The Peru Gazette

Click here to view a video of the new machine in operation  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K6qV6WzXRA&t=16s By John T. Ryan  Peru – Customers purchasing apples at Forrence Orchards’ Route 22 packing house over the past few months may have noticed a significant change in its apple packing operations. There’s a new machine in operation; it’s called a sizing […]

National Dairy Month: June 2022 JUNE 2022 RELEASE NUMBER CB22-SFS.80 From the International Dairy Foods Association: “National Dairy Month started out as National Milk Month in 1937 as a way to promote drinking milk. It was initially created to stabilize the dairy demand when production was at a surplus, but has now developed into an […]

“Immediately following the last public hearing on January 28, by a vote of 2-1, the Farm Laborers Wage Board members advanced a series of resolutions to lower the overtime threshold to 40 hours. The status of the Wage Board’s report to the Commissioner of Labor is unknown at this time.” Albany, NY – The New […]

New Adirondack Harvest Resource Provides Info on 65+ Area Farmers’ Markets  Lewis, NY – Summer farmers’ market season has officially kicked off this month in the Adirondack region, bringing a welcome return of locally grown and made food, arts and crafts. Seasonal farmers’ markets offer a closer-to-home opportunity for folks to support farmers and makers […]

Interactive Map Displays Bloom Locations and Informative Website Encourages New Yorkers to “Know it, Avoid it, Report it” The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and New York State Department of Health (DOH) today reminded New Yorkers to learn about and be aware of harmful algal blooms, or “HABs,” as the 2022 HABs […]

Stopped at Northern Orchard this morning to pick up an asparagus donation to the St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen. Couldn’t help but notice the beautiful plants on sale. Jenna Mulbury was busy watering to safeguard them against today’s expected high temperatures. These are just a few of the plants at Northern Orchards along the beautiful Union […]

Peru is well-known for its productive apple orchards. It’s also well-known for its productive dairy farms. Our beautiful soil has to be one of the reasons.

Albany, NY – The Grow NY Farms Coalition today announced that the Business Council of New York State (BCNYS), the National Federation of Independent Businesses of New York (NFIB), and Upstate United have sent letters to Governor Hochul urging her to maintain the overtime threshold at 60 hours on family farms across New York State.  […]

Source: Babbie Rural and Farm Learning Museum reopens for another season | Sun Community News PERU | “Our family always been collectors. My mother was a great collector,” Leeward Babbie, the founder of the Babbie Rural and Farm Learning Museum stated.

Source: North Country at Work: running a sheep dairy in the Adirondack mountains | NCPR News

Plowing & planting with antique farm equipment are ongoing throughout the weekend.  Other demos include the granary, blacksmith shop and flax spinning by Mary.  Talk with a Master Gardener and get answers to your gardening questions. Kids can plant a sunflower and planting handouts will be available. We will also feature a plant sale and […]

Source: Maple producers pleased with successful season, start tapping birch trees | NCPR News

Public asked to report cases of sick or dead birds, both wild and domesticated Source: Avian flu found in Northern NY – Adirondack Explorer

Given the huge tractors, harvesters, and other farm equipment we see working in Peru, someone might get the idea that today’s dairy farmers don’t have to do much manual labor. There’s still some manual labor. On Tuesday, the Peru Gazette noticed Jake Hubbard and Tim Remmilard picking stones adjacent to the Dashnaw Road. Hard work, by […]

  By John T. Ryan Peru – Anyone who travels the River Road on cold winter days must have noticed the small apple orchard at the corner of the River and Jarvis Rd and thought, “What’s that crazy man doing at the top of that long ladder on a day like this?” That man is […]

Source: Essex Farm Institute awards $32,000 to 15 local farmers | Sun Community News ELIZABETHTOWN | Recipients have implemented technology that reduces carbon use and environmental contaminants.

Source: Plant local: gardeners urged to consider native species | Sun Community News KEENE VALLEY | In a matter of weeks, garden centers will be overflowing, as, like Canada grease returning to lake Champlain, gardeners ritualistically begin their annual plant pil

Source: 13 questions about New York’s legal weed market — answered – syracuse.com

“While this disease is mostly carried by wild waterfowl, research has shown that other wild bird populations can carry it too, especially if they share nesting and feeding grounds with wild waterfowl. These populations include perching birds and songbirds. For this reason, we are recommending that folks that feed wild birds should take down their […]

 Grand Isle, VT – Cornell CALS PRO DAIRY will teach engineering standards for barnyard runoff control and vegetative treatment areas to agricultural field professionals on April 27th at the Miner Institute in Chazy, New York. The presenters will share information about opportunities and challenges in designing best management practices that reduce the loss of phosphorus […]

Source: War in Ukraine expected to impact planting season in our region

Assemblyman Billy Jones makes a speech on the Assembly floor about the inclusion of his Fair Play Ambulance Act in the state budget. Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) announced he helped pass a 2022-23 state budget that invests in several crucial public sectors to provide economic relief for North Country residents including funding for agriculture, […]

Source: What we know about the deadliest U.S. bird flu outbreak in 7 years | NCPR News