Showing posts with label environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label environment. Show all posts
Friday, December 22, 2017

Cuomo Announces Money for CAFO Waste Storage Programs

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From staff reports   The state has awarded $20 million to implement water quality protection projects on 56 farms across the state.   The ...
Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Emmi & Sons Named Conservation Farm of the Year in Onondaga County

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From Onondaga County Soil and Water Conservation District: The outside of the Emmi & Sons farm stand on Route 370 in Lysander Emmi...
Monday, November 23, 2015

Real Christmas Trees Clean the Air

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Jack Beckwith trims a tree during the summer of 2014. A great column from the Christmas Tree Farmers of New York State. This ran in the ...
Saturday, October 31, 2015

Vertical Farming Can Provide Needed Crops to Water Scarce Regions

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Interesting story. Read it at https://www.environmentalleader.com/2015/10/28/vertical-farming-can-provide-needed-crops-to-water-scarce-reg...
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Monday, October 19, 2015

Dairy Farm Won't Build Controversial Manure Pit

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Check out the http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/news03/milk-street-dairy-wont-build-controversial-manure-pit-near-black-river--20151017 st...
Tuesday, October 13, 2015

New York State Awards Money to Help Farmers with Conservation Efforts

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From the state Department of Agriculture and Markets: A total of $11.1 million has been awarded to support 29 agricultural water quali...
Friday, October 2, 2015

New York to Get Federal Money for Chesapeake Bay Watershed Conservation Work

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture Thursday (Oct. 1) announced it will commit $4 million in a first round of funding to help state in the Ch...
Thursday, August 27, 2015

Project Encourages Farmers to Consider Tile Drainage

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Submitted by the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program: A Northern New York Agricultural Development Program project report ...
Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Homer Farm Honored With Ag Environmental Management Award

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E-Z Acres in Cortland County has won the state's top environmental award – the 2015 Agricultural Environmental Management Award.  Eac...
Thursday, August 6, 2015

'Day on the Farm' Event Saturday Outside Baldwinsville

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From the Onondaga County Soil and Water Conservation District: All day Saturday, Aug. 8 is Onondaga County "Day on the Farm" a...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Farms Throughout the State Continue to Work on Recycling

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Another story from the August edition of Empire Farm & Dairy magazine:  By DEBRA J. GROOM There’s more work than ever being done on ...
Thursday, October 30, 2014

Public Discusses Manure Runoff into Owasco Lake

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Go to http://auburnpub.com/news/local/public-discusses-manure-runoff-into-owasco-lake/article_9f1472c0-39fd-53e5-8827-ccc3de3f062b.html to ...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

State Seeks Nominations for Environmental Award

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From the state Department of Ag and Markets: Nominations are being accepted for the statewide Agricultural Environmental Management (AEM)...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

USDA Researchers Come Up With Handy Innovations

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I found this to be really cool. I hope you do too. The USDA has issued a new report scientific breakthroughs discovered by USDA researche...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Farm Tours Set for Aug. 29 in Oswego County

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Friday Aug. 23 is the deadline to sign up for tours of two Oswego County farms to see how they protect the nearby Oneida Lake watershed. ...
Monday, August 5, 2013

Pesticide Sprayer Calibration Workshop Set for Aug. 15 in Oswego County

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Photo from New York Apple Association A program to help farmers use the correct amount of pesticides on their crops is coming up Aug. ...
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Monday, July 29, 2013

Environmental Groups Sue State Over Dairy Farm Regulations

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The regs were put in place to bolster the state's growing yogurt industry. But some environmental groups says the regs go too far and vi...
Friday, June 7, 2013

June is Dairy Month -- Is Whey Really a Problem?

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You've seen some stories in the past couple of weeks -- including a couple I've posted here in this blog -- about how the huge inc...
Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Ag Secretary Tackles Ag Solutions to Environmental Challenges

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News from the USDA: Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack gave a talk to the National Press Club Wednesday about agricultural solutions t...
Thursday, May 30, 2013

How Would You Prevent an Oil or Fuel Spill on the Farm?

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Go to http://farmprogress.com/story-got-fuel-tanks-got-spill-preventive-control-plan-9-98537-nl_4_nlr_2?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium...