Government ups subsidies despite efforts to scale back its role. Farmers work around weather to overcome difficult season. The early morning quiet is broken only by the throb of the vacuum pump that powers the milking machine inside the main barn. The Durfees see future clouded by development pressure. An extra milking means more milk, but also more work.
Camillus couple wants kids to keep family's hunting tradition going.
Camillus growers butter up lawmakers at yearly picnic. Despite numerous close calls, Fletchers remain intact. But it does keep the Fletchers from plowing and seeding. Age, costs make Bob Fletcher wait until time is right. Cutting wood, selling crops, figuring taxes.