CANTON — In the two years since the village’s pilot compost program was launched, food scraps have collected under a small shelter on outer Lincoln Street. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The sound of marching bands and firetruck sirens filled the streets in downtown Friday evening as the annual Jefferson County Dairy Parade returned after a one-year break caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More ⇒
CANTON — After a 2020 pandemic hiatus, the St. Lawrence County Dairy Princess Parade and Festival is on for this summer. Read More ⇒
The U.S. moved to set up a dispute-settlement panel to review Canada’s dairy quotas, which Washington alleges undermine the ability of American dairy exporters to sell a wide range of products to Canadian consumers. Read More ⇒
U.S. Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand is calling for additional U.S. Department of Agriculture payments to dairy farmers to help them recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and a review of what she says may be corruption in milk pricing. Read More ⇒
Inflation is landing in America’s refrigerators — and it’s hitting meat-eaters most of all. Read More ⇒
In the last three weeks of legislative session, some state lawmakers are talking about the birds and the bees. Read More ⇒
CANTON — Rhubarb is ready for picking and putting into a favorite recipe. Read More ⇒
NORTH LAWRENCE — From the milking parlor, Stauffer Farms is coming to an at-home screen near you. Read More ⇒
MEXICO — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County (CCE Oswego) will host a free online workshop through Zoom from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 20 on the implications of a changing climate on the future of agriculture. Read More ⇒
CLAYTON — Held virtually this year, the Thousand Islands Land Trust’s eighth annual For The Trees Arbor Day celebration drew nearly 70 participants. Read More ⇒
MEXICO — Utility-scale solar projects have been expanding across New York because of a need for renewable energy development due to changes in policies at the state level. Farmers and landowners are being approached with exploratory offers to lease (or purchase) their land for solar developm… Read More ⇒
HERMON — Before Friday’s persistent rain and final April freeze, thousands of microscopic nematodes soaked into the soil at Our Little Grewve. Read More ⇒
For a look at just how extreme America’s shortage of lumber has become, consider this: For the first time in recent memory, a lumberyard was the one selling wood to a supplier. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — It’s not a new question ... which did come first? The chicken or the egg? It seems that in today’s COVID and farm to table world, the answer might just depend on how you choose to start. Read More ⇒
CANTON — A new episode of Traditional Arts in Upstate New York’s Traditions of the Season video series was released April 14. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — Utility-scale solar projects have been expanding across New York because of a need for renewable energy development due to changes in policies at the state level. Farmers and landowners are being approached with exploratory offers to lease (or purchase) their land for solar development. Read More ⇒
MASSENA — The St. Lawrence County Planning Board has signed off on a special use permit and site plan for a proposed greenhouse on County Route 42 in Massena, but with some stipulations. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County announced that a one-hour workshop, Farm Business Bookkeeping Basics, will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20 via Zoom. Read More ⇒
The Biden administration announced $12 billion in new farm aid, and said it will seek to expand COVID assistance to producers that weren’t covered under the Trump administration’s pandemic relief programs. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — Only two north country renewable energy projects appear to be sticking with the Article 10 process, at least for now. Read More ⇒
New York state celebrates Agriculture Literacy Week during March. Read More ⇒
The severe winter storm that knocked out Texas’ power grid last month also caused at least $600 million in damages to farms in the state, according to preliminary estimates from the Texas A&M University’s AgriLife Extension Service. Read More ⇒
Cargill Inc. said it will spend $475 million to expand and update soybean processing plants in seven states, raising capacity at a moment when demand and prices are soaring for the nation’s second-largest field crop. Read More ⇒
Iowa has a poop problem. Read More ⇒
SYRACUSE — Opening with a milk toast, the 58th annual New York Dairy Princess Pageant concluded Tuesday night with the crowning of the state’s top young dairy advocates. Read More ⇒
SYRACUSE — North country royalty will be competing at the 58th annual state Dairy Princess Pageant this week, with the 2020 dairy princesses from Franklin and Jefferson counties competing for the crown. Read More ⇒
SYRACUSE — Oswego County Dairy Princess Taylor Bonoffski, a student at Cayuga Community College, is set to compete in American Dairy Association North East’s 58th New York state Dairy Princess Pageant, which will take place on Feb. 16. Read More ⇒
Pricey burgers are coming to a store near you. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — With its landscaped gardens and panoramic views of the Black River Valley meeting mountains and sky, Tug Hill Vineyards has become a go-to venue for weddings, gatherings, meetings and events in Lewis County. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The Tug Hill Commission will host a free webinar called “Right-Sizing Stream Crossings for Fish, Wildlife and Resiliency” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 28. Read More ⇒
Wheat rose to a six-year high in Chicago after top exporter Russia said it’s ratcheting up efforts to cool domestic food inflation by curbing grain exports. Read More ⇒
CENTRAL SQUARE — The Central Square Community Historical will hold a history talk and open museum viewing at the village municipal office, 3125 East Ave., Central Square on Jan. 17 as long as the office has re-opened to the public. Watch the municipal sign or Central Square Happening and his… Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Last week, a panel charged by the state Legislature with presenting recommendations on potentially lowering the overtime threshold for farm workers below 60 hours decided to postpone making any policy decision until later in 2021, giving beleaguered farmers a reprieve, at least for now. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Jay Smith likes the amount of space provided in his company’s new location that the Cazenovia Equipment Company opened on Monday as the first business in the agri-biz park on Route 3 in the town of Watertown. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — American Dairy Association North East will team up with dairy producers, as well as local businesses and organizations, for a drive-thru distribution event at Jefferson Community College beginning at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Read More ⇒
ALBANY — The state Department of Labor’s Farm Wage Board decided Thursday to delay lowering the 60-hour farm labor overtime threshold until at least November. Read More ⇒
ALBANY — The way farm workers are paid in New York state could drastically change, pending the decision of a panel charged with making such recommendation. But it seems the panel will likely wait until the last minute. Read More ⇒
CANTON — Which pathogens cause diarrhea in pre-weaned dairy calves and can farms more precisely target treatment to the specific causal agent? Read More ⇒
American meatpackers are benefiting from one bright spot in the restaurant industry during the pandemic: fast-food sales. Read More ⇒
The meat industry is starting to get squeezed from both sides. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — In a move to protect dairy farmers, the U.S. government this week filed its first-ever enforcement action under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement seeking to ensure access to Canadian markets for farmers. Read More ⇒
Organic Valley, a leading voice in the nation’s organic dairy industry, sees an opportunity to regain political ground that it says was lost over the past four years. Read More ⇒
CANTON — The window for public comments on the state’s new draft siting process regulations for large scale renewable energy projects closes Monday, and the St. Lawrence County Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board voted to submit a long list of recommended changes. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Two longtime beekeepers are watching their children and grandchildren continue exploring the health benefits of honey, especially after a study found it’s the most preferred sweetener in the country. Read More ⇒
POTSDAM — Clarkson University research, which shows how surplus milk may be used to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from fossil‐fuel based power plant emissions, is featured on the front cover of the November issue of Advanced Sustainable Systems. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — To bee or not to bee may not exactly be the question, but if it has to do with bees, Jim Howard probably has the answer. Read More ⇒
ITHACA — Project FeederWatch, a joint research and education program of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Birds Canada, opens Nov. 14. Read More ⇒
HOUNSFIELD — She was born July 23, 2001, and tagged with the name 1035. Read More ⇒
Rice Creek, Canal Forest Restoration Project offering trees to public, seeking help collecting seeds
OSWEGO — A partnership between SUNY Oswego’s Rice Creek Field Station and the Canal Forest Restoration Project (CFRP) is on a mission to restore native tree species to New York state’s canal region seeks help from the public in receiving and planting trees, as well as collecting specific seeds. Read More ⇒
A newly banned herbicide has become a crux for the world’s second-largest soybean producer as U.S. farmers struggle with not knowing if they’ll regain access to the long-trusted weed killer for next year’s crop. Read More ⇒
