LIVINGSTON COUNTY – Though all tomatoes and potatoes in Western NY and the Finger Lakes Region are at high risk of infection by late blight following the summer's heavy rains, our local strain of the fungus is especially weak to a specific type of fungicide. According to the Cornell Cooperative Extension Vegetable Program, last week late blight was confirmed in potatoes in Livingston and Wyoming Counties, but the Livingston County strain, … [Read more...]