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"Farm workers are excluded from labor laws that protect all other workers. So, do we want to level the playing field and ensure that those protections are in place?"

New York’s apple industry has about a 21 percent higher economic impact than traditional studies have found.

Pennsylvania’s farming industry is changing. And the challenges—from falling dairy prices to young people leaving the industry to climate change—were front and center at a recent Agriculture Department budget hearing before a state House committee.

Cornell University has received over $68 million from the United States Department of Agriculture to build a new federal research facility for grape genetics. The site will be in Geneva, New York, home to ongoing collaborations between Cornell and the USDA.

"It’s way, way more important what we do with Mexico and China and what our general trade posture is," he said. "Trade is important to us, but trade with Canada is not the biggest worrier."

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!

ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) - Senator Chuck Schumer visited a farm in Avon to call on US trade officials to fix trade between Canada and the US regarding dairy products during upcoming NAFTA negotiations.

SYRACUSE, NY (WRVO) - Members of New York’s Congressional delegation are working to provide some financial relief to dairy farmers who continue to suffer from depressed milk prices.

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