New York Farm Bureau

The New York Farm Bureau has released its annual list of state legislative priorities.

The New York Farm Laborers Wage Board formally sent its recommendation to the state labor commissioner Tuesday that the farmworker overtime threshold be lowered. Farm labor advocates are calling for the recommendations to be approved as soon as possible while farmers say the process was stacked against them.

The New York Farm Bureau is outlining its national priorities for 2022.

Members of the New York Farm Bureau are reacting to a state labor board decision to back a ten-year phase-in of a 40-hour work week for farm laborers. They warn that could severely diminish the state’s agricultural industry, which is largely made up of small, family-owned farms.

The state’s Farm Laborers Wage Board bypassed a legal deadline of December 15 to decide whether farm workers should receive overtime pay after working 40 hours a week. The state Department of Labor says it will instead hold more hearings on the issue, beginning in January.

With less than a month left in the state legislative session, officials from the New York Farm Bureau recently discussed key pieces of legislation and…

The New York Farm Bureau advocates for one of the state’s largest industries: agriculture. The group recently released its 2021 national priorities.State…

The New York Farm Bureau has identified its priorities for the state legislative session, saying lawmakers must support the agricultural sector in…

Consumers could be paying a little bit more for their 2020 Thanksgiving dinner.The New York Farm Bureau’s 2020 Market Basket Survey shows the price of a…

The New York Farm Bureau sent a survey to all members last month to assess the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on agriculture across the state.The…