American Dairy Association North East, in conjunction with Reinford Farms and Dauphin County 4-H, dismantled the 1,000-pound sculpture Jan. 12 at the Farm Show Complex and Expo Center.
A full-day workshop on CBD hemp production will be held Jan. 27 at Penn State Harrisburg, 777 W. Harrisburg Pike, Middletown. Read more
The Lehigh Valley Vegetable Growers Summit on Dec. 10 at the Nurture Nature Center was organized by PASA Sustainable Agriculture, Penn State Extension and Buy Fresh Buy Local Greater Lehigh Valley. Read more
Registration is open for the the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York’s 2020 winter conference. Read more
A hemp drying plant in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, has been ordered to stop production because of bad odors. Read more
Swine producers are encouraged to participate in a Penn State Extension survey that will influence the direction of Extension programming and educational efforts on swine production practices and markets. Read more
The milk marketing areas were established to ensure that local processing, transportation and other costs could be figured into the minimum prices established by the board. Read more
The Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board issued an order on Nov. 6 distributing the proceeds of Trickling Springs Creamery’s milk dealer bond. Read more
WYTHEVILLE, Va. — Gov. Ralph Northam announced that Virginia’s first commercial industrial hemp fiber processing facility will locate in Wythe County. Read more
The Center for Dairy Excellence recently launched an online tool to help individuals calculate the value of dairy in all 67 counties in the state. Read more
Board hearings begin with a petition. A petition is simply a request that the board do something that the Milk Marketing Law allows it to do. The board considers and acts on petitions at its monthly public Sunshine meetings. Read more
According to the West Virginia Department of Agriculture, industrial hemp farmers in West Virginia more than quadrupled crop production in 2019 compared to the previous year. Read more
Among farming-related emissions, manure in the field for crop production amounts to 19%, cattle themselves contribute 25% and manure management is responsible for 24%. Read more
Since 2017 there has been an increase in barrel cheese production and an increase in demand for the whey protein made from barrel cheese, which has led to a wide price difference between block cheese and barrel cheese prices. Read more
CSF Ramsey Teva’s Mercy Me ET, exhibited by Ray Ramsey of Greenfield, Indiana, earned grand champion female honors in the National Hereford Show on Oct. 4 at the Keystone International Livestock Exposition. Read more
The New Jersey Ag Department plans to produce a feasibility study in the next nine months on ways to increase custom meat processing in the state. Read more
SCC SCH Phyllis 849, exhibited and owned by Chris Breeding of Greenwood, Delaware, was named grand champion female honors in the Roll of Victory Angus Show at the Keystone International Livestock Exposition. Read more
Heidi Barkley of Manns Choice, Pennsylvania, won supreme champion ram in the junior breeding sheep competition at the Keystone International Livestock Exposition. Read more
Lisa Keefe from the meat boosting organization Meatingplace spoke to the audience on Oct. 8, telling them that traditional meat production still outsells Beyond Meat and other substitutes by a factor of 90 to 1. Read more
Dairy producers can now enroll in the Dairy Margin Coverage for calendar year 2020 for the program that helps producers manage economic risk brought on by milk price and feed cost disparities. Read more
The Pennsylvania Dairy Investment Program provides grants that support on-farm innovation, research and development, organic transition, and value-added processing of products like cheese, yogurt, and ice cream. Funding for a second year was made possible in this year’s PA Farm Bill. Read more
