Farming

This week, farmers in New Hampshire took to the State House to call out precarious farming conditions, following recent federal cuts and delays to federal grants which helped support small farmers.

NH farmers described how recent cuts to farming grants have hurt their incomes and asked that state officials prioritize policies requiring public institutions to buy from local sources.

The storms this past month worried farmers who still remember the losses of 2023 caused by intense flooding and rainfall. While this season is looking up in comparison, farmers still face challenges to plant and harvest crops.

The project is aimed at protecting Bobolinks and other birds that use hayfields to nest and raise their young in the early summertime.

Nigel Manley decided to branch out and plant Korean fir trees several years ago. Now, a hybrid created with Balsam pollen accounts for a third of his new trees every season.

The dispute highlights the challenges that come with the region’s growing agritourism scene.

The grant program builds on a farmer relief fund set up by the Northeast Organic Farming Association after floods and freezes destroyed crops last year.

Farmers gathered in Concord to promote their produce to new audiences – and regulars – at the Morning Star condo complex on Concord’s east side.

A UNH extension program is working with gardeners to deliver excess produce to local food pantries.

Across the region, it’s typical for less than half of radicchio plants to become marketable heads, according to the UNH study.