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On May 31, President Donald Trump announced that the 25 percent steel and 10 percent aluminum tariffs that had been temporarily exempt for the EU, Canada and Mexico would go into effect in June. Mexico answered with some counter-tariffs, including one on U.S. apples.
ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – Some local beekeepers are concerned about a bill making its way through the New York Legislature. It would require all beekeepers both commercial and hobbyist, to register with the state.
The USDA is offering an extension to dairy farmers who want to sign up for a special insurance program.
The snow in March and April kept newborn lambs cooped up in their barn because the pasture wasn’t growing quickly. Now though, they’re bouncing and bleeting in the new spring. Be prepared for an adorable lamb video!
New York Senator Chuck Schumer is the latest politician to speak out against a proposed trash incinerator in the town of Romulus on Seneca Lake.
KEYSTONE CROSSROADS — Along stretches of farmland on South Lincoln Avenue in Lebanon, you will notice yard signs with bright orange letters that read, “Save Our Local Dairy Farms.”
When a bunch of New York investors sniffed out a potential price fixing scheme in the poultry business, they bet against big chicken. Then they targeted a price index published in Georgia.
The beverage industry is challenging a 1.5 cent per ounce tax on sweetened drinks imposed in Philadelphia. Officials argue the tax is a good strategy to help combat childhood obesity.
“If you really want to kill us, kill us quicker,” said Pursel. “Don’t starve us to to death because that’s what it feels like – that they want to kill all the poor people.”
Farmland prices in the Finger Lakes continue to increase. In Yates County, that’s partly due to more interest from craft breweries and distilleries.
To turn a profit again, upstate dairy farmers say they need better advertising to help increase demand. Removing sanctions on Russia and ending tariff disputes with China would help, too.
“Ugly. It’s ugly right now,” said Cub Frisbie, head of the Tioga County Farm Bureau.
