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USDA stats: Young farmers growing fast in New York
John Condzella of of Condzella Farms in Wading River is one of a few young farmers that recently entered into the agriculture industry. (File photo by Barbaraellen Koch) The U.S. Department of...
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Survey says: Suffolk County farms taking larger loss
Over 300 Suffolk County farms reported an average loss of nearly $125,000 in 2012, up from about $75,000 five years prior, though longtime Cutchogue farmer Tom Wickham (right), said one benefit of...
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Farmer Phil Schmitt details conservation efforts at his Riverhead farm
Phil Schmitt speaking with industry officials from upstate Wednesday afternoon. (Credit: Carrie Miller) Phil Schmitt of Schmitt Family Farms in Riverhead welcomed farming support representatives from...
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Do you have local corn? Depends who you ask
A field of corn behind Jenn’s farmstand on Peconic Bay Boulevard in Aquebogue on Monday. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) North Fork growers say they are in a race against time and temperature, hoping they...
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Mild summer made for ideal conditions for farmers
A buffalo calf feeds at North Quarter Farm in Riverhead Tuesday. Owner Ed Tuccio said the dry summer season decreased the newborn mortality rate. (Credit: Carrie Miller) The dog days of summer weren’t...
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Photos: Southold Honor Society hits the fields for the holidays
The Southold High School Honor Society at Wesnofske Farm on Tuesday. (Credit: Carrie Miller) Members of Southold High School’s National Honor Society rolled up their sleeves on Tuesday, helping to...
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No major crop damage from cold temps, but farmers frustrated
Eve Kaplan, owner of Garden of Eve in Riverhead points to cold damage on a small tomato plant. (Credit: Paul Squire) Wading River farmer Robert Andrews’ crops are mostly still in the ground, shielded...
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Southold’s Planning Board concerned with preservation fund plans
Like many agricultural parcels in Southold Town, Marratooka North Farm, an 18-acre farm off Main Road in Mattituck, is preserved land and can’t be developed. (Credit: Carrie Miller, file) As Albany...
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June ushers in rain after driest May on record
Rainfall on Monday and Tuesday came as a welcome change of pace for local crops. (Credit: Joseph Pinciaro) It might seem like a distant memory now, but last month proved to be the driest May on record,...
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Corn crops should be ready for Fourth of July after long winter
On Thursday, Scott DuBois at Breeze Hill Farm was selling corn he purchased from Georgia, but by Friday or Saturday, he will begin selling his own corn — just in time for the Fourth of July weekend....
View ArticleEditorial: Introduction to collaboration
For local farmers, school children are an untapped market — representing not only future consumers of their products, but future producers who can someday carry the torch and ensure that farming...
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Here’s what it’s like to be a new farmer on the North Fork
In 2004, after 20 years as a banker in Manhattan, Chris Browder was ready for a change. So he packed up his desk, grabbed a copy of “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” and made the move to the North Fork, where...
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Farmers: $15 minimum wage is too much
A proposal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to eventually increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour — a 66 percent increase from the current rate — has members of the agriculture industry on edge. “That...
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Local farmers react to $15 minimum wage standard
In a ceremony Monday morning, Gov. Andrew Cuomo — flanked by Democratic legislators and his lieutenant governor — signed a state law that will gradually raise the minimum wage on Long Island to $15 an...
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Farming gets a say in Suffolk’s future — for good
Last Tuesday, during the same meeting at which they officially adopted a long-term agricultural stewardship plan, Suffolk County legislators also gave another nod to the vital role farming plays in...
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Editorial: Sowing seeds for the future of agriculture
From time to time, farmer and North Fork Legislator Al Krupski will call attention to the image on the Suffolk County seal: an ox. The context surrounding his references typically have to do with...
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Guest Column: The positive impact of the North Fork’s wine industry
The first day in 1973 that my then-husband, Alex, and I arrived on the farm we’d bought in Cutchogue, on Long Island’s North Fork, to plant the region’s first vineyard, our neighbor Jeanie Zuhoski...
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Services set for Lyle Wells; memorial scholarship started in his name
While family and friends prepare to say their final goodbyes to Lyle Wells, his children have created a scholarship fund in his name to help carry on his legacy. A 12th-generation farmer known for...
View ArticleLegislation aims to bolster young farmers with debt forgiveness
Aspiring farmers crippled with student loans may have their debt forgiven under legislation introduced in the House of Representatives last week. The Young Farmers Success Act would add full-time...
View ArticleProgram in memory of Lyle Wells to benefit start-up farmers
The Peconic Land Trust has rolled out its new Lyle Wells Farm Equipment Co-op, a program developed to meet some of the equipment needs and capital challenges faced by start-up farmers in the incubator...
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