In Albany, Questions on Averting a Shutdown

ALBANY — State leaders said on Sunday that they expected to pass another short-term emergency spending bill on Monday, averting a government shutdown, though they could not say exactly how they would muster enough votes in the narrowly divided State Senate to do so.

At the same time, negotiations over a broader budget deal appeared to have broken down anew, with Gov. David A. Paterson resisting a legislative proposal to cancel some of his proposed school cuts in exchange for accepting an administration proposal to eliminate a pool of unrestricted aid to New York City.

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In Albany, Questions on Averting a Shutdown

State Dairy Farms Continue to Struggle, Threaten Protest

The president of Oneida County's farm bureau warned that 1 of every 10 dairy farms in the state could fail in the next six months if something isn't done.

"The farmers are a little encouraged by the price coming up over last year, but they're still operating in the red," Farm Bureau President Ben Simons told the Observer-Dispatch newspaper.

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State Dairy Farms Continue to Struggle, Threaten Protest

Buying the Farm

‘Green Acres’ was Never Like This

When Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell were preparing to host a party at their farm in upstate New York last summer, Ridge didn’t want the pig pen to “look like a pig pen.” So he took a hose to the offending animals to clean off the mud.

Life on a farm isn’t easy. Life on a farm when you’re a former employee of Martha Stewart is downright confusing.

Thankfully, it’s also entertaining and informative. The couple’s new reality show, “The Fabulous Beekman Boys,” debuts Wednesday on Planet Green.

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Buying the Farm

New York Racing Association Looks into Ultimate Journey Slaughter Scare

Ultimate Journey made it home alive.

The 5-year-old gelding, who last raced at Aqueduct on Dec. 30, was saved from the slaughterhouse last month by Sharon Crumb of the New Jersey Horse Angels Rescue group, according to a report by the Newark Examiner website.

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NYRA Looks into Ultimate Journey Slaughter Scare