Rapho Township, PA (WITF) — Farmers and researchers in 23 counties have been studying industrial hemp in trial crops this year. The former cash crop could see a resurgence if a U.S. Senate version of the federal Farm Bill is passed later this year.
Food and Farms
New Seedless Concord Grape From Cornell Available This Fall
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GENEVA, N.Y. (AP) New York grape breeders have produced a fruit that’s so big and flavorful they’ve named it after Mount Everest.
Food and Farms
New York State Fair’s Butter Sculpture Will Be Converted Into Electricity
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – What happens to the butter sculpture at the New York State Fair once the event is over? Well, for the third year, it will be recycled and used for electricity.
All-Time Attendance Record Set At The New York State Fair For 3rd Straight Year
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SYRACUSE, NY (WRVO) – 2018 was another record-breaking year for the New York State Fair near Syracuse. 1,279,010 people visited the Fair this year, smashing last year’s record by 10 percent.
Wegmans First American Supermarket To Offer App-Based Service For Blind Shoppers
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BUFFALO, NY (WBFO) – An app service known as Aira offer blind or visually-impaired users the opportunity to use their smartphone as a second set of eyes, in order to perform tasks including shopping. Wegmans has become the first supermarket chain in the nation to offer the service.
Economy
Tops To Close 10 Stores As Part Of Restructuring Efforts
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – Tops Markets is announcing plans to close 10 stores it says are underperforming as part of its effort to restructure and emerge from the Chapter 11 bankruptcy it filed for earlier this year.
Deadly Salmonella Outbreak In New York And PA Linked To Kosher Chicken
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Seventeen people also have been sickened in an outbreak that federal officials say has been linked to Empire Kosher brand chicken.
agriculture
NY Dairy Farmers To Ag Secretary: ‘We Go To Work Every Day Losing Money’
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SYRACUSE, NY (WRVO) – Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-New Hartford) hosted U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue in Cortland to hear the concerns of dairy farmers in the region. Dairy farmers told Perdue about the dire situation the industry is facing.
A Few Weeks Ago, Finger Lakes Farmers Were Grateful For Rain, Then The Floods Hit
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Fellow farmers helped Erik Landowne at Blue Heron Farm quickly harvest an onion crop before it could begin to rot.
agriculture
Ahead Of Climate Change Projections, PA Farmers Adapt To New Weather Patterns
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STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA – Last month, Pennsylvania saw the most recorded rainfall in a July. For many farmers in the state, the intense precipitation is part of a pattern of weather changes to which they hope to adapt.
Arts & Culture
Changes Coming To 2018 Edition Of New York State Fair
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SYRACUSE, NY (WRVO) – Some changes will be coming to the 2018 version of the New York State Fair, which starts August 22. Most of it is part of the second phase of a $120 million plan to revitalize the fairgrounds.