Archive for 'Agricultural News'
Trump freeze leaves New York farmers in limbo
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Posted: April 3rd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Business News, Congressional News, Corruption in Gov't., National History, National News, Northern NY News, Upstate New York.
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North Country dairy farms are getting caught up in Trump’s immigration enforcement
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Posted: April 3rd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Border News, Business News, Law Enforcement News, National History, National News, Northern NY News, Political News, Upstate New York.
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Sackets Harbor community calls for return of three children taken during ICE dairy farm visit
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Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Agricultural News, Business News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, Political News.
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Vermont’s changing agricultural landscape brings lawmakers new questions about protecting — and regulating — farms What kind of farming practices should be encouraged, which are tolerable, which should be disallowed — and who decides?
Lake Champlain Polution is an issue in VT ag Click here for the VTDigger story
Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Business News, Environmental News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News.
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Vermont agriculture community reels from federal funding changes
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Posted: March 16th, 2025 under Agricultural News, Business News, Environmental News, National News, Northern NY News, Political News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Program that sends local food to Vermont schools loses funding in Trump cuts
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Posted: March 14th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Education News, National News, Political News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Excessive rise in bee deaths are impacting local honey producers as well as crop pollination on a national level
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Posted: March 12th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Business News, Environmental News, National News, Northern NY News.
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Helen Nerska: “We always enjoy it when people come to visit. We want people to know they can share their history with us, and we’ll share ours with them.”
By John T Ryan Peru, NY – March 11, 2025 – “We do what we have fun doing.” That’s how Peru Town Historian Helen Nerska and volunteers Chris Mullen and Jackie Madison describe their work at the Peru historian’s office. The women, including Nerska, are unpaid volunteers who love local history and want to share […]
Posted: March 11th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Arts and Entertainment, Business News, Community Events, Faces of Peru, General News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru resident news/accomplishments, Peru/Regional History, Things to do in & near Peru.
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Clinton County Health Department and partners are monitoring Bird Flu
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Clinton County, March 11, 2025. The Clinton County Health Department (CCHD) and their local partners are working closely to monitor Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), also known as H5N1 or bird flu, in Clinton County and to share educational messages with poultry and dairy farms and workers, health care providers, […]
Posted: March 11th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, County Government News, General News, Heathcare News, National News, Northern NY News, Statewide News.
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Butterfly numbers have fallen by nearly a quarter since 2000
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Posted: March 7th, 2025 under Agricultural News, Environmental News, National History, National News.
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Texas Republican has beef with NY, seeks to change name of a New York Strip steak
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Posted: March 4th, 2025 under Agricultural News, Corruption in Gov't., General News, National News, Political News.
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Police: Keene woman who contaminated co-op products with urine likely did so at other businesses
Strange indeed! Click here for the MYNBC News story
Posted: February 24th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News.
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Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025 Rulfs Orchard
Peru, NY – Walking by these cousins this morning without taking a photo was impossible. Rulfs’ apples are GREAT!
Posted: February 19th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Business News, Faces of Peru, Northern NY News, Peru News.
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Layoffs, furloughs and callbacks. Almost daily drops of new White House policies disrupt Vermont’s workforce.
From layoffs at federal agency offices, furloughs at private contractors and international volunteer callbacks, Trump administration action is hitting Vermonters in waves. Click here for the VDigger story
Posted: February 15th, 2025 under Agricultural News, Business News, Congressional News, Corruption in Gov't., General News, National News, Peru/Regional History.
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Farms in the St. Lawrence and Champlain Valleys could be key in conserving grassland bird species
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Posted: February 14th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Business News, Environmental News, Lake Champlain News, Northern NY News, Statewide News.
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Dog Tether Law advocates confront town board
Peru, NY – February 10, 2025 – Several dog tethering law advocates addressed the board, asking it to support a county tethering law, something the board previously declined to do in early 2024. Spokeswoman Jennifer Jewett said County Legislator Robbie Timmons voted against enacting the law because “Peru is against the law.” She stated that […]
Posted: February 13th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Community Events, General News, Northern NY News, Peru School News, Town Board News.
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Assemblyman Billy Jones Welcomes General Consul of Canada Tom Clark in Albany
1/6/25 – Assemblyman Jones News Release – This week, Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateauguay Lake) welcomed the General Consul of Canada in New York, Tom Clark, in Albany. Joining Consul General Clark were Deputy General Geoff Gartshore, Quebec Delegate General David Brulotte, Consul and Senior Economic Officer of Ontario Trade and Investment Office in New York […]
Posted: February 6th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Business News, General News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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Democrats choose farmer Blake Gendebien for NY-21 special election
Farmer hopes to succeed Elise Stefanik Click here for the NCPR story
Posted: February 4th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Business News, Congressional News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News.
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Assemblyman Billy Jones, Chair of the Task Force on United States-Canada Relations: Statement on the Imposition of U.S. Tariffs on Canada
“I am hearing from several North Country businesses, local officials, and consumers who are extremely nervous about the impending tariffs on Canada. The decision to move forward with the broad 25% tariff on Canadian goods will be highly detrimental to consumers and manufacturers in the North Country. Our area transportation equipment companies will be […]
Posted: February 4th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Border News, Business News, General News, National News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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NY asks farms and residents for help in stopping the spread of bird flu
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Posted: February 3rd, 2025 under Agricultural News, Business News, Heathcare News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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What a 25% tariff on Canadian goods would mean in the North Country
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Posted: January 29th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Border News, Business News, General News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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Vermont reports progress on $600M of investments in clean water projects
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Posted: January 25th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Business News, Environmental News, National News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Are we Ten Days from a Trade War?
Statement from Chamber of Commerce President Garry Douglas: Given that the U.S.-Canadian dynamic in all of its many forms is arguably the single biggest driving force in the North Country economy, we were right to feel relief when the President’s executive orders called for a substantive review of trade relationships versus immediate tariffs. A review […]
Posted: January 23rd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Arts and Entertainment, Border News, Business News, City News, Community Events, Congressional News, Corruption in Gov't., County Government News, Education News, Environmental News, General News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News.
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Adirondack Farms and Suburban Propane Donate $1,000 to JCEO of Clinton and Franklin Counties
PLATTSBURGH | On Monday, January 13, Adirondack Farms and Suburban Propane recently presented a $1,000 check donation to the Joint Council for Economic Opportunity of Clinton and Franklin Counties, Inc. (JCEO) to support their local food pantry programs, which works to improve community health by distributing donated, recovered, and farmed food to those in need. […]
Posted: January 17th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Business News, Charity Events, City News, Northern NY News, Peru News.
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Feds: Vermont failing its duty to protect Lake Champlain
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Posted: January 16th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Business News, Environmental News, Lake Champlain News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News.
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