Conn. Department of Agriculture

The U.S. Department of Agriculture unveiled a new Northeast Oyster Breeding Center Monday in Milford.

The average age for the state’s farmers is about 60 years old. Connecticut officials say the industry will not survive if younger generations don’t get involved.

Connecticut officials have confirmed that an estimated 100,000 hens died in a weekend fire at a farm owned by one of the country’s largest egg producers.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack has designated New London and Windham counties in Connecticut as natural disaster areas due to the ongoing drought conditions.

Officials have relaunched the Connecticut Grown program with a new logo and brand to focus on food produced in the state. The Connecticut Department of…

Connecticut agricultural officials are promising a crackdown on people falsely claiming the produce they sell at farmers' markets is grown in state.The…

The state of Connecticut is auctioning off 13 goats taken from a dairy farm in Cornwall. The goats were part of the largest seizure of farm animals in…