08.02.2022 Government Long Island Farm Bureau honors two longtime members at annual awards gala The Long Island Farm Bureau honored two longterm members during its 101st annual awards gala Friday night at Polish Hall in Riverhead. Farmer Jeff Rottkamp of Calverton received the...
06.29.2018 Food and Drink Hot temperatures this weekend hoped to help local corn crops Some rain early Thursday morning and soaring temperatures this weekend may be just what local corn crops need to be ready for Fourth of July. Scott DuBois, manager of...
01.10.2017 Agriculture Suffolk drafting law to help farmers sidestep court ruling Jeff Rottkamp, owner of Fox Hollow Farm in Baiting Hollow, had been preparing to join Suffolk County’s farmland preservation program. But those plans changed in September, when a New...
04.01.2015 Agriculture As cold weather persists, farmers play the waiting game In a drastic change to their normal routines, North Fork farmers say they aren’t doing much these days. By the time St. Patrick Day rolls around, Bayview Farm and...
