10.19.2022 Agriculture Summer drought hits farm wallets on the North Fork As the summer cools into autumn, many North Fork farmers are left looking back on a season hotter and drier than expected that, with supply chain issues, drove higher...
10.09.2022 Agriculture Overtime pay for farm laborers to be phased in over next decade Farm laborers will be entitled to overtime pay for working more than 40 hours a week in 2032, following an order signed by the state labor commissioner. Labor Commissioner...
10.01.2022 Agriculture For 100 years, agricultural research center in Riverhead has served as critical resource to region A seed for Long Island’s powerhouse farming industry was planted with a single question: “Why should we not have a branch of the New York Experiment Station located on...
05.31.2021 Business Southold farm stand, facing possible code violations, closes after one weekend A “curiosity shop” style farm stand along Main Bayview Road in Southold lasted just one weekend before running into code enforcement issues with Southold Town. Jess Dunne, a local...
05.13.2021 Agriculture More than 11 acres of Wells Farm in Aquebogue preserved as farmland The children of the late Lyle Wells — who died in a tractor accident in January 2018 — have now sold the development rights to 11.16 acres of farmland...
08.15.2020 Agriculture How COVID-19 has impacted some North Fork farms Things are a little bit quieter at the Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue these days. “I’m used to having all these barns filled,” fourth-generation farmer Doug Corwin explained from...
04.23.2020 Business Federal assistance for farmers is on the way, but it might not help much locally A coalition of New York State Assembly members in the minority are calling on their colleagues in the legislature to provide relief to farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic. In...
03.29.2020 Agriculture What does the COVID-19 pandemic mean for local farmers? As the outbreak of the novel coronavirus continues to disrupt virtually all industries, farmers are calling on the federal government to ensure a crucial lifeline for their operations remains...
03.05.2020 Agriculture New law requires overtime for farmworkers after 60 hours, but changes could already be coming The New York State Department of Labor has convened a new wage board to investigate and make recommendations regarding a new law that requires farmworkers be paid overtime for...
12.20.2019 Agriculture Four more North Fork farms sold to Stefan Soloviev Stefan Soloviev, the East Hampton man who has been buying North Fork farmland for the past several years, recently bought three large farm parcels along Route 25 in Jamesport...
