agriculture

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

Perhaps we can blame COVID fatigue for numbing us to the risks of other viruses. But it should be bigger news that a bird flu has mutated to spread th...

BELMONT — Growing succulent plants can be rewarding — a touch of green in your house, office or garden — but it’s not fun when you get them and they’r...

A recent episode of a Disney+ cartoon has woke kids performing a skit around the theme: “Slaves built this country.” The installment of “The Proud Fam...

CUBA — Cuba-Rushford Central School has announced its honor rolls for the second marking period of the school year. HIGH HONOR ROLL GRADE 12: GRADE 11...

A budget solution for an unemployment insurance debt crisis, funding of critical farm and environmental programs and a halt to additional minimum wage...

WELLSVILLE — Aside from receiving money and giving away money Tuesday night, the village board decided to make some money. The board gave approval to ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Fees paid to the state by solar companies that convert agricultural land into solar farms will now go toward preserving other farmland,...

As the Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency extended a moratorium on commercial solar projects, it is also moving to pump the brakes on th...

WELLSVILLE — Things really do come full circle. Eighty years later, we can return the favor that saved World War II sailors from drowning by planting ...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — It’s November, so it’s time to talk turkey. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is warning families that turkeys may cost more this Th...

Whenever Leo Nenno reads a story about the Hinsdale Haunted House, his thoughts go back more than 70 years to when he spent two nights in the McMahon ...

State Sen. George Borrello has focused during his campaign in the new 57th Senate District on telling people what he’s been able to accomplish in a sh...

OLEAN — It’s been almost a year since Pleasant Valley Cemetery was “abandoned” to the town of Olean for its maintenance and administration. Since then...

PORTVILLE — On a windy and sunny Saturday morning, Portville Arbor Day was again celebrated in Pioneer Park in the village’s continuing effort to be d...

COUDERSPORT, Pa. — Barbara Heimel is looking forward to her 99th birthday approaching at the end of October and she says she’s enjoying life thanks to...