A combination of dry weather and high feed costs have resulted in less cattle going to slaughter, especially in the Midwest and West. But impacts are also being felt here in the East, albeit in different ways. John Comerford, associate professor of animal science at Penn State, said that to ...
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Assembly passed the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act this week. The bill seeks to grant agricultural wor ...
Proposed legislation would expand existing New York wine trails and add new ones to other parts of the state including the Adirondacks and Upper Hud ...
CHARLTON, N.Y. — Ben Kruppenbacher is headed to Montana State University this fall to study agricultural education with a minor in livestock m ...
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — Connor Killigrew looks at the box of Koffee Kup doughnuts on the long, wooden table at which he sits and raises his eyebrow ...
KING FERRY, N.Y. — Keeley McGarr is not your typical cheesemaker. This 30-year-old female has worked to make her product stand out for an enti ...
HAMDEN, N.Y. — Vegetable farmer Richard Giles is expanding his marketable crops to include grains. Lucky Dog Farm grows 40-60 acres of vegetab ...
Conservation District Holds Annual Tree Sale HAMILTON, N.Y. — President Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “Forests are the lungs of ...
An “I Love New York Agriculture” license plate, also known as the “Agriculture in the Classroom” plate, is available for bot ...
Central New York Farm Part of Beef Month Tour TRUXTON, N.Y. — New Penn Farm — one of the beef farms featured on the upcom ...
How a Central NY Organic Farm Adds to Early-Season Sales and Farm Income LODI, N.Y. — Lou Johns and Robin Ostfeld, owners of Bl ...
UNION SPRINGS, N.Y. — Upstate New York dairy farmer Doug Young has considered investing in an anaerobic biodigester for several years. Now h ...
MALTA, N.Y. — Suzanne Balet-Haight is a prime example of how dramatically agriculture can evolve while getting passed from one generation to t ...
The 1000 Islands International Tourism Council helps agricultural businesses in the area live up to the adage, “There’s strength in numb ...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Many things have changed since the first New York Spring Dairy Carousel, but one thing has remained the same — the pres ...
with Lorraine Merrll/New in NH Ag logo Typology is the study or systematic classification of types that have common characteristics. The USD ...
UNION SPRINGS, N.Y. — Upstate New York dairy farmer Doug Young has considered investing in an anaerobic biodigester for several years. Now he's fin ...
Photo by Marjorie Struckle Competitors in the Jersey youth show line up for judging during the New York Spring Dairy Carousel in Syracuse, N.Y. F ...
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — A bill recently introduced in Congress would expand marketing opportunities for farmers while increasing consumer acc ...
CORTLAND, N.Y. — While the impact of climate change on a day-to-day basis may seem elusive for most people, experts who work with the land and ...
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — White letters fade in and out of a black backdrop. “In 1953, there were 10,000 dairy farms in Vermont. “In ...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Devin Kuhn of Grand Gorge, N.Y., can't stop smiling. As the recipient of the New York State Holstein Association Calf Sch ...
I took a journalism training course for farmer writers at Cornell University recently. For me, there is always some mystique about visiting the &ldq ...
Planning the layout for the high tunnels is different from year to year because of crop rotation and changes in what you grow. I’m still makin ...
The first-ever New England Meat Conference held at the Grappone Center in Concord a month ago roped in a sell-out crowd of more than 250. Optimis ...
PHILLIPSTON, Mass. — Five days after the Boston Marathon bombings, an American flag flew at half-mast at Lauren M. Roy’s Sugar Hollow Farm — a sombe ...
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