New York State Department of Agriculture

This weekend is the state’s annual celebration of maple syrup. Maple Weekend is a rite of spring and ushers in the first crop of the year.New York is the…

For years, the state Department of Environmental Conservation and other agencies have been trying to reduce the impact of invasive species like the…

The state Department of Agriculture and Markets announced Wednesday it is searching for a new director for the New York State Fair. While in Syracuse…

Back in the 1930s, when Finger Lakes resident Carl Mortensen was a kid, agriculture was his small town’s link to the rest of the state.“New York City was…

On a muggy morning next to the American Steel and Aluminum Company in Liverpool, four people clad in orange vests look through binoculars at the…

The chemical responsible for the death of 14 people and injury of over 200 in West, Texas, is in wide use. Leaving many upstate New Yorkers wondering how…

The New York State Department of Agriculture is urging horse owners to have their animals vaccinated against Eastern Equine Encephalitis and the West Nile…