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ALBANY — New York lawmakers are advancing a package of bills aimed at buoying the state’s farmers by promoting agricultural products and locally sourc...

ALBANY — New York officials gave final approval Wednesday for a measure that will lower the hourly threshold for when farm workers qualify for overtim...

Anglers seeking to hit the ice this winter should be careful, said the head of the state Department of Environmental Conservation, especially in light...

FRIENDSHIP — There is something about the heart of a horse that is good for the soul of humankind. So believes Carolyn Higgins, who has put that thoug...

Whenever Leo Nenno reads a story about the Hinsdale Haunted House, his thoughts go back more than 70 years to when he spent two nights in the McMahon ...

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has called on the U.S. Government Accountability Office to evaluate the workability of the federal milk pricing system, w...

CANSERAGA — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Allegany County’s Agriculture Program will host an irrigation pasture walk at Birds All Dairy from noon t...

LITTLE VALLEY — Phil Trowbridge, the judge of market beef and dairy steer competition at Thursday’s Cattaraugus County Fair, called the quality of the...

LITTLE VALLEY — Swine showmanship, market hogs and the 4-H Breed/Open Show were held Tuesday in the livestock judging ring at the 179th Cattaraugus Co...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation encourages New Yorkers to take part in the state’s annual summer survey of wild turkeys, a...

YORKSHIRE — The Cornell Cooperative Extension in Allegany, Chautauqua and Livingston counties, along with with CCE’s Northwest and Southwest New York ...

WELLSVILLE — Trailering livestock for show and pleasure workshop is set for April 2 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Willing Town Hall, 1431 Ackerman Hill R...

With highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), a serious, fatal disease of poultry, a concern in the Northeast, the Cornell Cooperative Extension sugg...

ITHACA — A partnership between industry, government and academia is bringing a state-of-the-art lab upgrade to Cornell University’s Department of Anim...

OLEAN — The Enchanted Mountains Farmers Market veterans’ event that was postponed last week due to thunderstorms is back on Friday from 2 to 6 p.m. in...

Raising poultry on a small scale has become more and more popular and Cornell Cooperative Extension is teaming with the Penn State Extension in offeri...

ALFRED — In recognition of outstanding achievement in the consistent production of high-quality milk, the Alfred State College Farm recently received ...

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