agriculture

BELMONT — One more COVID-19 case was reported in Allegany County on Friday — and one more patient recovered — as local children try to help area farme...

Even with some grocery store shelves still conspicuously devoid of flour and other staples, we’re assured that the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t endangered...

ALBANY — Assembly Republicans want the governor and majority lawmakers to act quickly to help farmers manage the economic downturn caused by the COVID...

During periods of uncertainty, time outside in a natural setting can provide a measure of calm. Taking an actionable approach by growing your own vege...

We are at war, so why not plant a Victory Garden? Since we are now housebound, I would suggest that we all plant a garden this year. Your family can l...

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Monday announced legislation that would provide farmers who have taken out loans from the USDA’s Farm Services Agency ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ten thousand acres of Pennsylvania’s only national forest have given way, tree by tree, over the last 70 years to an oil drilling op...

With some New York dairy farmers forced to dump milk because of bottoming-out prices, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer has called on the U.S. De...

The New York State Maple Producers Association has cancelled Maple Weekend due to the Corona virus pandemic. The event was scheduled for Saturday and ...

The New York State Labor Department has formed a wage board that will conduct hearings and make recommendations regarding overtime work for farm labor...

EAST AURORA — Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program has added Amy Barkley as the livestock and beg...

GENEVA — Most people are jaded about green tomatoes, which are considered unripe and unsavory unless they’re fried. But a new, flavorful and highly pr...

BELMONT — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Allegany County was awarded $89,911 for the From Carrots to Curriculum project to increase the use of New Y...

GENEVA — In New York state, onions are grown in areas sometimes referred to as muck lands — former swamps now filled with organically rich soil that b...

GENEVA — As the hemp industry grows, producers face the challenge of cultivating a crop that has received comparatively little scientific study, and t...

BELMONT — More properties, a new partner and back-end improvements aim to make 2020 a busy year for the Allegany County Land Bank Corporation. In a re...

GENEVA — Of all the world’s staple foods, perhaps none is as ubiquitous as corn. Each person on Earth eats an average of 70 pounds of the grain each y...

Cattaraugus, Allegany and Chautauqua counties were among 43 Upstate New York counties to receive a U.S. Department of Agriculture disaster designation...