Agriculture

OLEAN — The Olean Area Farmers Market will hold its first market of the 2025 season today from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lincoln Park pavilion along Sou...

Well, spring is finally here, and everything is coming back to life in your garden, which also includes our friends or foes — depending on how you vie...

RANDOLPH — Take part in the journey of milk processing from the cows in the field to the shelves at your grocery store in the comfort of a 53-foot-lon...

LITTLE VALLEY — Career awareness, hands-on experience and advocacy — just some of the many reasons why Randolph FFA members love having an agriculture...

ALBANY (TNS) — Bracing for the spread of a particularly infectious variant of bird flu,New Yorkhas started testing its dairy milk. Experts say drinkin...

ALBANY (TNS) — Tariffs from the Trump administration that took effect Tuesday are expected to disrupt the agriculture industry in New York, where farm...

ITHACA — The dairy industry could lose billions of dollars if President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on products from China, Canada and Mexico, and be...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cattaraugus County will host chainsaw safety classes this spring for various levels of chainsaw users...

More than $1.9 million has been awardedto the Cattaraugus County Soil and Water Conservation District to help construct of a dairy farm's manure colle...

Dairy farmers and agriculture officials are lauding a change in federal milk pricing that they say will provide more fairness and economic stability f...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County landowners seeking inclusion into a certified agricultural district must submit a “Landowner Request for Inclusion”...

The New York Farm Bureau is applauding legislative successes in 2024, touting bills signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul. "After a busy year of tracking more t...

This past summer, Mark Van Bourgondien, co-owner of CJ Van Bourgondien Wholesale Greenhouses in Peconic, on Long Island, noticed white flecks and slig...

After decades of growth, craft beer nationwide is in its worst-ever slump, with negative production for the second straight year and more craft brewer...

WELLSVILLE — A new village law regarding keeping chickens within the municpality attracted a dozen residents, both for and against, to a public hearin...

GENEVA — The invasive pigweed Palmer amaranth, first found in New York soybean fields in 2019, has been dubbed the “spotted lanternfly of weeds” for i...

BELMONT — Fall colors have faded and winter approaches, and it’s the perfect time to prepare your garden for the cold months ahead. Fall gardening is ...

A small experimental apple orchard at Cornell University’s Hudson Valley Research Laboratory may soon be topped by solar panels — which would not only...