Horizon Farm Credit is hosting the second annual Farmers on the Rise award competition for young, beginning, small, minority, and veteran (YBSMV) farmers. This award program was created to honor outstanding farmer owner-operators within the diverse agricultural community who excel in their field.

Melissa Owlett is no stranger to entrepreneurship. She grew up in the food industry alongside her parents and also started New Creations Events, LLC, a Christian music promotion business. After that business was impacted by COVID-19, she began considering additional entrepreneurial ideas that supported her faith and love of community and she came to The University of Scranton SBDC for help.

By Shanon Sabanos, Community Development Initiatives Coordinator Mark Balthaser, a young, beginning farmer, is following his family's 130-year tradition. He has worked for his parent's dairy and cropping operation for years. His parents, Randy and Traci, have owned and operated Northkill Creek Farms in Bernville since 2010 when they purchased their three farms made up of ...

Plum Creek Farm, LLC is set for another expansion at its Penn Township location at 5035 Bernville Road. The rapidly growing ice cream, food and farm market operation is preparing to construct a 4,800-square-foot pretzel manufacturing facility. This will be in addition to its 12,000-square-foot building, constructed in 2020.

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has announced that it has protected 18 farms in the state. The state plans to invest more than $3.16 million to protect 784 acres on 18 farms in nine counties - Berks, Centre, Chester, Erie, Lebanon, Lehigh, Northampton, Washington and Westmoreland counties.

Dry conditions in parts of Pennsylvania have led to scorched crops in fields and a spike in silo fires after the moisture-starved corn has been chopped for silage. Eric Rickenbach, a Berks County instructor in silo emergencies, received multiple calls for silo fires during the last week of August as farmers rushed to chop corn before it dried even more.

I often get column ideas by listening to questions posed by others or dealing with issues that come to our attention. A topic of confusion recently surfaced and, even though I have addressed it, the educator in me knows that I need to respond more than once and in multiple ways to fully address the issues.

Producers have two options to pursue when marketing livestock post harvest in the U.S. Option one includes selling animals or meat products from animals under United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspection. Option two includes the custom sale of live animals to be harvested by the buyers choice of butcher.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Pennsylvania farmers will soon have an opportunity to participate in 19 projects that have been awarded $900 million for climate-smart practices. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced on Wednesday that USDA will put $2.8 billion into 70 total projects.

Prices for long-grain rice, cotton and soybeans moved higher Monday following the release of the National Agricultural Statistics Service's "Crop Production" report. The NASS report included findings from the Farm Service Agency's acreage reporting. Based largely on those FSA figures, there was a 100,000-acre reduction this month in U.S.

The Pennsylvania Ag & Youth Grant Program provides direct grants and matching grants to help fund eligible projects, programs and equipment purchases conducted or made by an organization composed mainly of youth, or an organization with programs that benefit youth, and organized to promote development in the areas of agriculture, community leadership, vocational training and peer fellowship.

The Historic Barn and Farm Foundation of PA have recently announced the launch of the inaugural round of its statewide, barn preservation grant program. If you have or know of barns in your region that are character-defining features of the landscape, and that may be able to take advantage of this grant program, check it out and share. The initial round will be limited to $2,500 awards, with a focus on water infiltration issues (ex. Leaky roofs). While $2,500 alone is not enough to cover most barn roof replacements (if it has reached that point of deterioration), however, $2,500 (plus 50% match) could go along way in making significant repairs to water infiltration issues that could become even more costly if left unchecked. HBFF intends to grow the pot of award money as the years progress. Though it doesn’t specifically make note, the language in the grant guidelines appears to indicate that the grant is open to public or private barn owners.

The Department of Environmental Protection is again accepting applications for Agriculture Energy Efficiency Rebates. The deadline for applications is March 31, 2023. ( formal notice ) The Program provides rebates to assist agricultural producers with the purchase of light-emitting diode (LED) lighting systems, efficient ventilation equipment and efficient milk pumping and cooling equipment for their farming operations.

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