Our farmers have been providing crops for us for hundreds of years and Suffolk County is still the largest agricultural county in the state in terms of sales of product. The state’s largest county in horticultural sales and service industry.

The Agriculture Program is CCE’s original initiative, established in 1917 to provide research-based information to growers. Today home gardeners, commercial nurseries and viticulturists all turn to CCE for dependable information and new technologies.

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program updates

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Managing soil-borne pathogens with mustard cover crops
19/08/2010
The practice of using mustard cover crops to manage soil-borne pathogens is known as biofumigation.
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Testing Your Water Sources: A Good Agricultural Practice for Food Safety
19/08/2010
Water testing for food safety is a Good Agricultural Practice (GAPs) that soon all fresh produce growers and packers are probably going to be required to do under the proposed food safety legislation.
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DISEASE ALERT!
09/09/2010
The following diesease have been found on Long Island. Please Read!
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Laurie McBride Receives 2011 Excellence in IPM Award
20/09/2011
Agricultural Stewardship Technician Laurie McBride Awarded the 2011 'Excellence in IPM' honor from Cornell.
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Farm Operation Match Program accepting applications
19/10/2011
NYS Dept of Ag & Markets now accepting applications for farmers affected by Tropical Storms Irene and Lee.
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