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ALBANY (TNS) — Tariffs from the Trump administration that took effect Tuesday are expected to disrupt the agriculture industry in New York, where farm...

New York has designated six days as Free Fishing Days this year, with the first days coming up next weekend. During these specific days, the state’s f...

Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program welcomes Katie Callero as the team’s dairy management specia...

GENEVA — The invasive pigweed Palmer amaranth, first found in New York soybean fields in 2019, has been dubbed the “spotted lanternfly of weeds” for i...

BELMONT — Fall colors have faded and winter approaches, and it’s the perfect time to prepare your garden for the cold months ahead. Fall gardening is ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Rachel Hatch of Freedom, N.Y., has been named one of only two recipients of a 2024 Horizon Organic Producer Education (HOPE) Scholars...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cattaraugus County will host fall programming this Saturday. Experts from the Cornell Maple Program, ...

Over the last two decades, my mother has devoted herself to creating a small homestead farm in Upstate New York. I’ve had a front-row seat to the trib...

RANDOLPH — One team from Randolph Central School’s FFA will advance to the National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis this October. Five FFA membe...

BELMONT — Cornell Cooperative Extension will offer a workshop for farmers and meat processors, Composting Livestock Mortality and Butcher Waste, 5:30 ...

New York state has adopted new regulations regarding the permitting and reporting of largemouth/smallmouth bass tournaments. The no-cost bass tourname...

Labor Day weekend will kick off with the addition of a new Free Fishing Day in New York state for the 2024 season. The addition of the Saturday, Aug. ...

GEDDES (TNS) — Somehow Jim Victor and Marie Pelton locked the door of a glass refrigerator for 11 days and kept their secret hidden inside. On Tuesday...

ANDOVER — The Town of Andover Wetlands Project will host the 33rd annual Kids Fishing Contest on Saturday at the Andover Ponds off Route 21. Registrat...

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...

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

A new record for largemouth bass in New York state was set July 11 when James Britenbaugh of Pennsylvania reeled in a 12-pound, 6-ounce “hog” from Cay...

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