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MIDDLEFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Lyman Orchards has operated in Connecticut through wars, financial panics and a World War I-era freeze that destroyed its peach crop.

A century-old milk processing plant on Binghamton's South Side could be back in operation sometime next month. The former Crowley Foods facility on Conklin Avenue was acquired in 2013 by Mountain Fresh Dairy of Queens. HP Hood closed the plant in March 2012...

Size matters.

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The nation's largest irrigation district has agreed to spend $3.5 billion to clean up contaminated water on central California farmland in a tentative deal to settle a decades-old dispute with the federal government.

MAYSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Farmers with disabilities often fear they'll be unable to continue their way of life.

A Syracuse University professor and artist, Sam Van Aken, is responsible for creating a tree that is capable of producing 40 different types of fruit. Not only is that convenient, the appearance of this tree is quite beautiful.

National Blueberry Picking Day is held in mid-July each summer as blueberries are at their peak. Here are several farms in Central New York that offer blueberry picking.

For a state that's home to mega-urban New York City, it may surprise some that there are 4 counties in New York State where there are more cows than people.

Standing firm on a pledge to change the way people think about and eat fast food, a national restaurant chain has become the first to use only non-GMO ingredients.

One group of unlikely farmers is looking to help others in the community, but first they have a few words for the Governor of Indiana.