SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Every year since 2005, the New York State Agricultural Society’s Farm Safety Award has recognized farms that have unique and successful safety programs. The 2021 Farm Safety Award honored Harlem Valley Homestead, located in Wingdale, NY in Dutchess County. The award was presented at the Ag Society’s Annual Meeting and Forum in […]

MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — A group of young cattlemen and cattlewomen, alongside UF/IFAS animal sciences faculty and staff, worked to remove invasive plants from the Snail Trail at the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve as part of the Florida Cattlemen, Cattlewomen and Junior Cattlemen’s Association annual meeting. The association held its annual convention recently […]

LINCOLN — Nebraska Farm Bureau (NEFB) has identified 10 social media savvy student members to join The Crew. The Crew participants share their love of agriculture through social media and are selected from NEFB student members, who range in age from 16 to 23. Each member is selected in the spring and participates for one […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government blocked imports of seafood Friday from the fleet of a Chinese company that authorities say forced crew members to work in slave-like conditions that led to the deaths of at least three Indonesian fishermen last year. Customs and Border Protection said it will place an immediate hold on any imports […]