New York State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball today announced new efforts to help New York’s food insecure veterans access healthy New York State foods through the Nourish New York program. Building on the State’s outreach to veterans during …
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball today announced that more than $1.2 million in funding will support nine advanced research, education, and marketing projects to help specialty crop farms across New York State grow and remain …
New York State Commissioner of Agriculture Richard A. Ball announced that Feedmore WNY, the hunger relief organization serving Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie and Niagara counties in Western New York, achieved a milestone as its purchases of surplus milk and …
The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets and the Department of Health are reminding agritourism businesses that they must adhere to the COVID-19 New York Forward guidance. This includes pick-your-own fruit and vegetable operations and other …
Sang Lee Farms of Peconic has been selected for New York’s inaugural AEM-Leopold Conservation Award (LCA). Awarded by the Sand County Foundation, in partnership with the Department of Agriculture and Markets, the AEM-LCA award honors Sang Lee Farms, along …
The Department of Agriculture and Markets is announcing a referendum for the approval of the New York State Apple Marketing Order (AMO). At least 50 percent of all New York State apple growers participating in the referendum must approve the Marketing …
The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets is soliciting recommendations from New York’s animal agriculture industry to identify underserved regions of New York State that face a shortage of livestock or poultry veterinarians. The …
Cornell University’s Milk Quality Improvement Program has awarded Stewart’s Dairy in Saratoga Springs top honors in New York state’s annual fluid milk competition, conducted on behalf of the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets. The Cornell …
The New York State Departments of Agriculture and Markets, Health, and Labor are encouraging farmers to register for the COVID-19 testing initiative for seasonal workers, as announced by Governor Andrew Cuomo last week. The state is making available free …
The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, the New York Dairy Promotion Order (DPO) Advisory Board, and VentureFuel announced today a new startup competition, MilkLaunch, focused on accelerating product innovation for dairy products in New …
*NOTE: Information for seasonal farmworkers is available at the bottom of this page.* Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a series of new initiatives related to COVID-19 testing that will improve New York State's ability to detect and control the …
The New York State Departments of Agriculture and Markets (AGM), Environmental Conservation (DEC), and Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) today confirmed that Spotted Lanternfly (SLF), an invasive pest from Asia, has been found …
The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets today announced that the Dairy Promotion Order (DPO) Advisory Board has issued a Requests for Proposals (RFP) for dairy promotion projects, as part of its $15 million checkoff fund. The RFP solicits …
State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball today announced that Long Island Cares has purchased 392,975 pounds of surplus food from New York farmers since the launch of Governor Cuomo’s Nourish NY initiative in early May. This includes 15,552 pounds …
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Richard Ball today announced that dozens of farmers’ markets across the state are participating in the first-ever Give Back NY initiative in honor of National Farmers’ Market Week, August 2-8. Coordinated by the …
Due to the high volume of inquiries and reports from residents receiving unsolicited, mislabeled and/or unlabeled packages of seed in the mail, the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, along with the United States Department of Agriculture …
“Our office has received questions from a few New Yorkers who have received unsolicited packages allegedly sent from China that are marked as containing jewelry (or other items) but which actually contain plant seeds. Similar packages have been received in …
The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets today announced that the Dairy Promotion Order (DPO) Advisory Board has issued a Requests for Proposals (RFP) for dairy research projects, as part of its $15 million fund. The RFP solicits innovative …
State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball today announced Foodlink has purchased 697,746 pounds of surplus food from New York farmers since the launch of Governor Cuomo’s Nourish New York initiative in early May. This includes 67,807 pounds of …
State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball today announced Feeding Westchester has purchased 694,412 pounds of surplus food from New York farmers since the launch of Governor Cuomo’s Nourish New York initiative in early May. This includes 232,750 …
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