agriculture

PORTLAND — What’s contained in the 2023 Farm Bill was on the minds of more than 120 people who attended a House Agriculture Committee listening sessio...

RUSHFORD — With nearly a third of its 74 units being fire apparatus, the Rushford Labor Day Parade was hot stuff on a breezy, mid-80s, end of summer m...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cattaraugus County’s Master Gardeners will present their free upcoming hybrid Lunch & Learn mini-seri...

CANEADEA — Cornell Cooperative Extension will host a discussion on corn silage harvest issues 1 to 3 p.m. Friday at at Hillcrest Homestead LLC in Cane...

Marisa Riggi has been named executive director of the Western New York Land Conservancy. Riggi has been the Land Conservancy’s conservation director s...

At 89, Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa probably isn’t considering a second career. But if he should, his recent comments point to a future in s...

Raging wildfires have been an unwelcome signature of this summer season — from the United States and Canada to throughout the world. While the Olean a...

PITTSFIELD, Pa. — The 43rd Annual Wild Wind Folk Art & Craft Festival is set for Sept. 9-10 at the Warren County Fairgrounds, 371 Barton Run Road. The...

DUNKIRK — State Sen. George Borrello and other lawmakers are urging the governor to step in and “save” Nourish NY from bureaucratic mismanagement, whi...

DUKE CENTER, Pa. — Students from Otto-Eldred’s Future Farmers of America were invited by U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., to attend the Annual Agricul...

GREAT VALLEY — Issues with non-Cattaraugus County residents creating unwanted noise pollution in the county’s rural communities has prompted several t...

BRADFORD, Pa. — The Bradford Landmark Society’s annual Creative Women Workshop returns to historic Crook Farm on Sept. 9. The event was founded severa...

Despite recent rains, large parts of Western New York including Cattaraugus and Allegany counties remain in moderate drought or abnormally dry areas. ...

SMETHPORT, Pa. — The McKean County Fair queen candidates will perform on the Fran De Lancey Mini-Stage at 6 p.m. Friday, after which the 2023-24 queen...

Farmers sometimes need to use pesticides to protect their crops and to ensure a stable supply of food for their livestock and consumers. These pestici...

WELLSVILLE — Continuing with their grievance, the Project 63 group were in full force at the village board meeting Monday night insisting the village ...

OLEAN — When Maureen Curry was director of the Olean Food Pantry, she conceived the idea of a community garden that got its start in five plastic kidd...

The region’s fruit growers are in need of assistance after late May frosts crippled crops, the state’s senators have told the U.S. Department of Agric...