Empire Farm Days planning continues

As announced in January, Lee Newspapers Inc., publishers of Country Folks, Country Folks Grower and Country Editor, is now responsible for hosting Empire Farm Days (EFD). The show is still scheduled to take place at Rodman Lott & Son Farms in Seneca Falls, NY, July 29 - 31. Ken Maring, trade show manager, said, “Response to

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Hope isn’t a succession plan

by Deborah Jeanne Post

September 16, 2026

When you pass away, what happens to the farm? If you simply think “the kids” will figure it out with ease after you pass, you’re dead wrong. USDA Cens...

Champlain Valley Honey is a New England Leopold Award finalist

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September 16, 2026

Champlain Valley Honey in Middlebury, VT, and its 31-year-old president, Curtis Mraz, a fourth-generation commercial beekeeper and farmer, are one of ...

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A guide to FLSA’s agricultural child labor rules

by Sonja Heyck-Merlin

September 16, 2026

At a presentation sponsored by the National Agricultural Law Center , lawyer Audry Thompson from the Penn State Center for Agricultural & Shale Law di...

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Crop Comments

Crop Comments: Sorghum, sudangrasses, their hybrids & millets, in the final stretch

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September 16, 2026

In horse racing, the final stretch is the last straightaway of the track leading to the finish line. I like to compare growing seasons to horse races....