Gov. Kathy Hochul opened the New York State Fair Wednesday under the hulking visage of a huge dinosaur, part of the fair’s new dinosaur exhibition. She also signed some legislation meant to help bolster farmers by having state agencies and entities use food grown in New York.
"To have a built-in marketplace for our farmers that they can count on, that is going to help them survive," Hochul said. "They have been through so much.”
Hochul said she expects up to a million visitors to the fair this year. See photos from the fairgrounds:
![Gov. Hochul meets with people at the fair's Asian Village.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e619b33/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x3024+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2F61%2Fd675c24a41648c7b7af53fcbdce1%2Fimg-4194.jpg)
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![Gov. Hochul explores Micron's one day exhibit in the exhibition center which features a "memory race" challenge.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2d8c890/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x3024+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F44%2F48%2F109937a7470d87c275b3a4782e97%2Fimg-4149.jpg)
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![New York State Agriculture Commissioner Richard Ball, Gov. Hochul and New York State Fair Director Sean Hennessey prepare to eat a sausage sandwich at Bailo's](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c2feb2a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x3024+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F89%2F58%2F8067300d4ac883e53d905d1c5ff9%2Fimg-4246.jpg)
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![Chubby Checker performs at Chevy Court.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9109d97/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x3024+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcb%2F15%2F01495d5c44a0b9db08670e9202fb%2Fimg-4321.jpg)
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![A worker pours a cup of $0.25 milk at the New York State Milk Bar operated by Cornell Cooperative Extension](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8356df9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x3024+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa3%2Ff0%2Fac98190946e6b30ca6ed64448d42%2Fimg-4349.jpg)
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![Gov. Hochul sits on a state police horse at the fairgrounds.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/81f7f77/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x3024+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb6%2F1f%2F1d133c96436c9ab3233c23597853%2Fimg-4303.jpg)
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![A cow in the dairy cattle building](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4ecbd66/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x3024+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2d%2Ffb%2F416fe2fa41e980234b9d742c105e%2Fimg-4355.jpg)
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