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<title>Farmers Under 40: business sense and passion for young dairy farmers</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17993/20110712/farmers-under-40-business-sense-and-passion-for-young-dairy-farmers</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 12, 2011) Today, we continue our week-long series Farmers Under 40 with a look at the young people getting into what many consider a shriveling industry.Dairy remains one of the biggest overall drivers of the North Country economy.  Yet half the dairy farms there were twenty years ago are gone.  The average age of a dairy farmer is almost 60 years old.  Some years it costs more to milk a cow than you can sell the milk for.till, young farmers are going into dairy.  And as David Sommerstein reports, they’re bringing a sharp business acumen and a passion to the barn. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17993/20110712/farmers-under-40-business-sense-and-passion-for-young-dairy-farmers">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: David Sommerstein</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Today, we continue our week-long series Farmers Under 40 with a look at the young people getting into what many consider a shriveling industry.Dairy remains one of the biggest overall drivers of the North Country economy.  Yet half the dairy farms there were twenty years ago are gone.  The average age of a dairy farmer is almost 60 years old.  Some years it costs more to milk a cow than you can sell the milk for.till, young farmers are going into dairy.  And as David Sommerstein reports, they’re bringing a sharp business acumen and a passion to the barn. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17993/20110712/farmers-under-40-business-sense-and-passion-for-young-dairy-farmers">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>07:29</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, agriculture, dairy, farming, youth, farmers40, economy, lewis county, tug hill, tghl, tijf, croghan, turin, [loc:43.6272915 -75.4112896], [loc:43.8959020 -75.3924083], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>A passion for bluebirds</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17535/20110425/a-passion-for-bluebirds</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 25, 2011) A co-founder of the New York State Bluebird Society will lead a free program on attracting bluebirds to backyards Tuesday night in Watertown.  John Rogers has maintained an extensive trail of bluebird nest boxes in the Tug Hill region for more than 35 years and is a recognized authority on bluebird conservation.  His lecture is sponsored by the Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust.  Rogers told Todd Moe that he&apos;ll talk about the life history of the Eastern Bluebird and nest box management tomorrow night.  John Rogers&apos; program is at 6:30 Tuesday night at the Flower Memorial Library in Watertown.  To RSVP call: 315-779-2239. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17535/20110425/a-passion-for-bluebirds">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Todd Moe</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A co-founder of the New York State Bluebird Society will lead a free program on attracting bluebirds to backyards Tuesday night in Watertown.  John Rogers has maintained an extensive trail of bluebird nest boxes in the Tug Hill region for more than 35 years and is a recognized authority on bluebird conservation.  His lecture is sponsored by the Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust.  Rogers told Todd Moe that he&apos;ll talk about the life history of the Eastern Bluebird and nest box management tomorrow night.  John Rogers&apos; program is at 6:30 Tuesday night at the Flower Memorial Library in Watertown.  To RSVP call: 315-779-2239. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17535/20110425/a-passion-for-bluebirds">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:18</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>wildlife, nature, birds, tug hill, watertown, rogers, tghl, environment,  [loc:43.9747838 -75.9107565], topstory, photolead</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Tug Hill Commission restored</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17353/20110322/tug-hill-commission-restored</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 22, 2011) A joint budget conference committee has restored money for the Tug Hill Commission in the state budget.  According to State Senator Patty Ritchie&apos;s office, the Assembly agreed to the Senate&apos;s funding level of $1.1 million.  That&apos;s a 10 percent cut from last year, on par with other state agencies.  Todd Moe has more. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17353/20110322/tug-hill-commission-restored">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: David Sommerstein</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A joint budget conference committee has restored money for the Tug Hill Commission in the state budget.  According to State Senator Patty Ritchie&apos;s office, the Assembly agreed to the Senate&apos;s funding level of $1.1 million.  That&apos;s a 10 percent cut from last year, on par with other state agencies.  Todd Moe has more. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17353/20110322/tug-hill-commission-restored">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>01:15</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>tug hill, tghl, politics, budget, ritchie, assembly, senate, albany, [loc:42.6525793 -73.7562317], topstory, photolead</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Tough choices in 122nd Assembly race</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16586/20101029/tough-choices-in-122nd-assembly-race</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 29, 2010) Across the North Country—and throughout much of the U.S.—candidates are calling for more jobs and less taxes. But in the North Country, many paychecks depend on taxes. This is certainly the case in the 122nd Assembly District, spanning all of Lewis and much of St Lawrence and Jefferson counties.The candidates in this race are among the few politicians who acknowledge their plans include cutting the positions relied on by many people across the region.As Jonathan Brown reports, this isn’t the only thing making this a key race to watch [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16586/20101029/tough-choices-in-122nd-assembly-race">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Jonathan Brown</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Across the North Country—and throughout much of the U.S.—candidates are calling for more jobs and less taxes. But in the North Country, many paychecks depend on taxes. This is certainly the case in the 122nd Assembly District, spanning all of Lewis and much of St Lawrence and Jefferson counties.The candidates in this race are among the few politicians who acknowledge their plans include cutting the positions relied on by many people across the region.As Jonathan Brown reports, this isn’t the only thing making this a key race to watch [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16586/20101029/tough-choices-in-122nd-assembly-race">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>05:20</itunes:duration>
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