A tiny, voracious fly called the swede midge, which already has eaten its way across eastern Canada's cabbage and broccoli fields, now is threatening to descend on crops in states along the northern U.S. border. On Feb. 11 an educational session on the swede midge will be held for registered growers at the 2003 New York State Vegetable Conference in Liverpool, N.Y
To prepare tax professionals, accountants, farm business advisers and attorneys on the tax-law changes affecting small businesses and farms, Cornell's Department of Agricultural, Resource and Managerial Economics and Cornell Cooperative Extension will sponsor a Small Business and Farm Tax School, and an In-Depth Tax School.
