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‘Advanced Beef Cattle Nutrition’ course scheduled for May 15

UNIVERSITY PARK —Beef cattle producers and consulting nutritionists who would like to learn more about feeding beef cattle may attend the Advanced Beef Cattle Nutrition course, hosted by Penn State Extension. The workshop will be May 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Bryce Jordan Center at Penn State’s University Park campus. This event is targeted at advanced cattle feeders and practicing nutritionists who work with producers to feed beef cattle. Discussions will focus on fed cattle for beef production. The workshop will cover topics such as fermentation and rumen activity, ...

Pa. partners with USDA Northeast Regional Food Business Center

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, in partnership with the NASDA Foundation’s USDA Northeast Regional Food Business Center, has launched the first round of Business Builder sub-awards, designed to strengthen Pennsylvania and regional food systems by providing direct funding to small- and mid-sized farm and food businesses, including aquaculture and wild-caught marine businesses. Ten million dollars are available in this round, with awards ranging from $15,000 to $100,000 to support businesses in scaling their operations, expanding markets and connecting segments ...

Webinar series to cover timely topics in grape and wine industry

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State Extension and Cornell University will host a series of free, live webinars through April designed to update U.S. grape growers and winemakers on several timely topics. The “Eastern Viticulture and Enology Forum Series” is a collaborative effort among the Penn State Extension Grape and Wine Team and viticulture and enology extension programs at several other land-grant universities, including Colorado State University, Cornell University, the University of Georgia, Iowa State University, the University of Maryland, Michigan State University, the ...

USDA-NASS agriculture update

USDA to survey farmers’ planting intentions for 2025: As the 2025 crop production season begins, producers nationwide will be contacted to determine their plans for the upcoming growing season. Each year, the agriculture industry anticipates USDA’s Prospective Plantings report, which provides the first survey-based estimates of U.S. farmers’ planting intentions for the year. We mail the survey to more than 6,000 producers across the northeastern U.S., asking producers to provide information about the types of crops they intend to plant in 2025, how many acres they intend to ...

PA Farm Bill grants to expand career awards

HARRISBURG — Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding has announced $501,123 in PA Farm Bill Agriculture and Youth Grants awarded to 58 organizations in 29 counties, funding projects that will empower youth to succeed in Pennsylvania’s $132.5 billion agriculture industry. Labor & Industry Secretary Nancy A. Walker joined Secretary Redding in the 2025 PA Farm Show’s So You Want to Be a Farmer area, where anyone can learn how to raise food or flowers for fun, profit, or a new career. “Our young people hold the energy and potential that will power Pennsylvania tomorrow,” ...

Northern Tier Beef meetings offered in Apri

UNIVERSITY PARK —An upcoming Penn State Extension workshop aimed at beef producers and new and beginning farmers will explore the advantages and challenges of artificial insemination versus natural service in beef cattle breeding, with insights from a breeder who has worked with both methods. The "Northern Tier Beef Meeting: No Bull About Breeding Season" will be offered at three locations on different dates in April: • Montrose: 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. April 15, Susquehanna County Library, 458 High School Road. • Towanda: 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. April 16, Bradford County ...