Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced her intention to provide $30 million in direct relief payments to New York farmers.

New York farms face growing financial pressure as federal policy changes ripple through agriculture, according to a new report from State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The analysis warns that cuts ...

May 23—ALBANY — Two state lawmakers from New York City want to ban dairy farms from expanding beyond 700 cows, a move they say would help protect the environment and preserve small, family-owned dairy ...

Mike McMahon, 73, is approaching the end of his farming career at the same time President Donald Trump has threatened to arrest everyone who does not legally belong in America. McMahon has been ...

This new dairy farm bill is an udder failure. Cityslicker state lawmakers from the Big Apple want to limit the number of cows on New York’s dairy farms – a green push that opponents argue would ...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WBNG) -- New York dairy farmers have their work cut out for them. With a $1.2 billion investment made to create a Chobani plant in Rome, NY, and another $621 million going to the ...

ALBANY — A measure to limit large-scale farming in New York is dividing lawmakers on opposite sides of the aisle — and opposite ends of the state. A bill sponsored by state Sen. Jabari Brisport of ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)—-At the New York State Capitol on Wednesday, Ray Dykeman stood alongside Republican lawmakers, the New York Farm Bureau, and the Northeast Dairy Producers Association to oppose a ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y., Sept. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- After 13 days on display at the New York State Fair, the 57th Annual Butter Sculpture is off to be recycled at a Western New York dairy farm. American ...

CASTLETON-ON-HUDSONThe Village of Castleton-on-Hudson has issued a Snow Emergency beginning Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 9:00 am until Monday, January 26, 2026 a Speeding driver charged with negligent ...

NY farms face higher fertilizer costs in 2026. Here’s why prices feel stickier—and how to plan purchases without hurting yield.

HOMER, N.Y. — The fears weigh on Mike McMahon: If one of his undocumented workers gets a traffic ticket, it could prompt an immigration audit of his entire farm. If another gets detained by ...