Death of the Farm?

Low Milk Prices Continue to Haunt Dairymen

Where does all the milk money go? This is a question Forestville dairy farmer Doug Fairbanks would like answered. Fairbanks says, “For the past 18 months, we have experienced severely depressed USDA pay price of milk to farmers, while retail stores are getting $3 plus for a gallon of milk.

A lot of that is on 1 percent and 2 percent diluted down milk while what I get per hundred weight milk equates roughly to $1 a gallon,” he says.

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Death of the Farm?

Cargill Boosts 4-H Science with $500,000 Gift

Cargill has provided National 4-H Council with a $500,000 gift that will help to develop, strengthen and implement 4-H science programming in five key states. The funding, delivered through multi-year grants, will provide 4-H with the ability to reach even more young people with innovative, after-school programming in the fields of science, engineering, technology and applied mathematics.

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Cargill Boosts 4-H Science with $500,000 Gift

CNY Super Foods: Peaches and Apricots in Season this Week

Biting into a fresh, ripe peach with the juice running down your chin is an experience you just don't want to miss this summer. You won't have to, since fresh and local peaches, apricots and plums are ripe and ready for the taking.

This summer's hot and sultry weather has led to perfect growing conditions for these tasty delicacies.

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CNY Super Foods: Peaches and Apricots

Agencies Plan to Reduce Canada Geese Population in New York State by Two-Thirds

Geese in Prospect Park

The reduction is part of a larger plan that also calls for the near halving of the Canada geese population in 17 Atlantic states, to 650,000 from 1.1 million. The New York Times obtained a copy of the report.

In New York City, the report says, the current goose population of 20,000 to 25,000 is “five times the amount that most people would find socially acceptable,” suggesting the number would be reduced to about 4,000.

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Plan to Reduce Canada Geese Population