agriculture

OLEAN — Jeffrey Andreano, principal, has announced the students in grades eight through 12 who are named to the high honor and honor roll for the seco...

OLEAN — Dan Evans purchased the former Olean Greenhouses in the fall of 1984, and opened the Pleasant Valley Greenhouse and Nursery in the spring of 1...

CONEWANGO — As the town of Conewango observes its 200th birthday, it’s a good time to look back on the construction of the Conewango Dredge, an import...

OLEAN — Seats are filling fast for the premiere screening of “Foodways: Stories of Farms, Food, & Resilience,” taking place Saturday, April 22 in the ...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York is entering its third outdoor growing season since marijuana was legalized in the spring of 2021, but recreational users are s...

Warm weather must be coming on because it was recently time for my sister-in-law and I to review the annual applications for the Gordy Wuethrich Memor...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Members of the Nannen Arboretum Society will celebrate Arbor Day and hold a special meeting April 28 with an open house. The legacy of...

M.L. Wells, master gardener volunteer with the Cornell Cooperative Extension in Allegany County, shares some knowledge today: How early is early? It w...

WASHINGTON — Congressional representatives from New York state and the Northeast are touting a new bill to help dairy farmers. As part of National Agr...

Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a proclamation over the weekend declaring March 18-19 and 25-26 as Maple Weekends in New York state. The governor also highli...

OLEAN — Four area school districts and one New Jersey school recently received grants supporting new projects and education opportunities, together to...

From battling smallpox to the return of Made in Japan, from lawsuits over the Thatcher site to cleaning the bear caves, here’s a look back on the week...

ALBANY (TNS) — State legislators have collectively proposed well over 100 cannabis-related bills this session, but industry stakeholders are taking pa...

ALBANY — New York lawmakers are advancing a package of bills aimed at buoying the state’s farmers by promoting agricultural products and locally sourc...

ALBANY — Following his advocacy to include barns and agricultural facilities in the list of buildings that will be exempt from the natural gas bans pr...

The invasive and potentially destructive spotted lanternfly continues to close in on the western Twin Tiers region. This past week, Pennsylvania added...

ALBANY — New York officials gave final approval Wednesday for a measure that will lower the hourly threshold for when farm workers qualify for overtim...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation Trees for Tribs’ “Buffer in a Bag” program will offer 25 seedlings to help the state’s landowners s...