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Supporters of farmworker justice chanted “yes we can” at a rally in Syracuse Thursday. They’re encouraging support for the Farmworkers Fair Labor…
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Planting season is getting underway in central New York. And for farmers it means another year when the changing climate can make or break a growing…
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The Onondaga County Agriculture Council wants you to buy local produce. A campaign has kicked off this June to encourage more people to spend food dollars…
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Manure lagoons help farmers manage their manure, but one planned lagoon in Tompkins County caused a neighbor to look for a way to fight it.Heather Gowe is…
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Amid talks to raise the minimum wage in New York, farmers are calling on the lawmakers to keep it where it is.Gov. Andrew Cuomo is trying to increase the…
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The quality of roads and bridges in upstate New York is a concern for the state’s largest farming organization.If a bridge isn’t sturdy enough to support…
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Scientists at the University at Albany are developing a state-wide weather detection system called the mesonet. The network of 125 weather stations will…
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New York farmers are diversifying their cash crops by adding malt barley to their fields. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) has a plan to jumpstart the state's…
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Farmers and agriculture industry leaders are coming in from all over the state for the New York Farm Bureau’s 58th State Annual Meeting.The Bureau kicked…
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First time farmers gathered at the Stone Barns Center, a teaching farm in rural Westchester County for the Young Farmers Convention. The 3-day conference…