Tioga County Farm Bureau - New York

11/03/2026

Don't forget! 🍂

The annual Pumpkin Smash is this Saturday, November 7th, from 11am to 2pm at the Tioga County Fairgrounds in Owego, NY! 🎃

🎃 Don’t TRASH it, SMASH it! 💥

3rd Annual Tioga County Pumpkin Smash Event
📅 November 7 • 11AM – 2PM
📍 Tioga County Fairgrounds
🚪 Elm Street Entrance, Owego, NY

🎉 Join us for a fun‑filled day of pumpkin smashing, a pumpkin‑pie baking contest 🥧, and FREE family activities for all ages! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

What to Know:
🎃 Bring your own pumpkins and jack‑o’-lanterns (supplies are limited!)
🕯️ Please remove all candles and decorations before drop‑off
⏰ Pumpkin drop‑off ONLY from 10AM – 11AM
🌧️☀️ This event is rain or shine — dress for outdoor weather 🧥
👟 Closed‑toe shoes are required for all pumpkin‑smashing participants

Invite friends, neighbors, and anyone looking to recycle their pumpkins in a fun, eco‑friendly way! 🌿 Let’s smash pumpkins and make a positive impact on our community together! 💪✨

🗓️ Mark your calendars — we can’t wait to see you there! 🙌

10/08/2026

Join CCE Tioga and the Tioga County Farm Bureau on Saturday, March 28th from 11:00 AM–2:00 PM at the Neighborhood Depot in Owego for an in-depth workshop on caring for chickens! Whether you're new to raising poultry or looking to build on your experience, this workshop will provide practical guidance for successfully raising chickens at home. Topics will include breed selection, raising healthy chicks, egg layers vs. meat birds, common diseases, predator prevention, and more. Light refreshments will be provided, and participants will receive handouts to take home. Advance registration is appreciated!! Register here: https://pub.cce.cornell.edu/event_registration/main/events.cfm?dept=249

10/01/2026

🚜🌾Still on the fence about being a Farm Bureau member? 🚜🌾

Check out one of the many reasons why you should be a member, presented by Tioga County Treasurer and Owego FFA Advisor, Mr. Derek Hill.

New York Farm Bureau

10/01/2026

‼️REMINDER‼️

🎃 RSVP by October 3 for our County Annual Meeting 🎃

09/11/2026

Busy season is upon farms across the country as we move into harvest. But when is it not busy? Even if you have grown up on a farm or just started working on one, safety is one of the most overlooked aspects of everyday work.

On September 26, 2026, the Van Etten Fire Department is hosting a free safety training through Rural Firefighters Delivering Agriculture Safety and Health (RF-DASH). This event is free of charge and lasts from 8 am to 5 pm. Registration will close on September 18, 2026

Where: Community Fire and Rescue, 321 State Route 224, Van Etten, NY 14889

When: September 26, 2026 @ 8am to 5pm

Registration link: https://redcap.mcrf.mfldclin.edu/redcap/birc/surveys/?s=TWLMPXN9FDD3N9HH

08/13/2026

Check out some of our agricultural students in Tioga County!

08/13/2026

We are having an amazing time tabling at the Tioga County Fair, Owego, NY. We were fortunate to be able to speak at the fair ribbon-cutting, as well as hear from our local legislators. Thank you, New York State Senator Tom O'Mara, Assemblyman Christopher S. Friend, and Donna Lupardo, for joining us in Owego to kick off our fair!

We are extremely appreciative of all our legislators, but we would like to express a special thank you to Donna Lupardo as she retires from her role as Agriculture Chair for all the hard work and effort she has put into protecting our local agriculture. You will be missed greatly, and we hope to always have you as an honorary member of the Tioga County Farm Bureau.

Eric Johnson, Tioga County Fair Board President, kicked us off Tuesday morning. We also heard from Adyson Miller (Spencer-Van Etten Agricultural Education and FFA) and Kristi Snyder (Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tioga County). For the ribbon cutting, Cheyenne Moyers, the 2026 Tioga County Dairy Princess, had the honor of officially kicking off the fair.

The fair is here until Saturday; stop down and see us in Barn 3!

08/09/2026

🎡Come and see us at the Tioga County Fair in Owego, NY. 🎡

NYS Farm Bureau has asked for ideas from the counties on farming issues, problems, ideas to streamline any red tape, and ways to make farming less restrictive. NYS Farm Bureau is interested in putting your good ideas into action. Do you have a thought or idea to put forward? Most of the Tioga County Farm Bureau board members will be at the fair all week. Stop by our booth in Building 3 and chat with us. Bring us your thoughts and ideas. We have a hospitality booth set up in the horse barn for the week if you would like a one-on-one talk with Cub or any one of us who represents you.

Tentative Ag Day Schedule:
🎤Arriving at 10 a.m. are Tom Omara and Donnal Lapardo. Others coming are Chris Friend and Karen Mareau. Cub has set up with the fair President, Eric Johnson, during ribbon cutting to start the fair; the following will be speaking.
Eric Johnson - Fair President
Cheyenne Moyers - Tioga Co Dairy Princess (Cub has gone over many talking points for her to share)
Tom Omara
Donna Lapardo
Chris Friend
Karen Mareau- long-time lawyer friend of Cub's from Albany
Adyson Miller - local FFA teacher/advisor to address the importance of kids being in 4H and FFA 🎤

🐷Our fundraiser that Tioga Co Farm Bureau supports and sponsors is the Pork Chop BBQ. Last year we raised a little over $14,000 that was shared between 4H and FFA in our county to support Youth in Ag. This BBQ is on Tuesday, opening day, from 3:30 to 6:30.
If you would like to have pork chop BBQ, tickets are still on sale. Reach out to Marrell, and she will find the easiest way to get them to you depending on where you are in the county.🐷

🐣Tioga Co Farm Bureau will also be hatching out baby chicks at the fair again this year, selling T-shirts, snow cones, and we will have the ever-popular Frog Flippin game. 🐣

🧵New this year, Tioga Co is co-sponsoring a "decorate your space" contest for kids to decorate the space their animals occupy at the fair. We are working with a local quilt shop for this event. 🧵

🏆We are also sponsoring a hot branding booth at the fair. The kids who win grand champion market animals will also win a cowboy hat that they can then go get branded with their choice of two brands. We have been working closely with the fair board, CCE, and 4H to bring these new events to our local county fair. 🏆

We hope to see you at the fair!!!!