agriculture

PORTVILLE — All-natural, hand-decorated holiday wreaths can now be ordered from Pfeiffer Nature Center in Portville. Officials with Pfeiffer said they...

OLEAN — The Enchanted Mountains Farmers Market at Tractor Supply will close after Friday for the season. “Please come out one more time and support lo...

BENEZETTE (TNS) — Another 561 acres of forest in the heart of the Pennsylvania Elk Range has been brought into the vast public land bank. The Western ...

After a volunteer effort to beautify downtown was successful last weekend, the City of Olean Beautification Committee hopes to make it a weekly event....

HUMPHREY — At Childs Blueberries farm in Humphrey, area residents can get in one last chance to harvest delicious late season blueberries this weekend...

ELLICOTTVILLE — A company proposing five solar facilities in Otto and Machias, each capable of generating nearly 5 megawatts of electricity, is seekin...

First, as chairman of the Olean Beautification Committee, I feel it is necessary to thank Mayor Aiello for giving the OBC committee members the green ...

OLEAN — When fall is in the air, volunteers with the Pink Pumpkin Project organization know it’s time to get hundreds of pumpkins washed, painted and ...

ALBANY — As New York’s Farm Laborers Wage Board holds hearings on the 60-hour overtime threshold for farmworkers, state Sen. George Borrello joined co...

Following what she called “an alarming NBC report” on disparities in the distribution of Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) benefits to Americ...

ELLICOTTVILLE — With the cancellation of the Cattaraugus County County Fair due to coronavirus concerns, the 4-H Market Animal Auction went online thi...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Cattaraugus County 4-H members will miss the 2020 County Fair, but still plan to hold their Market Class Animal Auction — online. Pete...

As the Town of Hinsdale marks its bicentennial, we are focusing on some history of the town. One episode that occurred 175 years ago was once proclaim...

With no Cattaraugus County Fair this year due to coronavirus concerns, the annual 4-H Market Class Animal Auction is going online. The virtual 2020 Ca...

More on those mysterious seeds: It seems that so many New York state residents have received them that officials were compelled Thursday to respond. “...

Pennsylvania might have been made famous by coal and oil, iron and steel, but the industry that actually built the state was agriculture. Rolling hill...

If you have a bunch of fresh corn you're tossing on the grill, be sure to do something inventive and delicious with the fresh husks. One idea is to wr...

Seems like a seedy situation. People in multiple states have gotten unsolicited packages of seeds in the mail in recent days, prompting several state ...