Twelve farms, orchards, an apiary and a cranberry bog welcomed the public to view their operations during Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Harvest Tour Saturday.

The event gave the public an opportunity to see first-hand the wide variety of agricultural businesses throughout St. Lawrence County.

On view were beef cattle, sheep, chickens, pigs, bees, mushrooms, hemp, vegetables, apples, cranberries and goats.

Participating producers included 8 O’Clock Ranch, Dekalb; Canton Apples; Deep Root Mushroom Farm, Madrid; Deep River Cranberries, Brasher Falls; Kaneb Orchards, Massena; Kent Family Growers, Lisbon; Martin’s Farmstand, Potsdam; Northern Limits Farm, Canton; Squeak Creek Apiaries, Brasher Falls; Trudeau Family Farm, Edwards; Yoder Farm Produce, Heuvelton; and Zufall Dairy Farm, Lisbon.

 [img_assist|nid=265909|title=Peter Paquin, owner of Deer River Cranberries Farm, harvests cranberries sold from his bog on Keenan Road, Brasher Falls. Photo submitted by Elaine LaLone.|desc=|link=none|align=|width=1099|height=900]

[img_assist|nid=265910|title=Cole Barton, son of 8 O’clock Ranch owners John and Kassandra Barton, 293 Old Canton Rd, DeKalb, shows chickens. 8 O’clock Ranch sells grass based, antibiotic, hormone free beef, chicken and eggs. NCNow photo.|desc=|link=none|align=middle|width=1200|height=773]

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Northern Limits Farm, Canton, which sells pastured, grain-finished beef, is also home to Grasse River BioHemp, one of four state-permitted St. Lawrence County research locations growing industrial hemp. From left, owner Joe Eisele, Zach Smith, partner Dean Laubscher and Cory Chase stand in the hemp field. They believe hemp, which contains minimal THC, may eventually become a profitable crop throughout the North Country. NCNow photo.

[img_assist|nid=265912|title=Cole Barton, son of 8 O’clock Ranch owners John and Kassandra Barton, 293 Old Canton Rd, DeKalb, shows a pig during Cooperative Extension’s Harvest Tour Saturday NCNow photo by Cheryl Shumway.|desc=|link=none|align=|width=970|height=900]

[img_assist|nid=265914|title=Visitors view the cranberry bogs at Deer River Cranberries Farm on Keenan Road, Brasher Falls. Photo submitted by Elaine LaLone.|desc=|link=none|align=middle|width=1200|height=848]

[img_assist|nid=265916|title=Visitors are welcomed to the Northern Limits Farm, Canton, which sells pastured, grain finished beef. From left, Dean Laubscher, owner Joe Eisele, Bali MacKentley and Dean Thornton discuss the farm. NCNow photo.|desc=|link=none|align=middle|width=1150|height=900]

[img_assist|nid=265918|title=Andre Iverson, sitting at the steering wheel, and Liam Eisele play on a tractor at the Northern Limits Farm, Canton. The farm, owned by Joe Eisele, sells pastured, grain finshed beef. NCNow photo.|desc=|link=none|align=middle|width=1164|height=900]