Empire State Council of Agricultural Organizations, Inc. PO Box 304, Latham, New York 12110
Phone 518.783.1322 Fax 518.783.1258
Photo Gallery
CAO Members during a legislative meeting with Senator Patty Ritchie at the 2012 CAO Lobby Day
1954 – 1971 – New York State Conference Board of Farm Organizations
- First Chairman: Henry D. Sherwood - Pine Plains
- First Vice Chairman: Don J. Wickham – Hector
- First Secretary: Edward S. Foster - Ithaca
1972 – Present – Empire State Council of Agricultural Organizations, Inc.
- First Chairman: Russell E. Billings - Buffalo
- First Vice Chairman: Robert V. Call, Jr. – Batavia
- First Secretary-Treasurer: Paul Taber - Syracuse
Executive Secretaries
- Glenn Suter 1989-1996
- Jacqueline Moody-Czub 1997-2007
- Elizabeth Seme 2007-present
First Members (1954)
- New York State Grange
- Dairymen’s League Cooperative Association
- New York State Federation of Home Bureaus
- New York State Horticultural Society
- New York State Vegetable Growers Association
- Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange, Inc.
- New York State Poultry Council
- New York State Farm Bureau Federation
Current # of Members 30 Current Members