Agriculture Energy Efficiency Program Created

Albany, NY -- New York Farm Bureau officials said farmers across the state are thrilled with the creation of the state Agriculture Energy Efficiency Program, which will help farmers pay for upgrades to electrical and natural gas power equipment and provide specialized energy efficiency services to the State’s agricultural sector.

"Programs like this are what we need coming from Albany," said Dean Norton, president of New York Farm Bureau. "This cost-sharing initiative will help our farmers modernize their facilities and equipment, improve farm sustainability and help us better compete with farms in other states and nations."

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Agriculture Energy Efficiency Program Created

At the New York Harbor School, Growing Oysters for Credit

Pete Malinowski, aquaculture teacher, NY Harbor Sc

Beneath a floating dock off Governors Island, tucked behind the squat octagonal white ventilation tower for the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, there are oysters growing in New York Harbor.

And not just any oysters. These little bivalves, 500,000 strong, make up the largest concentrated oyster population that the harbor has seen in perhaps a century.

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At the NY Harbor School, Growing Oysters for Credit

Warmer Summer Expected in Rochester Area - Maybe

Meteorologist Mark McLean said he's hesitant to make long-range predictions, but an expected busy hurricane season coupled with cooling in the Pacific near the equator suggest warmer than normal temperatures near Rochester through mid-September.

And the publishers of the Farmers' Almanac claim their secret formula, based on astronomy, mathematics, sunspot activity, tidal action and the position of the planets, adds up to a "scorcher" of a summer.

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Warmer Summer Expected in Rochester Area - Maybe

New York State Tractor Pulling Championship Returns to the Fair

Dozens of New York's most powerful, custom-built machines will square off at the grandstand on Sunday, Sept. 5 as the New York State Tractor Pulling Championship returns for the 2010 New York State Fair.

The all-day event is so big, it will be divided into two sessions to handle all the competitors. Light super stock, 4-wheel drive and 2-wheel drive classes will compete at 1 p.m. Super farm, heavy super stock and modified classes will compete at 7 p.m. The pits will be open to fans during the intermission between sessions.

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NYS Tractor Pulling Championship Returns to the Fair