WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Join New England students at The Big E Arena as they make live radio contact with an astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS), as it orbits 260 miles above the Earth, traveling at 17,500 miles per hour! Specific date and time will be determined by NASA and is expected to […]

ALBANY — The NYS Assembly recently held a budget hearing sponsored by the Agriculture and Small Business Committees, along with the Food, Farm and Nutrition Policy Task Force and several Sub-Committees. Over two dozen stakeholders addressed ways the state can better assist small and medium-sized farms. Testimony was provided by Ag & Markets Commissioner Richard […]

SACRAMENTO — With approval by the Assembly Insurance Committee, a bill to improve fire-insurance options for farmers and ranchers moved one step closer to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. Senate Bill 11—sponsored by the California Farm Bureau and carried by Sen. Susan Rubio, D-Baldwin Park, would authorize the state’s insurer of last resort, the California FAIR […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate has approved a measure intended to encourage greater use of farming and forestry practices that prevent greenhouse gas emissions and remove planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. It authorizes the federal Department of Agriculture to create a program helping farmers, ranchers and private forest landowners earn payments through private markets […]