Overview

The 2025 Agricultural Photo Contest will highlight the best of NYS's agricultural community, commodities, and livestock with a different category and winner each month. Our first-place winners each month will have their photo included as part of a 2026 Calendar. Winners will also receive a copy of our Calendar. 

Note: submitted images may be used for social media outreach and Department materials, with credit attributed to the photographer.

Contest Rules

Photographs must be original works.

Photographs must be taken in New York State.

Only one submission per person is allowed. If you submit multiple photos, we will only consider one!

Submissions for February 2025 must be received by February 15, 2025.

Model consent forms are required for any person who is a focus of a photo, or if the photo features a partially or wholly visible face or likeness. Assume that model consent is required.

To submit your photography, email the photo, a model consent form if necessary, and a brief description of what the photo shows and where it was taken to [email protected] with the subject line: AGM Photo Contest_February_Your Name

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    Model Consent Form

    Participating in our 2024 Agricultural Photo Contest? Fill out this form if any of the photos you are submitting contains a person who is a focus of a photo, or if the photo features a partially or wholly visible face or likeness.

     

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2025 Categories

January - New Year, Newborns: New York's Barnyard Babies

Animals play a vital role in New York’s agricultural industry. From heavyweights like dairy heifers and egg-laying hens that help nourish our communities to the athletes representing our equine industry, wool-producing sheep who fuel fiber production, and everyone in between, animals play an essential role in New York’s agricultural industry. In the spirit of kicking off a new year, we want to see photos of the newest members of New York’s furry (or feathery) team of agriculturalists! Lambs, foals, calves, piglets, chicks, kittens, and more – send us the adorable shots of the adorable baby animals on farms across the state!

February - Indoor Innovations: Farming the Future

Agriculture is an ever-evolving industry, and farmers have been developing innovative tools to cultivate crops and maximize efficiency since the very earliest days of civilization. Today, advancements in technology, automation, and sustainability continue to advance modern growing techniques, adapt to the demands of a changing world while continuing to increase productivity and efficiency.

In February, while the ground here in New York is still too cold to kick off the growing seasons month, we’re highlighting cutting edge indoor growing techniques, from high-tech greenhouses and vertical farms to hydroponic and aeroponic systems. We want to see photos Whether it’s a vibrant greenhouse, an urban indoor farm, or a beginning grower’s first attempt at bringing their porch plants in for the winter, we want to see photos that capture the innovation, sustainability, and productivity of indoor agriculture.

2025 Calendar

A digital copy of the completed 2025 Agricultural Calendar is available below to download.

The document below includes descriptions of the month-by-month categories of the 2024 Agricultural Photo Contest.