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State officials are looking into what caused a case of avian flu that was identified at the CNY Regional Market.

The city of Syracuse is implementing a new urban deer management pilot program to help curb deer overpopulation in some parts of the city.

Heavy rainfall over the summer led to disastrous conditions for some CNY farmers. Now, emergency USDA funding may help to alleviate costs.

The map puts some areas in different growing zones and gives gardeners new information for their planting strategies.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it's expanding a pandemic program into the summer to help families pay for meals their children won't get in school.

Vilsack served as secretary of agriculture during the Obama administration and has been a trusted adviser to President-elect Joe Biden. But critics say his time has passed.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture rule "radically and abruptly alters decades of regulatory practice," a judge said, and would have added new burdens during a global pandemic.

The Trump administration has been buying food from farmers and getting it to food banks. Food banks, however, say the program was not set up to deliver food efficiently.

One hundred fifty-nine deer were killed in the first year of the City of Syracuse’s deer management plan. The program is meant to reduce deer…