For the first time in years, sheep, horses and the farmers who care for them didn’t get flooded out when a fierce thunderstorm swept through the 2025 New York State Fair on Sunday, drenching fairgoers ...

Farmers and 4H-ers bringing their livestock to the fair are excited that the barns are getting upgrades, and the improvements started with the Sheep Barn. The open-air brick building is 109 years old.

About 25 woolly sheep who seasonally -- for the past two years -- leave barns to nibble on lawns at various central campus locations, are doing much more than mowing, fertilizing and improving the ...