agriculture

ALLEGANY — As Sister Melissa Scholl looked at the Mikel Wintermantel painting titled “Bountiful” Tuesday at the Canticle Farm Market, she noted how mu...

PORTVILLE – The Portville Town Board is in the midst of a lot of planning. “The biggest thing we’re dealing with right now, besides paying the bills, ...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County’s 4-H program continues to grow, the youth agriculture program’s educators told county lawmakers on Wednesday. Usin...

LITTLE VALLEY — The Committee Advocating Memorial Preservation estimates the restoration of the Civil War Memorial Building on Court Street will cost ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — “Lingering ash.” That’s what the U.S. Forest Service calls the relatively few green and white ash trees that survive the emeral...

In this day and age of IT, in which a business or home can have all kinds of security that can turn things on and off and give alerts, it’s hard to be...

ALFRED — The Alfred State College Farm has been recognized for being attractive and well-maintained after earning a Dairy of Distinction award. Accord...

New York farmers generated $5.7 billion dollars in gross income in 2017, up 23% from 10 years earlier, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli repo...

ITHACA — Dale Ila Riggs knew the pests were coming for her berries. It was summer 2012, and Riggs watched as the invasive spotted wing Drosophila, a t...

ALLEGANY — Canticle Farm staff will soon be able to clean vegetables grown on the South Nine Mile farm year-round thanks to the installation of a new ...

ALFRED — Health-conscious shoppers bought locally-grown food and socialized at the Alfred Farmers Market Sunday, a weekly summer tradition that welcom...

A wet summer has been good for New York blueberry lovers, producing juicy yields. So, as the season for the antioxidant-dense berry comes to a close, ...

OLEAN — City officials hope to cut the ribbon on Lincoln Square with the first of many farmers markets. Mayor Bill Aiello said Tuesday during a Common...

Have a green thumb and a love for your community? The mayor wants to talk to you. Now that North Union Street is filled with vibrant plants courtesy o...

ELLICOTTVILLE — The five-county Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Program is underway. Two of the four specialists for the new agric...

In the June 27 issue of the Arcade Herald, Freedom Town Supervisor Randy Lester claimed that he is attempting to bring wind turbines into the area “fo...

In the five years between 2012 and 2017, the number of farms in Cattaraugus County dropped to under 1,000. According to the recently published 2017 Ce...

ALLEGANY — When Dr. Jennifer Eastman’s child was bullied by other youngsters, she decided the best way to help her daughter was to introduce her to yo...