agriculture

The program that moves surplus crops from farms into New York State’s food banks is now permanent under state law.

Laura Biasillo of Cornell Cooperative Extensionis on Southern Tier Close Up talking about the 110 year old agency and programs for amateur and pro farmers.

Cornell Cooperative Extension is offering a four-part online workshop on “exploring the small farm dream.”

$25-million in state funding is going to food banks across New York dealing with new food insecurity from the pandemic.

Registration is being taken for an Industrial Hemp Producers Conference to be held in the Town of Dickinson next month.

The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture is pitching the 2018 farm bill to local agriculture workers and industry representatives.

Windsor High School will soon have more room and bigger ag. operations thanks to the demolition of a neighboring property.

The next fair in the region is underway, right on the heels of the Broome County Fair.

A cooperative effort between Binghamton University and Nanticoke Gardens has hemp growing in the county for the first time in more than 80 years.

New York is still selling the idea of developing industrial hemp in the Southern Tier.