agriculture

GEDDES (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul visited the New York State Fair Wednesday, drinking milk from New York state cows, signing a bill to help the state’s...

HAMBURG — Numerous participants and winners in the Open Livestock Shows and Youth Livestock Expo at the Erie County Fair were from Cattaraugus and All...

Cornell Cooperative Extension encourages farmers affected by recent storm damage to document and share any impacts the weather may have had on their h...

The Cattaraugus County Youth Bureau announces this week’s featured Youth Citizenship Award recipient is Derek Opferbeck. He is the son of Daleen and J...

CUBA — Ten candidates completed the Allegany County 4-H and FFA sponsored Tractor and Machinery Safety Certification Training in June. Training was ge...

LITTLE VALLEY — Educators with 4-H Youth Development, a program directed by the Cornell Cooperative Extension, listed many of the animal judging resul...

BELMONT — Cornell Cooperative Extension will host Gardening Ed Week 2024 Aug. 12-16, a five-day online series of classes designed to transform partici...

Two local school districts are the recipients of funds from the Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program, which helps child nutrition program operat...

ANGELICA — Youth exhibitors showed off their sheep projects at the Allegany County Fair this week. In the Senior Showmanship division, Sarah Wilson of...

ALLEGANY — The Enchanted Mountain Garden Club of Allegany has announced Lyn Chimera as the next speaker in their EMGC Lecture Series at 2 p.m. Monday ...

New York state agriculture officials reported Thursday that the invasive and potentially destructive spotted lanternfly has been detected in the grape...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Cornell Cooperative Extension Cattaraugus County’s Master Gardener Program continues to grow with the addition of Class of 2024 gradua...

BELMONT — Cornell Cooperative Extension announces an online class, “Summer Harvesting and Garden Maintenance,” will be held from 11 a.m. to noon July ...

ANGELICA — Come rain or shine, the 179th Allegany County Fair will take place Sunday through July 20 at the fairgrounds in Angelica. “Rain is part of ...

BATH — Composting is one of the effective, practical ways to dispose of animal carcasses on the farm in New York state. It results in the destruction ...

GENEVA — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer decided to share something with those gathered on Wednesday at the Cornell AgriTech campus to make the g...

The Cattaraugus County Department of the Aging/NY Connects is pleased to announce they have been awarded 1,000 Senior Farmers Market coupon booklets f...

ALLEGANY — Protecting farmland and ensuring that American agriculture has the government-policy support to keep producing is not just about helping fa...