Take heed, farmers and ag workers: May marks National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection & Prevention Month . Farmers are among the most sun-exposed professionals, often working outdoors during peak sunlight hours. According to Dr. Vinh Chung , a dermatologist specializing in the diagnosis and treatment...

Biennials are misunderstood. They are a small group of plants with a very specific lifecycle that is often mimicked by hardy annuals and tender perennials. The name alone causes so much confusion – some people think that they bloom two years in a row or only every other year. The reality is they do ...

Hello, farm family! I know you’ve been there. You run into a fellow farmer at the hardware store or the local diner. You exchange comments about the weather, tariffs and the family. Then, you notice that something is off. It might be something explicit. A catch in his voice. A tear in her eye. A sta...

In October 2018, Scott and Jennifer Joray closed on a neglected 20-acre farm in Pittston, Maine, about seven miles south of Augusta. They’d already spent three years searching, and although the USDA maps deemed it undesirable farmland, they fell in love with the classic New England timber frame buil...

Wine production is deeply intertwined with climate, and as global temperatures shift, understanding how grapevines respond to environmental stressors is more critical than ever. Dr. Jason P. Londo, an associate professor of horticulture at the School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell Universit...

Earl Ray and his family, of Conestoga Nursery in Lancaster County, PA , have been in growing perennials, shrubs and trees for retail and wholesale for more than 40 years. Today, the third generation of the family is involved in the business, growing and helping with the retail segment. Ray shared wh...

The same way humans need vegetables to survive, growers need bees for their operations to thrive. In light of that, a team from Michigan State University Extension put together a Pollinator Stewardship Guide to help us help our six-legged friends. Ana Heck, Ron Goldy, Benjamin Philips and Benjamin W...

Since its arrival in 2008, spotted wing Drosophila (SWD) has spread and wreaked havoc on soft fruit. To provide organic growers with updates on ongoing studies on SWD management, several researchers recently discussed the NIFA-OREI funded project “On-Farm Integration of Organic Management of Spotted...

“Don’t let yourself be boxed in,” Brooke White of Don’s Dairy Supply closed her session at the 2025 Ag Solutions and Networking Expo at SUNY Cobleskill. The expo, hosted by the college, CCE Schoharie & Otsego, New York Farm Bureau and others, was focused on local and regional agricultural interests....