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State Agriculture Commissioner Richard Ball hopes the recent crackdown on illegal immigration will push Congress to revamp the federal Guest Worker program.

Getting consumers better acquainted with the food they eat, that's grown by farmers in New York state is the idea behind a program new to the New York State Fair.

New York state officials are staying vigilant about one cause of a nationwide egg shortage: the avian flu.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo took an Amtrak train from Albany to the New York State Fair for its opening day on Wednesday. Some of the highlights of Cuomo’s trip…

New York State’s suicide rate has increased by almost 30 percent since 1999, following a nationwide trend, according to a report by the Centers for…

Local and state officials are promoting farm-fresh Christmas trees this holiday season. It’s an $8 million industry in New York State and the trees are…

Every five years, Congress debates a huge piece of legislation that has a disproportionate impact on rural places like the North Country and central New…

Parts of upstate New York have been receiving record amounts of rainfall this year. The rain is one of the contributing factors to the high water levels…

The wet weather has made it another challenging year for dairy farmers. State agriculture officials are trying to help farmers cope how ever they can,…

More changes are on the way for the New York State Fair. The fair will be longer starting this year, going from 12 days to 13. During a stop in Syracuse…