris, read the proclamation and formally declared the month in a statement to the chamber: “I, W. Brooke Harris, chairman of the Allegany County Board of Legislators, do hereby proclaim the month of March 2025 as agricultural month in Allegany County.”
The proclamation draws on statewide figures cited at the meeting to frame the importance of agriculture: New York State is said to be home to more than 33,000 farms, about 6,900,000 acres of operational farmland and to have contributed more than $5.7 billion in agricultural sales last year. The presenters asked the board to join Farm Bureau efforts to raise awareness of farming’s role in the local economy and in community life, and to support Ag Literacy Week activities for young students.
At the podium with Nora was Diane Foster, introduced as director of the Allegany County Farm Bureau and a co-presenter; Foster was identified as one of the owners/operators of Windfall Farms in Friendship during remarks. The Farm Bureau noted that National Agricultural Day is scheduled for March 18, with the national theme this year, “Together We Grow,” and described Ag Literacy Week as a local outreach effort to teach children about how food is grown and processed.
Chairman Harris and other legislators joined the presenters briefly for photographs after the proclamation was read. The board’s remarks and the proclamation were recorded as part of the public record and no formal vote on the proclamation was required or recorded during the session.
The presentation and proclamation occurred during the board’s “privilege of the floor” segment, before the meeting recessed for a short break.
