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 ⇒

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 ⇒

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 ⇒

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 ⇒

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 ⇒

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 ⇒

The meat industry is starting to get squeezed from both sides. 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 ⇒

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 ⇒

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 ⇒

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 ⇒

WATERTOWN — Massey Ranch is hosting a free fall open house this weekend and the following weekend with hayrides, pallets of pumpkins and all things maple for sale in its sugar shanty. It’s all part of the Fall Maple Tour organized by the New York State Maple Producers Association. Read More ⇒

GOUVERNEUR — At the stroke of 4:10 p.m. Saturday, a 472-pound pumpkin fell from the sky. Read More ⇒

PHILADELPHIA — Farmers in Jefferson County say financial assistance from the federal government shouldn’t be viewed as a handout, but rather food stability for the community and hopefully a trickle-down effect to local businesses. Read More ⇒

MALONE — After more than 10 years of work, a revitalization plan for the St. Lawrence River Watershed is nearing completion. Read More ⇒

VERMONTVILLE — A small slate sign by the dirt driveway reads “Sanctuary Farm,” a fitting name for the tiny farm that Denise Griffin works when she’s not working full-time at the hospital. Read More ⇒

LOWVILLE — Despite a court challenge and temporary injunction on last year’s state labor law, New York farmers are still pushing back against the legislation. Read More ⇒