WATERTOWN — Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the agricultural industry, like many others, has had many challenges to face over the past few months, like a disconnect in supply chains and milk dumping. Read More ⇒

The National Pork Producers Council plans to campaign for a change in federal law that would allow the Agriculture Department to pay livestock and poultry farmers for healthy animals they euthanized because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More ⇒

MEXICO — Even though the 2020 Oswego County Fair was canceled, youth between the ages of five to 18 have the opportunity to share their projects and show their livestock this year through The 4-H REMIX, created by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County, (CCEOC). Read More ⇒

A new study examining how fish react to heat at different stages of their life process has revealed that warming waters could impede reproduction in up to 60 percent of species. Read More ⇒

RODMAN — All nine hardware stores Stephen Winkler contacted recently were sold out of chicken wire, highlighting the evolution of local food production and increasing demand for homegrown gardens and poultry development. Read More ⇒

OSWEGO — With schools officially closed for the academic year and childcare centers shuttered because of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of families who rely on school meals to feed their children now face increased food insecurity. Missed meals can lead to fatigue, reduced immune response, … Read More ⇒

CANTON — The joint town and village economic development committee is preparing to launch a COVID-19 recovery loan program for small businesses, an additional tract modified from the town’s existing USDA rural development loan program. Read More ⇒

Just as we were turning the corner on this coronavirus thing and flattening the curve, news came from out west this month that flew in on sensational news reports: “murder hornets” have arrived on our shores. Read More ⇒

Another type of hornet is of a more immediate concern for local beekeepers than the threatened invasion of Asian giant (murder) hornets. Read More ⇒

HOUNSFIELD — For years, as people purchased milk at the visitors center store at Old McDonald’s Farm here, a common question asked by customers grew on the farm’s owners. Read More ⇒

MEXICO — Here’s a story that’ll make you smile and maybe give you hope. A lot of people need some hope right now. Maybe this’ll remind you it’s always there. Read More ⇒

There is perhaps no more dramatic an example of the destruction plaguing America’s food supply chain than this: Thousands of pigs are rotting on compost heaps as grocers run out of meat. Read More ⇒

HEUVELTON — When the Bennett family began cultivating a patchwork of mixed-type land on Route 184 two decades ago, the dream of providing “good food for all people” was seeded. Read More ⇒

MEXICO — Assessing the quality and health of garden or field soil is a key component for any successful farm or garden operation. There are two testing platforms that Cornell Cooperative Extension provides as part of the extension service of Cornell University. All standard soil tests are ad… Read More ⇒

DEPAUVILLE — A grass fire ignited on a farm near Route 12 on Tuesday. Read More ⇒

OSWEGO — National Arbor Day, a day set aside to celebrate trees, is traditionally marked by tree giveaways and tree planting events. This year, the need for social distancing requires creative solutions -- which the Canal Forest Restoration Project at SUNY Oswego’s Rice Creek Field Station i… Read More ⇒

LOWVILLE — Many small businesses evolve from a product or service idea, but only a few are born of a mixture of philosophical shift, a drive to be a positive force in the world, and a, “Sure, we can do that,” mantra. Read More ⇒

ALBANY – Farmers from Oswego County Farm Bureau spent two days in Albany visiting with lawmakers on March 2-3 to highlight New York Farm Bureau’s state public policy priorities for the year. Read More ⇒

MEXICO - Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Oswego County in collaboration with Oswego County Soil and Water, USDA Farm Service Agency and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service will sponsor a workshop for agriculture producers. The four agencies that serve the farmers and residents… Read More ⇒

ATLANTA - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that loans for small businesses, small agricultural cooperative, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and private nonprofit organizations in nine New York counties are available as a result of hail in parts of the Empire Sta… Read More ⇒

MEXICO – It’s easy to have faith and optimism when you don’t need either. Thirty feet of solid metal blew off the top of Will Comley’s silo Saturday night, Feb. 15, and he still has both. Read More ⇒

Organizers of the Great Backyard Bird Count invite participants to show the program some love this year when the annual count begins on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14. Read More ⇒

GOUVERNEUR — Protecting the rights of the voiceless farm workers in the north country was of chief concern to members of the Lewis, Jefferson and St. Lawrence Counties Central Trades and Labor Council Wednesday night when they had the opportunity to speak with State Commissioner of Labor Rob… Read More ⇒

ALBANY — New York’s agriculture industry is rallying to find financial relief in the 2020 legislative session and executive budget after taking a hard hit from the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act passed last year — and lawmakers are listening. Read More ⇒