Farms

CT is one of the easiest states in which to buy raw milk, which many experts say offers no health benefits and can be dangerous to consume.

A Connecticut farmer riding his tractor to Washington D.C. to seek state and federal changes to crop insurance met with Republican lawmakers outside the state Capitol in Hartford on Friday.

Connecticut farms have been bale to make major energy upgrades with help from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The New London County Farm Bureau in Connecticut wants to get more anaerobic digesters on farms. The digesters take waste from cows and food and turn it into electricity and useful by-products that power local communities and help farmers.

The state is asking all farmers to report their losses to their USDA Farm Service Agency so that they can be reported to the federal government in a request for a disaster declaration.

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.

The Republican candidate for governor, Congressman Lee Zeldin, appeared Monday with other federal and state officials at a farm in Albany County to urge Democrats in power in state government to reverse a plan to phase in a mandatory 40-hour workweek for farm laborers.

Governor Hochul defends the plan to change overtime pay for farm workers.

Long Island farms will benefit from a state-wide agricultural grant.

In Killingworth, environmentalists and public officials are trying to stop the Boy Scouts of America from selling its wooded 252-acre Deer Lake Scout Reservation to a developer.