Victoria Brown has undergone quite a role reversal. Last year at this time she was a senior at Penn State looking forward to graduation. Now she’s nearing the end of her first school year in front of a classroom as the teacher.
First, and the most obvious, is to buy milk that has the PA Preferred green checkmark and label somewhere on the bottle or displayed by the ingredients list. A PA Preferred product is one that is produced, processed and marketed in Pennsylvania. Read more
Ali Dziedzinski and her husband, TJ, grow 15 types of apples, peaches and Asian pears, 2,000 strawberry plants, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and vegetables. They process jams and jellies from their fruit. It has been a learning process, but they expand their crops each season. Read more
On Friday, March 6, Penn State Extension will be hosting a new version of this meeting. “Dairy Focus: Spend Less, Make More” will take a closer look at some key areas on dairy operations that can have big financial impacts on a producer’s bottom line. Read more
The Center for Dairy Excellence will host its monthly Protecting Your Profits webinar on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at noon. Read more
Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced on Feb. 19 that Pennsylvania milk processors could seize an opportunity to rebrand whole milk, thanks to flexibility in federal milk labeling requirements. Read more
Dean Foods, the struggling dairy processing behemoth, announced Monday it had made a tentative deal to sell a major chunk of its assets to Dairy Farmers of America. Read more
Some dairy advocates have made comments recently about milk labels and how they need to change. Read more
Lancaster dairy farmer and candidate for National Farmers Union president, Mike Eby, told the Pennsylvania State Council of Farm Organizations at its annual meeting that he will encourage NFU to use Pennsylvania dairy legislation as a model for other states to consider. Read more
Farmers from eastern Pennsylvania gathered at Penn State’s Lehigh County Crops Conference on Jan. 30 to learn about nitrogen management and ways to improve wheat yields. Read more
As the hemp industry grows, producers face the challenge of cultivating a crop that has received comparatively little scientific study, and that can become unusable — and illegal — if it develops too much of the psychoactive chemical THC. Read more
Growers have many reasons for transitioning from conventional to organic practices, but regardless of why they want to go organic, planning is vital. Read more
The Maryland Department of Agriculture’s Industrial Hemp Research Pilot Program is now accepting applications for the 2020 growing season. Read more
Weather can be unpredictable, and in Virginia, farmers are hoping that 2020 weather is more balanced than what they experienced last year &tstr;erratic rains to no rain. Read more
I am all for companies working to make our environment healthier, but their plans should target the real problems, not perpetuate misinformation. Read more
The PA Beef Producers Working Group is bringing Dr. Reinaldo Cooke, associate professor of Beef Cattle Production at Texas A&M University, to several locations in the commonwealth to give area cow-calf producers strategies for effectively raising replacement beef heifers. Read more
There appears to be a general belief among cooperative members in the commonwealth that the board has some control over how their respective cooperative distributes the OOP or that we have chosen to ignore the issue over the years because it may be politically expedient for us to do so. Read more
DAVIDSONVILLE, Md. — The meeting room was packed on Jan. 15 for the Maryland Hemp Exchange Roundtable. Read more
Milk prices are expected to continue climbing to more than $20-per-hundredweight by 2021, offering much-needed relief to producers struggling to make ends meet. Read more
Beef producers packed the room during the annual Lancaster Cattle Feeders Day on Tuesday at the Lancaster Farm and Home Center. The event hosted by Penn State Extension featured Henry Zerby of Wendy’s Quality Supply Chain Co-op Inc. Read more
Pennsylvania dairy producers can apply for a Dairy Decisions Consultants grant through the Center for Dairy Excellence. Read more
