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Agriculture

Administration agencies to address wildfires

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, and Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mandy Cohen have announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to further ...

4-H members receive Diamond Clover Award

UNIVERSITY PARK — At the recent Pennsylvania 4-H State Leadership Conference, 24 4-H’ers received Diamond Clover Awards, the highest achievement possible in the Pennsylvania 4-H program. The Clover Award Program encourages 4-H members to explore new projects and activities that will help ...

Agriculture Counts: Census of Agriculture data now available

BY CHARLES BUTLER Acting Regional Director USDA-NASS Northeastern Regional Field Office Editor’s Note: This is a monthly column from the Northeastern Regional Field Office of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS-NERFO). The website is www.nass.usda.gov; for the ...

Dairy of Distinction award applications due by April 15

UNIVERSITY PARK — Pennsylvania dairy producers are invited to apply for the Dairy of Distinction award from the Pennsylvania Dairy of Distinction Program. Applications must be submitted by April 15. This program was initiated in 1987 in Pennsylvania by Penn State retired dairy extension ...

Spruce Hill 2 + 2 to meet on March 19

PORT ROYAL — Learn more about problems that pester your crops while earning credits for your pesticide license on Tuesday, March 19 from 7-9 p.m. at Spruce Hill Grange, 20378 Rte. 75 in Port Royal. All updates will provide 2 core and 2 category PA pesticide license credits. Dr. Caio ...