Agriculture

The Southern Tier of New York is home to the 2nd largest number of farms and 3rd largest in farmland in the state.

Say what? Really, a Blue Bird isn't blue and science proves it.

Illegal is illegal. Littering also is illegal and led authorities right to the poachers and left them red-handed.

The first case of COVID in a Canadian lynx has been discovered in the United States and the NYS DEC says eighteen percent of deer tested have COVID antibodies.

The program that moves surplus crops from farms into New York State’s food banks is now permanent under state law.

If you saw a porcupine in your backyard, what would you do? Thankfully one woman in New York made a call to exactly the right people.

The New York State Department of Agriculture is warning against planning unsolicited seeds that arrive in your mail from China.

Cornell Cooperative Extension is offering a four-part online workshop on “exploring the small farm dream.”

$25-million in state funding is going to food banks across New York dealing with new food insecurity from the pandemic.

Registration is being taken for an Industrial Hemp Producers Conference to be held in the Town of Dickinson next month.

The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture is pitching the 2018 farm bill to local agriculture workers and industry representatives.

Windsor High School will soon have more room and bigger ag. operations thanks to the demolition of a neighboring property.

The Great New York State Fair in Syracuse begins today (9/23). Here are some of the new events and activities to look forward too.