Empire State Farming

Don't forget. As you head to the New York State Fair, there are some more ways this year to learn about the state's biggest indu...

Commercial red meat production for New York totaled 3.7 million pounds in January, up 21 percent from the 3 million pounds produced in Janua...

Starting in late December, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will measure sheep and goat inv...

Commercial red meat production for New York totaled 3.8 million pounds in October, up 12 percent from the 3.4 million pounds produced in...

Watch out! Sheep on the loose. See the story http://cnycentral.com/news/local/alert-seven-sheep-are-on-the-loose-in-the-town-of-onondaga ...

Commercial red meat production for New York totaled 3.8 million pounds in August, up 21 percent from the 3.1 million pounds produced in Augu...

As Dairy Month is winding down, here is an oldie but goodie post from Empire State Farming from three years ago. While 90 percent of a...

Each year on April 10, we celebrate all those animals on the farm. Sheep It's National Farm Animals Day. Annually observed April 1...

A Pamelia couple have protected their sheep farm land by going through the Ontario Bays Initiative, a land trust based in Chaumont. Go to ...

NNY Sheep and Goat Week programs are scheduled for the first week of December. The schedule is: ** 6:30 p.m. Dec. 1, CCE Jefferson Cou...

The 2015 Sheep & Goat Symposium at Cornell University is set for 1 to 5 p.m. Oct. 2-4. The event will be chock full of speakers, to...

Go to http://europe.newsweek.com/police-arrest-suspected-sicilian-mafia-members-after-cracking-farming-code-331166 to see this story from N...

From the USDA: Total red meat production for New York totaled 3.1 million pounds in June 2015, up 3 percent from the 3 million pounds p...

A workshop titled Raising Sheep and Goats 101 is set for 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 5 at Chicks and Hens, 3150 Erie Blvd East, Syracuse. Anyone...

By Debra J. Groom Watertown Daily Times The book for this year's Ag Literacy Week The beautiful story of a young girl caring for h...

There will be a parasite assessment, management training workshop fro m10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday Feb. 7 at the Cornell Cooperative Extensi...

The book to be featured in next year's Ag Literacy Week has been chosen. Go to http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs177/1105132857985/...

Go to http://www.nysfair.org/your-fair-visit/agriculture-info/ for information on all agriculture exhibits, schedules and events. ...

There will be a sheep and goats workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. June 24 at the Onondaga Free Library on West Seneca Turnpike. It is being presen...

A couple of sheep at the New York State Fair Sheep aren't one of the largest agriculture entities in New York state, but they are im...