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Learn why acquisition of Pedersen Farms, a family-owned farm and certified organic grower located in Upstate New York, is a perfect fit.

Deal expands production capacity and strengthens customer offerings Irish dairy cooperative, Ornua, announced today it has completed the acquisition of U.S. cheese ingredients business, Whitehall

A $300,000 investment from New York state has paved the way for a new hops breeding program at Cornell AgriTech, which will grow and develop signature New York hops varieties in support of the state’s $3.4 billion craft brewing industry.

Meet the Creators Who Make Craft Whiskey Possible Heidi Korb and her father, Russ Karasch, provide craft distillers with custom barrels from Black Swan Cooperage. (Photo by Peter Garritano) “Folks in the craft spirits industry are looking to make differentiated products,” says Dave Green, president and CEO of Skagit Valley Malting in Washington. “You can’t do that with commodity ingredients.” Green supports small-scale distillers, valuing flavor over yield, with locally grown grains like Obsidian, an exotic barley variety originally from Egypt, and Skagit white club wheat, introduc...

The Grain Reaper: Pedersen Farms Rick Pedersen of Pedersen Farms grows heritage grains and processes them using this antique fanning mill. (Photo by James Farrell ) Rick Pedersen is a very patient man. Case in point: Horton rye, an extra-spicy heirloom rye that he cultivated from a small envelope of seeds from Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences for a project with New York Distilling Co. in Brooklyn. Co-owners Allen Katz and Tom Potter approached Pedersen, seeking an heirloom rye with New York ties for their rye whiskey. From that first contact to mashing took seven years, ...