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In November 2022, voters gave the Albany County town of Bethlehem the green light to spend nearly $3 million to acquire a once-bustling 300-acre dairy farm.
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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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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.
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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.
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Owners of small farms in New York are warning that a proposal to pay overtime after their workers reach 40 hours each week could put some of them out of business. A state wage board is set to consider lowering the overtime threshold from 60 hours.
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New York state has announced a targeted effort to vaccinate farmworkers and employees of food production facilities against COVID-19. The state says it…
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed two bills to help farmers. The bills were sponsored by Hudson Valley lawmakers.One bill ensures that farmers…
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With planting season underway and guest workers arriving at New York farms, the New York Farm Bureau is encouraging farms to implement new COVID-19…
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When people think business in New York, they may think Wall Street or corporations such as General Electric and IBM, but farming is a major economic…
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At the same time the Assembly treads water as majority Democrats decide the future of the speakership, the New York State Farm Bureau outlined its…