ELIZABETH DEORNELLAS FOR LNP | LANCASTERONLINE Feb 6, 2023 Agricultural experts and environmentalists urge Lancaster County farmers to take advantage of millions in grants to reduce winter manure spreading and phase out a practice that is economically unproductive and environmentally risky. Improperly managed winter manure spreading increases...
January 13, 2023 Harrisburg, PA HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA) — It's a classic chicken-and-egg dilemma. Organic chicken and organic egg, that is, as a lot of people won't buy organic food until it declines in price. But it won't decline in price unless farmers produce more of it,...
Reposted from Lancaster Farming - Apr 13, 2023 Philip Gruber, pgruber@lancasterfarming.com KUTZTOWN, Pa. — Gov. Josh Shapiro wants Pennsylvania to be the nation’s leader in organic farming. That would mean tripling the state’s organic sales to keep pace with much bigger California. Still, according to Ag Secretary Russell...
Written by Tom Venesky Originally published on Lancaster Farming on Aug. 31, 2021 A new program has lofty goals for increasing grass-based dairy farming in southeastern Pennsylvania, and it could come with big financial benefits for farmers. Using a $1 million grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Pasa...
