The Peru Gazette

The Babbie Rural & Farm Learning Museum, 250 River Road, Peru, NY is proud to announce that on January 12, 2015, they were granted their Absolute Charter by the New York State Board of Regents. The museum was provisionally chartered by the Board of Regents on January 12, 2010. By granting the museum an Absolute […]

Watertown Daily Times | Milk glut reverses fortunes of NNY dairy farmers.

School enrollment overall continues to decline – LakePlacidNews.com 

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As I turn the page to a new chapter, I want to express my appreciation to all of you for allowing me to serve as your Congressman. I have often said that our district is made up of Rockefeller Republicans and Reagan Democrats, and I have done my best to bring your reasonableness and moderate […]

By John T Ryan The face of agriculture in our community continues to change. On November 27, 2014 Melvin Irwin started cutting trees at his family’s orchard at the corner of the River and Jarvis Roads, not far from the Peru Elementary School. When he’s finished about 120 of the orchard’s 800 trees will be […]

Cornell Cooperative Extension/CCE has planned ‘Management Systems to Fit Your Life’ workshops for sites in Watertown, Malone, Plattsburgh, and Canton to focus on ways producers can structure their operations to accommodate both their farm business goals and lifestyle. Workshop presentations and discussion will consider how frequently to lamb or kid, growing versus buying feed, how […]

Northern New York. A serious crop disease called northern stem canker has been confirmed for the first time in Northern New York soybean fields as part of the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program-funded NNY Corn and Soybean Disease Diagnosis and Assessment Database building project. NSC occurs in most Midwestern states and in Ontario, but […]

John T. Ryan The Peru Gazette planned to make a phone call to John Bruno this morning to ask a few follow-up questions before publishing an article about his service to our community. Bruno’s Ford tractor pulling his red wagon filled with Valehaven Adult Home and Assisted Living residents has been familiar sight in Peru’s […]

An apple-loving man of the cloth – Press-Republican: News.

4th Annual Kids Fair and Festival at the Babbie Rural & Farm Learning Museum– September 6-7, 2014 – Hours 10am – 4pm. Old time games including hopscotch, sack races, corn box, bobbing for apples, egg races; stagecoach rides; pony rides; face painting; catch a fish. Kat’s Catering will be present 518-643-8052 http://www.babbiemuseum.org/

Watch harvesting of buckwheat and oats using antique farming equipment and loose hay being gathered and stored at the Hay and Harvest Plus Music Weekend August 16th and 17th at the Babbie Farm and Rural Leaning Museum. Enjoy the demonstrations in the granary. Music by Flashback (50’s music/classic country) on Saturday at 2:30. Sunday is […]

Schumer supports aid for turning farm waste into electricity – Times Union.

     AGENDA PLANNING BOARD WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014 @ 7:00 p.m.

Peru – Peru Town Justice John Lawliss has resigned citing health concerns. The Town Board accepted Lawliss’s resignation at its Monday, June 23rd meeting. Several Board members praised Lawliss’ nine years of service. Counselor Kregg Bruno said, “I wish he could have been here so we could thank him.” Counselor Brandy McDonald added, “Jack did […]

Corn is costly to feed dairy cows – $200 per ton to purchase. Farmers in Northern New York searching for acceptable corn substitute products now have a better understanding of their options, thanks to research by W.H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute, Chazy, NY. With funding from the farmer-driven Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP), […]

This morning The Peru Gazette traveled to the Hallock Hill Rd. between Peru and Keeseville. It was a little too late to get the best photos, but here are few of the impressive animals at Marsha’s Buffalo Farm. All was peaceful until one bull started walking to the feed wagon. Then most of the rest of […]

What a way to start your day! 

Peru – Fun for the whole family! Museum Days at Babbie Rural and Farm Learning Museum, 250 River Road on June 7-8, 2014 from 10:00AM to 4:00PM. Exhibits, live demonstrations, hands-on fun for the kids – grind corn, collect “eggs”, milk a cow, take a stagecoach ride, pet the animals. The Peru SPCA will be […]

Northern New York – The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) has received $600,000 in the recently-passed New York State Budget for research to enhance the sustainability and profitability of farm businesses in the state’s six northernmost counties: Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence. The Northern New York agricultural industry contributes nearly […]

Babbie Rural & Farm Learning Museum Season Opening – May 10-11, 2014 – Hours 10am – 4pm. Plowing and planting with antique farm equipment ongoing throughout the weekend. Other demonstrations include the shingle mill and blacksmith shop. A perennial plant sale will be held. 518-643-8052 http://www.babbiemuseum.org/

Jon Rulfs, co-owner of Adirondack Farms in Peru, NY, has been named as a Co-Chair of the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program, a farmer-driven research and technical assistance program serving Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties. Rulfs, who serves on the Northeast Dairy Producers Association Board of Directors and is active […]

Soybean production in Northern NY has increased significantly in the last 5 years: from approximately 5,000 acres in 2007 to approximately 14,000 acres grown in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties in 2012. To support farmer interest in the crop, the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) funded 2013 soybean variety […]

Cornell Cooperative Extension will present 2014 NNY Sheep and Goat Week programs in six North Country communities between April 8 and April 17. The program agenda includes activities for youth, families and adult livestock handlers, including the CSI Sheep and Goat: Health From the Inside Out presentation that includes learning how to do a basic […]