Agriculture

RANDOLPH — Angus Hill Farm of Randolph ranked as largest in registering the most Angus beef cattle in New York state with the American Angus Associati...

BOULDER, Colo. — Rachel Hatch of Freedom, N.Y., has been named one of only two recipients of a 2024 Horizon Organic Producer Education (HOPE) Scholars...

The New York Forest Owners Association will lead a fall hike Saturday above Indiana Avenue, a visit to a unique woodlot containing more than 60 wild A...

CUBA — The 19th annual Cuba Garlic Festival is set for this Saturday and Sunday at Empire City Farms, 105 South St., featuring the use of garlic in co...

GENEVA — An autonomous robot — a base on wheels fitted with computer vision technology that snaps images of grapevines in near real-time — rolls down ...

BELMONT — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Allegany County will host its annual soil pH clinic for residents to bring in soil for a free pH test. A ga...

BELMONT — Laboratory tests confirm that the strain of late blight affecting tomato plants in Allegany County this summer is a strain that will have mo...

The Otto-Eldred FFA chapter in Duke Center, Pa., has been awarded $5,000 as part of the Grants for Growing program. The nationwide program, sponsored ...

HAMBURG — Numerous participants and winners in the Open Livestock Shows and Youth Livestock Expo at the Erie County Fair were from Cattaraugus and All...

Late blight, a destructive plant disease best known for causing the Irish potato famine of the 19th century, has been confirmed in Allegany County. La...

EVART, Mich. — Alison Smith stared at the virtually empty dairy barn inside the Osceola County Fairgrounds, once bustling with teens and preteens prep...

Cornell Cooperative Extension encourages farmers affected by recent storm damage to document and share any impacts the weather may have had on their h...

SMETHPORT, Pa. — The 118th McKean County Fair is gearing up to entertain folks in Smethport from Aug. 11 to 17. General admission is $10; advance gate...

LITTLE VALLEY — Educators with 4-H Youth Development, a program directed by the Cornell Cooperative Extension, listed many of the animal judging resul...

New York state agriculture officials reported Thursday that the invasive and potentially destructive spotted lanternfly has been detected in the grape...

ANGELICA — Come rain or shine, the 179th Allegany County Fair will take place Sunday through July 20 at the fairgrounds in Angelica. “Rain is part of ...

New York state will spend nearly $2 million on a marketing initiative to promote the more than 50 county and local fairs across the state. ”We have 50...

GENEVA — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer decided to share something with those gathered on Wednesday at the Cornell AgriTech campus to make the g...