New York state is providing $15 million for construction of a new storage dome and silo and related facilities to boost agricultural exports at the Port of Oswego, reports Syracuse.com.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the funding this week for what will be called the Central New York Agriculture Export Center at the port on Lake Ontario.
The funding will support the construction of a new storage dome, a storage silo, a tunnel and belt conveyor system, and a control center and a U.S. Department of Agriculture sampling laboratory for agricultural products.
Cuomo said the facility will help give Central New York agribusinesses access to world export markets for less than it would cost to truck commodities to other seaports.
