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2008

No. 80August 4 Farms Deal With Deluge. Is It Time for Federal Reciprocity of Concealed Carry Permits? A Good Year for NY Farmers.
No. 79July 28 Permitted? More New York Firefighters Going to Help Out in California. Spies Like Us.
No. 78July 21 Heller Shows Up for Gun Registration With Petitions. A State That Never Was in Wyoming. Paterson Signs Junior Hunter Bill.
No. 77July 14 The History of Pesticides. 'Crop Doc' Fights For Iowa Farms. If You're Going to Eat Meat, You Can't Shy Away from the Whole Beast.
No. 76July 7 Clubs Laud Funding of Snowmobile Trails. Ag Incubator Farming's Future? Paterson Says No More Snomwobile Trail Fund Raids.
No. 75June 30 Killing the Farmer (not!) State Adopts Pool, Alarm Requirements. Lyme Disease Creeps North to Saratoga County.
No. 74June 23 News Analysis: Coming Next, Court Fights On Guns in Cities. D.C. Gun Ban Overturned; What's Next? Albany Media Bias: District Of Columbia V. Heller (A Non-Technical Look).
No. 73June 16 Paterson: NRA Should Train Gun Owners. After Nine's Gun Ruling, N.Y.'s Gun Laws May Be Next. Snowmobile Trail Fund Bill Sits in Assembly W&M.
No. 72June 9 Trees Do Their Best Work With Thermostats at 70. Malta Fights Horse in Residential Subdivision. Soaring Diesel Costs Strain Farmers, Fuels Worries.
No. 71June 2 A Farmer's Legal Feud With the APA Could Set New Rules for Agriculture in the Adirondack Park. Highly Rated Pickup Truck Plants Set to Close. Report: Majority of Sellers in City Are Overcharging for Milk.
No. 70May 26 Letter from Langdon: Gird Up for the Farm Olympics. Meeting Examines Leasing Rights for Gas Drilling. The Sheepherder's Ball: Hidden Basque Kitchens .
No. 69May 19 Farmland Preservation Study Begins. Congress Re-Passes Farm Bill After Fixing Flaw. Missouri Car Dealer Offers Free Gun With Car Purchase.
No. 68May 12 Milk Wars. Action Needed to Halt Staggering Cost of Beer. Penn DEP Secretary Reminds Pennsylvanians to Stay Out of Mines, Quarries.
No. 67May 5 This Farm Bill Needs a Veto? Farm Bill conference Report Called "Mixed Bag". New Scotland for Sound Economic Development Preservation.
No. 66April 28 Even Elitists Can't Afford Coffee Anymore. Animal electrocution a model.
No. 65April 21 Ethanol, engine woes linked. APA changes enforcement order against Lewis Family Farm. Red Flag Warning.
No. 64April 14 China's Growing Thirst for Milk Hits Global Market : NPR. $1 Million to Swept from Snowmobile Trail Fund. DEC advising against open burning.
No. 63April 7 Senator Eric Adams' New Bill. Clinton Calls for a Repeal of Tiahrt Admendment. Vermont Still Trying to Find Old Roads.
No. 62March 31 Celebrating New York's Wine Industry. Many Pilots Are A Packing. Lure of trout fishing strong.
No. 61March 24 New life on the farm. Natural gas prospects heat meeting. APA rules against Lewis Family Farm in Essex.
No. 60March 17 Maple producers looking forward to 'normal' season. Urban Dictionary: On a Hick. Where Are The Farmers?.
No. 59March 10 The Times Answers Spitzer Scandal Questions - City Room - Metro - New York Times Blog. APA considers big fine for Lewis Farms. Future Truck - 2012 Ford F-150.
No. 58March 2 Ballistics Database A Waste of Taxpayer Dollars. Alex Ernst's LtE in the Times Union.
No. 57February 24 Our Local Potatoes. Suburban Sprawl the Death of Rural Life. Proposed Regulation on the Importation of Cattle into New York.
No. 56February 17 Cornell Campus Republicans Call for Concealed Carry. Mahindra Diesel-Hybrid Pickup Truck. Fred LeBrun on Burning Trash.
No. 55February 3 Farmers Feeling the Impact of Global Warming. The Devestation of Timber Theft. Farms Continue to Consolidate in NYS.
No. 54January 27 Rensselear County Legislations Speak Against a State Trash Burning Ban. Spitzer DEC Considers Complete Ban on Open Burning. Still Deciding On Which Democrat to Vote For?
No. 53January 20 Billing Gazette on Cloned Cattle. Interesting Provision of the Revenue Bill.
No. 52January 13 Pennsylvania Reverses Decision on Prosilac Labeling. A Few More Thoughts on Cloning Cattle. Georgia Considering Loosening Some Firearm Restrictions.
No. 51January 6 Spitzer's Mea Culpa. Ford to Release More Efficient Engine. Pickup Truck Sales Drop.

2007

No. 50December 30 Farm Bureau Opposes Toll Hikes.
No. 49December 23 More then A Memory. Don't Get Caught with Those Chux Sticks. Horricon's ATV Trails Struck Down in 3rd Dep't.
No. 48December 16 Several Farms Get Farmland Protection Funds.
No. 47December 9 An Electric Quad. US S.311, The Horse Slaughter Bill. The Bovine Idyll.
No. 46December 2 King Corn Documentary. Whitetail Deer Take Over.
No. 45November 18 Now This Is News. Hungry? Have a Deer? Try These Recepies. NYSSA PAC Ordeal.
No. 44November 11 Cats Have Feelings? Shooting 'em a Crime? Yes: New Hampshire Man Fights for Clothesline Rights. The Hell with Oil, Now Milk.
No. 43October 22 Banning Packers Ownership of Cattle. Should You Winterize Your Lawn? The Wildfires and Evacuating Ranches.
No. 42October 15 This MySpace Video is Fun. The Psychology of Farmers?
No. 41October 8 100 Mile Challenge for the Capital Region. Rural Voters Have a Real Advantage in Presidential Primaries.
No. 40October 1 Kirsten Gillibrand's H.Res 634 Passes House. Albany County and Schoharie County FSA Offices to Merge. The Most Delicious Blog Ever.
No. 39September 17 Obama Brings In the Rural Bucks. Are High Corn Prices Not Raising Food Pricing? Anazani Ruins, ATVs, and Reckless Use?
No. 38September 10 Sandy Gordon. Consolidation of the Cattle Auction Houses. Associated Press On Selling Development Rights.
No. 37August 27 Anti-Posilac Ads on WGNA. What Can You Use Duct Tape For? VT Wood Smoke.org.
No. 36August 20 Auburn Citizen's Series on the New CAFO Regs.
No. 35July 30 Grassroots and the Farm Bill.
No. 34July 23 Letter from Langdon on Daily Yonder. Be Healthy: Don't Drink Even Diet Soda. Times Union on the Tihart Admendment.
No. 33July 16 Jonthan Edwards on COOL and Packer Owned Hog Operations.
No. 32July 2 ATV Park Planned for Adirondacks.
No. 31June 25 Turn the USDA Into Dept of Rural Affairs? What Can't You Do With Your Quad?
No. 30June 18 Environmentalists Opposition to A.8551.
No. 29June 11 Strong Opposition A Study Bill?
No. 28May 28 More on Ethanol v. Corn for Cows.
No. 27May 14 Aubertine's Bulk Hauling Bill Passes the Assembly.
No. 26May 7 Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy? Paulin to Introduce Bill to Make Kendra's Law A Disqualifier for Firearm Ownership.
No. 25April 23 Betty Little Introduces Morelle ATV Bill. The Assembly's Gun Control Package. Trash Burning Bill Passes Assembly.
No. 24April 16 From Committee to Nowheres. ATV Bills on Tourism Agenda. Burn Barrel Bill Gets To Floor.
No. 23April 9 CAFO Hell Blog and Gillibrand. List of Snowmobile Bills. List of Bills in the Legislature Regarding ATVs.
No. 22April 2 Snowmobile Trail Fund Fees Exemption Not In Budget. CAFO Permits Increased Removed from Budget.
No. 21March 26 Ford's Burning Particle Traps. CAFO Fee Increases in Budget? Roy McDonald Says Lack of Cellphone Reception in Discrimination.
No. 20March 19 Pete Grannis on ATVs. Justice Teresi Says Rational Basis to DEC ATV Decision. Don Hassig is Back, And Now In Plattsburgh.
No. 19March 12 What To Do About the Champlain Bridge? 134 Dairy Farms Remain in New Hampshire. Nissan Scales Down Pickup Truck Development.
No. 18March 4 Some Interesting Boondocks Story. Crunch Goes the ATV. NYPIRG's Suggestion To Ban Burn Barrels By Executive Order.
No. 17February 18 Lewis County Judge Throws Out ATV Road Lawsuit.
No. 16February 11 Walkill's ATV Statue. Nassau County Enacts ATV Law. Farming the Hilltowns.
No. 15February 4 Pet Cows. Grist Looks at the Farm Bill. Pellet Stoves and Grist.
No. 14January 28 Clean Dodge Ram Diesel.
No. 13January 7 $4.2 Million for Methane Overdose on Farm. When a Moo-Moo Barn Burns. Auburn Citizen on the Importance of Farming.

2006

No. 12December 3 Schumer Says MILC is Safe Under Democrats.
No. 11October 16 Several Hunting Camps Saved in Revised Easement.
No. 10October 9 Person Hits Horse on Adirondack Northway in Chazy.
No. 9September 4 Trucks vs. Fuel Economy.
No. 8August 28 Timber Rustlers. Oswego to Provide Missing Link to Statewide Snowmobile Trail.
No. 7August 21 Allegheny National Forest and ATVs. For Those Times You Can't Stand Your Truck Cap. Town in Southern Catskills Requires Written Permission to Ride.
No. 6July 31 Other Side of Horse Slaughter Bill. Wilderness Racing. Milking a Horse.
No. 5July 24 APA and Ti's Lowes. Agri-Mark Stumbling. Can Congress Give You a Free Ranger?
No. 4July 17 Ag and Markets on NAIS. The Man Who Permits Those Big Trucks.
No. 3July 10 3% Of the Population. Hobby Farmers Complain About NAIS in Mass. Global Warming and the Farm.
No. 2July 3 Nissan Looks At Partnering Up with GM.
No. 1June 26 More on the Flooding and Farming.