For 17 years, Honeoye Falls dairy farmer Andy Mroczek has had a mutually beneficial agreement with CB Craft Brewers. Mroczek takes the spent grain produced as a byproduct of the beer brewing process at the craft brewery in the village ...

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ALBANY — Sen. Charles Schumer warns that if Washington doesn’t avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, New Yorkers could see the price of milk double and dairy farmers would suffer. The Democrat says Congress must agree on a budget or a ...

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The Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York is offering farmer-education scholarships for its annual winter conference. The NOFA-NY Winter Conference will be held Jan. 20 to 22 in Saratoga Springs. The scholarships are available through funding from the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program of the National Institute for Food and Agriculture ...

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WATKINS GLEN — Sen. Charles Schumer wants to give federal tax breaks to farmers who install manure-to-energy systems on their farms. He visited a farm in Watkins Glen on Thursday to promote bio-digesters ...

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LYONS — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated Wayne County as a natural disaster area due to losses caused by a freeze and extreme cold that occurred Jan. 22. Farmers in the surrounding counties of Cayuga, Monroe, Ontario and Seneca are also eligible for the aid.

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