agriculture

CUBA — The 4-H and FFA Tractor & Machinery Certification Program will be offered at the Cuba-Rushford High School on June 19, 26 and 27 from 8:30 a.m....

Sydney Zuckerman’s journey to her new position as distribution and business manager at Canticle Farm in Allegany is one of completing a full circle. G...

WEST ALMOND — Recent logging that removed tall red pine trees near the trailhead parking area for Phillips Creek State Forest is part of the Sustainab...

OLEAN — A new charitable fund has been established at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation to support and sustain the beautification efforts th...

BELMONT — Cornell Cooperative Extension will host an online class, "May Gardening’s Guide: Smart Start for NY Gardens," 11 a.m. to noon May 23 via Zoo...

SKANEATELES — Farmer Jeremy Brown taps the nose of a young calf. "I love the ones with the pink noses," he says. This pink-nosed animal is just one of...

When one thinks of a school open house, sights that come to mind might be models of planets, or working volcanoes. Next Thursday, when the Otto-Eldred...

ALFRED — Twenty high school students participating in the New York State Animal and Agricultural Leadership (AAL) Program visited Alfred State recentl...

ROCHESTER — With her purple-and-pink hair swaying, Reneé Colón stands on a stepladder in the rented corner of a warehouse, pouring Brazilian coffee be...

ALLEGANY — For Americans who want to more carefully consider the food they eat — and how their choices might affect their health for the better — one ...

OLEAN — April showers bring May flowers, and the Olean Beautification Committee brings a full nursery’s worth of colorful plantings to the downtown di...

BELMONT — Cornell Cooperative Extension will host a new workshop, "Build Your Own Bee Hotel," from 10 a.m. to noon May 10 at the CCE Belmont office, 5...

ALLEGANY — Right Thinkers will host its April meeting Monday evening in The Hall, located at the corner of Maple and 4th Street. The meetings are free...

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...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is calling on community groups, municipalities, schools and individuals to celebrate Arbor...

The long-range weather forecast gives us hope that May will be the spring weather for which we have all been waiting. Our spring bulbs are blooming, t...

ALLEGANY — The Enchanted Mountain Garden Club is starting its free monthly lecture series at 7 p.m. Monday at the Bonagany Building, across from the A...

New York state is known for producing the most yogurt, cottage cheese and sour cream of any state in the U.S. But there’s a vegetable that — while not...