January 24, 2021COVID IMPACT ... Ag safety, health experts document pandemic’s hard lessons Cover worker training, PPE shortages, mental health, worker housing and childcare READ MORE
January 24, 2021FOOD ACCESS ... Biden administration expands P-EBT to benefit children USDA begins process to extend emergency allotments to states, update Thrifty Food Plan formula READ MORE
January 21, 2021PANDEMIC AID ... Hundreds of Maine farms, food producers receive virus aid The grants are going to a total of 609 businesses, the governor's office said READ MORE
January 17, 2021COVID REGULATIONS ... Coalition urges Cuomo to reconsider vaccines for ag employees Urges Gov. Cuomo to include agriculture and food processing employees back into Phase 1B READ MORE
January 17, 2021PANDEMIC RESPONSE ... Additional support available for some producers through CFAP Expands eligibility for some agricultural producers, as well as updates payments READ MORE
January 13, 2021FOOD ACCESS ... Couple named Alliance for Science’s Farmer of the Year Rick and Laura Pedersen own Pedersen Farms in Seneca Castle, New York READ MORE
January 13, 2021COVID-19 CASES ... Meat, poultry worker COVID-19 cases down in December Case rates were five times lower in December than June, while general population nine times higher READ MORE
January 10, 2021PANDEMIC IMPACTS ... COVID-19 taking heavy toll on farmers' mental health Poll clearly demonstrates that the COVID-19 pandemic is having broad-ranging impacts READ MORE
January 7, 2021STATE OF AGRICULTURE ... Commissioner Ball delivers State of Agriculture Address Delivered State of Agriculture Address at the 189th Annual NYS Agricultural Society Forum READ MORE
January 4, 2021FINANCE ... Farm Credit West increases cash dividends amid pandemic Board of Directors has voted to distribute a patronage dividend to customer-owners READ MORE