NORWICH, Vt. — When most people think of a picture of Vermont one of the images that immediately comes to mind are black and white cows grazing on a bucolic hillside with the Green Mountains as the backdrop. Dairy farming is synonymous with the Vermont way of life, but the economics of operating a sustainable […]

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A free web-based seminar for animal-rescue groups and similar organizations to teach them about state and federal regulations for farm animals will be offered by Penn State Extension from noon to 1 p.m. March 29. Melanie Barkley, senior extension educator, invites sheep and goat producers and other agriculture industries to the […]

WATERLOO, N.Y. — Many landowners, especially farmland owners and farm operators, are being approached to lease farmland to a solar energy company.  Before signing on the dotted line, everyone is encouraged to do their due diligence and understand how the process actually works.  Most often, once a contract is signed, it and the terms it […]

WASHINGTON — Wine grapes are particularly finicky when it comes to their environment. For instance, heatwaves and droughts lead to earlier berry ripening and lackluster wine. And these types of episodes are expected to intensify as Earth’s climate changes. Now, researchers reporting in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry have tweaked growing conditions for Cabernet […]