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The Albany County Town of Bethlehem has launched an ambitious project to preserve a once-bustling 300-acre dairy farm.
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The number of female farmers is on the rise across New York. A Center for Economic Growth analysis of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s newly released…
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Senator Chuck Schumer says dairy farmers in New York and across the country need help contending with falling milk prices.New York is the third-largest…
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In the aftermath of the Farm Bill’s failure in the House last week, a movement to break it in two is gaining traction.The 234-195 defeat of the 2013 Farm…
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The New York Farm Bureau’s efforts to cap rising agricultural property taxes are gaining legislative momentum.While Governor Andrew Cuomo touts his…
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As the Farm Bill moves through the Senate Agriculture Committee as early as this week, then on to full Senate consideration, U.S. Senator Kirsten…
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Several New York state Senators gathered this morning at the capitol in Albany to introduce a package of legislation they say would strengthen the state’s…
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In his new book Milk Money, Dartmouth’s Kirk Kardashian asks whether it is right that family farmers in America should toil so hard, produce a food so…
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A study looking at the current and future state of agriculture in the Berkshires is already revealing some bad news. WAMC’s Berkshire Bureau Chief Lucas…