new york agriculture

“We really are asking our farmers to be patient as we try to work this out with the federal government.”

The New York Farm Bureau has asked the state, in recent days, to ramp up testing for COVID-19 in rural areas of the state, particularly at farms.

The New York Farm Bureau said farmers need more workers and it wants the President to consider an expansion of a visa program.

The spotted lanternfly eats away at the bark of trees. It’s a threat to some commercial crops that are big in New York like grapes and apples.