WILLIAMSTOWN - Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County will accept registrations for the Oswego County 4-H Veterinary Science Program. The program will be from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 13 at Amboy 4-H Environmental Education Center, 748 State Route 183, Williamstown. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO COUNTY - Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Oswego County will host a free online workshop through Zoom from 1-3 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 10. This workshop will explore some of the different ways the small farms community can develop greater resilience by adopting agroforestry prac… Read More ⇒
Beef prices have climbed as much as 30% since the pandemic began, and that has Lorry Denis seeing red. Read More ⇒
Supply-chain disruptions are making it difficult for some schools to get food for student meals that meets U.S. nutrition requirements. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Money, an experienced leader and employees will be what it takes to open another livestock processor and offset the backlog among local butchers, area meat processing officials said. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — A fundraiser for 4-H students in Jefferson County is set for Wednesday at Tractor Supply on Arsenal Street. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Scott A. Smith says it just wasn’t the same without the tater queen working with him at Wednesday’s farmers market. Read More ⇒
Autumn has always meant apples in Northern New York. Each year for many years, the Farm and Garden section of the Times ran a photo spread of the apple harvesting process at local orchards. Reprinted here, from Oct. 9, 1948, is one of the earliest such profiles. Boyd W. Moffett describes the… Read More ⇒
LAFARGEVILLE — A few days ago, W. Ed Walldroff, co-owner of Homestead Fields Family Farm, received an “out-of-the-blue” call from an older gentleman who saw a notice of Friday’s auction at the Eiss Road farm. Read More ⇒
HUDSON — Dozens of state lawmakers wrapped up a two-day farm tour Thursday ready to advocate for additional funding in next year’s budget to support state agriculture and pursue legislation to aid agricultural processors. Read More ⇒
MEXICO - Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County announced that the workshop titled “Farm Business Bookkeeping Basics” has been rescheduled and will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 30 via Zoom. Guest speakers, Judith Blumer, EA, and Darren Adsit, Senior Loan Officer at Farm Credi… Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The Jefferson County Industrial Development Agency has began the process to provide a tax abatement package to CWT Farms International for a 29,000-square-foot chicken hatchery that would be built in the in the Thousand Islands International Agriculture and Business Park, located… Read More ⇒
HAMMOND — The Hammond 4-H and FFA Fair is back to celebrate it’s 81st year after last year’s COVID-19 cancellation. Read More ⇒
CANTON — September has arrived, and with it, the region’s apple harvest season. Read More ⇒
HEUVELTON – Plans are being developed to combat the spread of the water chestnut plant - an invasive aquatic plant species that can choke out waterways and cause major ecological harm - on the Oswegatchie River near Heuvelton. Read More ⇒
Corn prices in Chicago sank to a seven-week low as broken grain elevators and power outages in the U.S.’s busiest agricultural port raised concerns about grain supplies with nowhere to go. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Two Jefferson County dairy processing plants claimed 11 awards combined at the New York State Fair recently. Read More ⇒
HEUVELTON — The Village of Heuvelton is planning on having a farmers market that will open next spring. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — The Canal Forest Restoration Project at SUNY Oswego’s Rice Creek Field Station is on a mission to restore native tree species to New York state’s canal regions and is seeking help from the public in receiving and planting trees. Read More ⇒
CANTON — Heading down Court Street toward the center of the village Saturday afternoon, a parade of first responders, floats and dairy royalty greeted Canton. Read More ⇒
CANTON — The return of the St. Lawrence County Dairy Princess Festival kicked off Friday afternoon on the Canton Village Green. Read More ⇒
CANTON — Along the village’s Main Street this weekend, heroes will parade. Read More ⇒
ITHACA — The spotted lanternfly — an invasive, destructive pest with a wide range of hosts including grapes, apples, hops, maple and walnut — has spread to a growing number of counties in New York state, according to researchers at Cornell University, Ithaca. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — A Georgia-based poultry breeding company is looking at building and operating an egg hatchery facility in the agri-biz park on Route 3 in the town of Watertown. Read More ⇒
GOUVERNEUR — For Donald A. Peck, the Gouverneur and St. Lawrence County Fair is a homecoming. For 11-year-old Kaitlyn Holmes, it’s a chance to show goats; this year, a doe named Holly. For the Coleman Brothers vendors and ride operators, this week is a stop on a long seasonal journey. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — The Oswego County Progressive Agriculture Home and Farm Safety Day was held on June 8, at three schools in Oswego County: Lura Sharp Elementary, Sandy Creek Elementary and Dennis M. Kenney Middle School. This event is typically held on the Oswego County Fairgrounds. However, COVID-1… Read More ⇒
CANTON — There’s a new meat stand in Canton, offering beef and pork products straight from a local farm. Read More ⇒
Drought is withering crops on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border, prompting farmers to take the rare measure of baling up their wheat and barley stems to sell as hay. Read More ⇒
Eric Vanstrom stuck by his dairy cows through a recession, a trade war and a global pandemic that forced him to dump milk into manure pits. This year, though, he’s finally had enough. The thing that’s putting him over the edge: Exorbitant grain prices. Read More ⇒
SACKETS HARBOR — In a few hours he will be in a tractor harvesting wheat, but Ronald C. Robbins is in his office in the meantime, rattling off the latest weather in different countries. Read More ⇒
Prominent Northeastern grocery store chain Hannaford Supermarkets made headlines recently by declaring that for an entire year it had not sent any spoiled or outdated food to landfills, where the organic decomposition process produces methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases. Read More ⇒
DEXTER — Two solar projects on opposite sides of the Watertown airport are causing concerns that they could potentially interfere with the flight paths of aircraft. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — Being “put out to pasture” is both symbolically, and for horses, literally, what happens when one is no longer “useful.” Read More ⇒
Many humans adjusted to wearing masks last year for the greater good. Why not cows? Read More ⇒
State Sen. Patricia A. Ritchie released her Farmers Market Guide on Wednesday, complete with markets in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties. Read More ⇒
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 ⇒
OSWEGO — New York Sea Grant has published “Working with Nature: A Guide to Native Plants for New York’s Great Lakes Shorelines.” Public and private property owners can use the guide to select the right plant for the right place to revitalize the state’s Great Lakes’ freshwater shorelines. Read More ⇒
CLAYTON — The Thousand Islands Land Trust is hosting its annual BioBlitz week to collect citizen science data on species and biodiversity in the region. 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 ⇒
