Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Recent News About Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
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Focus Central PA thanks Country View Family Farms for 'investing in Pennsylvania' with $47.3 million project
Country View Family Farms will be building a new feed mill on a farm of more than 100 acres in New Columbia for hog production.
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Ag Secretary Redding: Spotted lanternflies 'a nuisance to outdoor life and are destructive to plant life'
Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Penn State Extension and other agriculture industry stakeholders gathered at the Indiana County Conservation District to demonstrate how to use a safe trap for spotted lanternflies.
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Wolf on loans to Lancaster County farmers: 'This program is a sound investment in feeding our future'
Two farms in Lancaster County are receiving $1.15 million in low-interest, tax-exempt loans through the Next Generation Farmer Loan Program.
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Pennsylvania Agriculture Department: 'Be on the lookout' for the invasive spotted lantern fly
The Pennsylvania Agriculture Department has added 11 new counties to a quarantine list to attempt to control the spotted lantern fly problem across the state.
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State Agriculture Secretary: 'Pollinators are critical to the success of Pennsylvania agriculture'
Earlier this week, Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Dean Richard Roush met with researchers whose projects have benefited from the nearly $1 million in investments by the Wolf administration.
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Ag Department extends proposal deadline for $1 million in grants to grow vegetable, fruit, nut, nursery specialty crop market
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has extended the deadline for grant proposals to increase the visibility and competitiveness of the state's horticultural specialty crops, including fruit, vegetable, nursery, flower, and nut products.