MADRID — The vast lawns of the St. Lawrence Power and Equipment Museum became a sea of orange as Allis-Chalmers enthusiasts unloaded their equipment at the museum’s Spring Exhibition and Gathering of the Orange Friday morning. Read More ⇒Gathering of the Orange brings Allis-Chalmers enthusiasts to Madrid
WATERTOWN — Parents such as Angela Green, Janet L. Abbott, and Jessica Hughes got to see their children march down Washington Street in different marching bands during the Jefferson County Dairy Parade on Friday. Read More ⇒2023 Jefferson County Dairy Parade marches down Washington Street
MALONE — The Franklin County Fairgrounds kicked off Memorial Day weekend with a free event Saturday afternoon. Read More ⇒‘Test and tune’ tractor pull held in Malone
HERMON — Students at Edwards-Knox Central School eat fresh lettuce each week, all thanks to some of their classmates. Read More ⇒Farm-to-table program finds success at Edwards-Knox Central School District
LAKE PLACID — AdkAction’s Adirondack Pollinator Project is celebrating its 6th annual Native Plant Sale with a Pollinator Festival next Saturday. Read More ⇒Adirondack Pollinator Festival is this Saturday in Lake Placid
WATERTOWN — A $16 million egg hatchery at the Thousand Islands International Agriculture and Business Park has been awarded low-cost power from the state to help support the project. Read More ⇒Watertown egg hatchery awarded low-cost power from NYPA
WATERTOWN — A little rain wasn’t going to Justin T. Wilbanks from going to opening day of the Watertown Farm and Craft Market. Read More ⇒2023 Watertown Farm and Craft Market begins in rainy conditions
LOWVILLE — Back are the sashes and the crowns as the Lewis County Dairy Committee brings back the Dairy Princess Program. Read More ⇒Lewis County going back to Dairy Princess Program
WATERTOWN — The Cheese Store of Northern New York, formerly known as The Cheese Store, has changed its opening day plans. Read More ⇒Cheese Store of NNY moves opening to June
WATERTOWN — Fans of the Watertown Farm & Craft Market can expect more of the same when it opens on Wednesday along Washington Street. Read More ⇒47th Watertown farmers market season begins Wednesday
Spring has sprung, the growing season has begun and farmers markets are sure to follow. Communities throughout Lewis County and in Carthage will once again hold weekly markets this summer, some opening this weekend: Read More ⇒More Jefferson, Lewis County farmers markets open this weekend
CANTON — On his property on Route 310 just north of the village, Joel C. Howie is raising a cider house where he hopes to produce cider in August. Read More ⇒Canton Apples erecting cider house on Route 310
CASTORLAND — Two workers at a town of Croghan dairy farm are due nearly $150,000 in back wages after their employer failed to pay them for overtime hours. Read More ⇒Two Lewis County dairy workers get $150K for unpaid overtime work
GLENFIELD — The Tack Shack, specializing in equine supplies, will hold a grand opening from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 27, at 7728 Stony Lake Road. Guests will be invited to browse The Tack Shack inventory and meet with owner Edward Johnson and family. The grand opening will also feature other loc… Read More ⇒Mobile equine supply business to hold grand opening event in Glenfield
WASHINGTON — House and Senate members writing the 2023 farm bill face pressure to do more to accommodate specialty crops, an array of fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, nursery plants and flowers that account for less than 10% of acres in production. Read More ⇒Specialty crop producers seek farm bill recognition, support
CROGHAN — The sweet smell of success was felt at the annual Maple Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday as maple lovers gathered at the International Maple Museum Centre. Read More ⇒Sweet success: annual Maple Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony held
ELIZABETHTOWN — In celebration of Earth Day 2023, the Adirondack Park’s largest environmental organization recently awarded 12 micro-grants totaling $26,000 to local farmers and value-added food/beverage/fiber producers. The initiative is an effort to support climate-friendly economic activi… Read More ⇒Adirondack Council awards micro-grants to farms
WATERTOWN — Beginning Memorial Day weekend, fans of The Cheese Store will once again be able to say, “Whey-to-go.” Read More ⇒Couple eager to reopen beloved Cheese Store
WATERTOWN — This past Valentine’s Day was a bittersweet one for maple syrup producer C. Douglas Thompson. Read More ⇒Sugaring season was good, bad and somewhere in between, depending on location
LAKE PLACID — A feasibility study is exploring if a new source of tree-based syrup could take root in New York state. Read More ⇒Study explores feasibility of beech syrup production in New York
Many garden and ornamental plants can be harmful to people, pets Read More ⇒Many garden and ornamental plants can be harmful to people and pets
MALONE — Local first responders received specialized manure pit safety and rescue training from Franklin County Farm Bureau, Kevin Daniels Agency, and Cornell Cooperative Extension Wednesday at the Gokey farm on Vincent Road, according to a news release issued Thursday. Read More ⇒Program aims to protect against manure pit accidents
SACKETS HARBOR — The rows of maples at the Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site stand in formation, lined up perfectly as if loyal soldiers responding to a call of duty, pleasing passersby and crowds sheltered underneath for generations. But maintaining the grove on the shores of L… Read More ⇒Arbor Day effort maintains beauty of Sackets Harbor battlefield site grove
RENSSELAER FALLS — Fobare’s Fruits, the apple orchard and family fun spot, has changed hands. Former owners Gayle M. and Steven L. Fobare have handed the keys to their orchard/entertainment venue to two couples who hope to build on the business the Fobares built. Read More ⇒New owners settle in at former Fobare’s Fruits
AKWESASNE — A Native cannabis company is using a self-sustaining process to grow up to 2,000 marijuana plants that yield quality bud, refining part of the harvest into concentrates with 90% or more THC. Read More ⇒Akwesasne cannabis grower sustains sovereignty with seed-to-store business
A team from New England Millwrights of Barre, Vermont, positioned a new grain distributor Friday on top of Poulin Grain in Canton. Read More ⇒Not just any run-of-the-mill job
Hungary joined Poland in announcing a halt in Ukrainian agricultural imports, saying that duty-free imports from its neighbor in the face of Russia’s invasion are putting Hungarian farmers at risk. Read More ⇒Hungary, Poland block farm imports from Ukraine as accord falters
CANTON — The Riverside Farm Market at 18 Riverside Drive will open soon, according to owners Joe Eisele, Madison Laubscher and Amy Thompson. Read More ⇒Riverside Farm Market to open soon in Canton
The Garden Guy and Mrs. Jan moved to our present house in spring 2019. Ideas flowed like a waterfall for backyard plantings, while the front yard was daunting, for one big reason: It is over a half-acre with a steep upward slope toward the home. Read More ⇒Pick your pockets for landscaping a large front yard
The average Tesla-driving, iPhone-using suburbanite isn’t spending a lot of time worrying about tractor software payloads. They should, though. Read More ⇒Farmers are fighting for our right to repair our iPhones
WATERTOWN — Say cheese! A beloved north country specialty store that announced it was closing after 51 years may have a new lease on life, literally, and that’s more than Gouda news for people who have made the store part of their routine. Read More ⇒The Cheese Store’s storied legacy could be continuing
CLAYTON — A national food and environmental protection group claims in a federal lawsuit that a dairy farm on County Route 9 is discharging waste into tributaries leading to the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario. Read More ⇒Lawsuit claims Clayton farm is discharging waste into waterways
LOWVILLE — The Martinsburg Planning Board started the approval process for Dollar General’s new site in Glenfield Wednesday night. Read More ⇒Dollar General’s alternative Glenfield site moves to county for approval
MALONE — The area will have a new source for local, antibiotic-free meat when a North Bangor family opens a specialty butcher shop. Read More ⇒Donahue family to open butcher shop in Malone
Hauling slab wood, an Amish coachman checks for traffic Monday as he drives his team onto Sanderson Road from Route 37 in Flackville. Read More ⇒PHOTO: Cautious crossing
LOWVILLE — Lowville Academy and Central School career and technical education students are working to take products from the tree to the consumer. Read More ⇒Mobile sugar shanty teaching business lessons
MEXICO - Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County, in collaboration with the Oswego County Soil and Water Conservation District, USDA Farm Service Agency, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, will sponsor a free workshop for agriculture producers from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on W… Read More ⇒Registration extended for Sixth Annual Ag Agency Awareness Day
OSWEGO COUNTY – Oswego County reminds landowners that now is the time to apply to become part of the Oswego County Agricultural District before open enrollment ends. Interested applicants must submit their request by 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 30. Read More ⇒Apply for Oswego County Agricultural District by March 30
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking applications for projects that will improve outreach to underserved producers and underserved communities about conservation programs and services and opportunities for students to pursue careers in agriculture, natural resources and related sciences. Read More ⇒USDA seeking applications to expand conservation assistance
Spring means maple syrup season throughout New York state and during the next two weekends the public will have the opportunity to see first hand how sap becomes the maple syrup we use to top pancakes and French toast as well as the many other products produced. Read More ⇒Maple producers open their sugar shanties for Maple Weekend
Dear Aggie: The eggs I’m buying at the grocery store are getting so expensive. Can I save money by raising my own chickens? Read More ⇒Is it cheaper (by the dozen) to raise my own chickens?
Hurtling around the Earth at more than 20 times the speed of sound, some of the tiniest life forms aboard the International Space Station are on a mission to feed people on a warming planet. Read More ⇒Climate change launching mutant seed space race
MEXICO - Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County, in collaboration with the Oswego County Soil and Water Conservation District, USDA Farm Service Agency, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, will sponsor a free workshop for agriculture producers from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on W… Read More ⇒Sixth Annual Ag Agency Awareness Day
New York State maple syrup — the all-natural, golden brown sweet that goes with everything from pancakes to popcorn — will be celebrated during Maple Weekends, March 18 to 19 and 25 to 26. Read More ⇒Maple Weekends coming up March 18-19 and 25-26
OSWEGO COUNTY - The Oswego County Soil and Water Conservation District reminds farmers who own qualifying land to apply for the Agricultural Land Value Assessment before Wednesday, March 1. Read More ⇒Apply for an Agricultural Land Value Assessment by March 1
ALBANY — The overtime threshold for farm workers in New York has officially been lowered, from 60 hours to 40 hours per week. Read More ⇒New York officially lowers farm worker overtime threshold; 56-hour workweek to come in 2024
OSWEGO COUNTY - Every eight years it is required by law to review Agricultural Districts in New York state. Ag Districts were created by an act of the Legislature in 1971 to protect and promote the availability of land for farming purposes. In other words, they are intended to counteract the… Read More ⇒Attention landowners - Oswego County Agricultural District in review
POTSDAM — SUNY Potsdam’s Wagner Institute for Sustainability and Ecological Research and the Department of Biology will host a WISER Escape from Winter event on Feb. 24. Read More ⇒SUNY Potsdam WISER Center hosts ‘Escape from Winter’ event
CANTON — Canton Fire Chief Robert M. Crowe reported that 10 cows and two horses were killed in a barn fire on County Route 27 Thursday night. Read More ⇒UPDATE: 10 cows, two horses killed in Canton barn fire
ONEIDA, OSWEGO, JEFFERSON, LEWIS, AND ST. LAWRENCE COUNTIES – Winter is a good time to start planning for a garden. Selecting what plants to grow can be exciting but people could be playing a role in the introduction of invasive plants. Many invasive plants were once considered desirable orn… Read More ⇒Winter is an ideal time to plan for a garden
