4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (314+ words) Rows of corn lead toward a farmstead and twin silos in Gap, Lancaster County, Pa. The basis of farming today has finally been recognized as a global situation. U.S. farmers at all levels are contending with local, state and mostly federal…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (408+ words) Evening clouds frame the setting sun above a broad expanse of farmland Lancaster County, Pa. Today we see numerous articles printed and see the destruction of historic buildings and farmland for more housing and retail stores. This is done at…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (1169+ words) (From left): John Cain, Matt Benedict and Leroy Benedict split wood. Pennsylvania’s nearly 80-year-old Tree Farm Program helps private forestland owners manage their property and may now help them cash in on carbon sequestration. Timber industry leaders established a national…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (952+ words) Master Gardener Tim Damico talks about raising backyard apples at Ag Progress Days, Aug. 11, 2026. Dennis and I recently went “over the river and through the woods,” though we weren’t headed to grandmother’s house. We crossed the Susquehanna and then followed…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (1088+ words) Sisters Caroline and Nicole Arrowsmith pose with their Jersey cow, Hillacres Chrome Hibiscus, at Hillacres Farm near Peach Bottom, Pa., on Aug. 4, 2026. Caroline and Nicole Arrowsmith were destined for dairy. Their earliest memories are in the show ring with their…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (756+ words) Pennsylvania Ag Secretary Russell Redding speaks at a town hall with Troy Ott, dean of the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, at Ag Progress Days on Aug. 11, 2026, in Rock Springs, Pa. ROCK SPRINGS, Pa. — To Penn State’s ag dean,…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (681+ words) New Holland recently released a new series of compact wheel loaders as users that offer improved visibility, reach and lift height. The compact wheel loader isn’t necessarily a new machine on the market, but there’s a reason why it’s seeing…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (531+ words) Krista Pontius, a Greenwood High School ag teacher and Perry County Pomona Grange member, said she was inspired to start the project after former students Kendra McKee and Kirby Baker bought their family’s Bitting farm in Liverpool. The renamed McBaker…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1360+ words) As nonfarming landowners reap sizable tax breaks under Pennsylvania’s Clean and Green program, a group of farmers in Bucks County is looking at ways it could be overhauled to better benefit farmers. Clean and Green provides preferential tax rates for…...