Growers in New York state are set to benefit from a tax break giving them partial exemption on property levies for cold-storage facilities.
The bill sponsored by state senator William Larkin was passed last week. The exemption is only partial - 50 per cent - unlike the full exemption granted for grain silos and milk tanks as in theory the facilities could be converted to store other items other than fruit.
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