Country Folks

Country Folks is a weekly farm newspaper for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States. Four regional editions focus on production farming.

[Country Folks Grower @cfgrower]

The Empire State Producers Expo is less than a month away!

Join us in Syracuse on January 11-13 for networking, education and a trade show.

Free trade show passes are available from your suppliers listed below.

[SEEDWAY, LLC @SEEDWAY_LLC]

As with the first snow- fall and frost in many areas of the Northeast, please be aware of the potential of prussic acid poisoning. Check out the note section on our Facebook page to learn more about this potential danger and how to properly handle it.

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#nationalfarmersday - Thank you!

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"One of the big messages that we get out to folks is that the first thing that they need to do is to document ..."
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Our very own @jkarkwren at #FarmAid2018

[NYFarmer @NYFarmer]

At #Farmaid2018 with Joan Kark-Wren Editor of @Country_Folks !

[NCDA&CS @NCAgriculture]

The Department has been diligently signing contracts and putting procedures in place to support composting and landfill tipping fees. Growers should work through their integrator or reach out to the Ag Disaster Hotline if they have not already done so. #HurricaneFlorence

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The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has activated its hotline to connect farmers with resources that can assist with agricultural emergencies. The toll-free number is 1-866-645-9403. The hotline operates 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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[CDC @CDCgov]

Preparing an emergency water container? Before filling with safe water, review steps to clean and sanitize water storage containers: https://t.co/ab2SZPyC6C #NatlPrep #PrepYourHealth

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***FOR OUR READERS WHO LIVE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA AREA, this is important for you to know with the coming hurricane.*** SHARE THIS WITH THOSE YOU KNOW WHO LIVE IN NORTH CAROLINA.

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High humidity, the kind that sends people running into air conditioned cars and offices – who needs it? Cheese does.
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400 people were attendance at the 2018 Agri-Mark Dairy Summit.
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Old MacDonald may have had a farm with a dog, cows and some chickens, but he also had something far more important to keeping said farm running—a daughter.
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Onondaga County Soil and Water Conservation District is in need of a temporary hydroseeding aide. Contact Doug Fisher [phone].

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Crop Comments by Paris Reidhead
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USDA works to ensure that veterans looking to start a new career on a farm have the tools and resources they need to succeed.
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The Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it will relocate two of its Washington, D.C.-based sub-agencies outside of the region.
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Schumer, a Democrat, was at the Essex Farm to tour the CSA and explore the link between agriculture and technology.
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Carrots or "crazy fingers"? Kale or "vitamin K"?
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Ag producers paid more to operate their operations in 2017 than in the prior year.
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Chittenden, a third-generation dairy farmer, co-manages Dutch Hollow Farm in Columbia County, about 15 miles south of Albany, with his brothers Alan ’90 and Brian and his parents, Paul and Melanie.
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