HARRISBURG — Juniata County square dancers competed at the 108th Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg on Jan. 8. This is the 27th year of the Juniata County club. Over the years, the club has had 93 sets — 86 received blue, five received red and two received white. There are three ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Anyone interested in learning more about beef, pork and lamb meats may want to attend the “Meat and Taste With Extension” event from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at the Penn State Extension county office in Westmoreland County. This Penn State Extension workshop will teach participants how to prepare these meats for a diverse and hearty family meal. This event will cover topics such as where meat cuts come from on the animal, meat grading and quality factors, meat handling practices, and cooking techniques. Jonathan Campbell, meat extension specialist and ...
BURNHAM — Farm operations can now apply for funding through the Agriculture Conservation Assistance Program (ACAP) to install best management practices such as waste storage facilities/mortality composters, forest and grass buffers, stream and wetland restoration, and heavy use area protection to name a few. Funding for the ACAP Program was created through the American Rescue Plan Act and the Clean Streams Fund and was established with the goal of reducing nonpoint source pollution to surface and groundwater supplies. The program is administered by the State Conservation Commission ...
My name is Caylee Imes and I am a Juniata County Dairy Miss. I have been on the Dairy Promotion Committee for eight years. I also take ballet, tap and jazz classes, as well as horse riding lessons. I am involved in 4-H, in the rabbit club, cake decorating club and livestock club. Not only are dairy products great for providing your body with 13 essential vitamins and minerals, they also make delicious baked goods. Here is a recipe I like to use in my cakes. White layer cake 1 1/2 cups salted butter, room temp 2 1/4 cups sugar 4 egg whites 3 tsp vanilla extract 3 cups ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Honey yields in the U.S. have been declining since the 1990s, with honey producers and scientists unsure why, but a new study by Penn State researchers has uncovered clues in the mystery of the missing honey. Using five decades of data from across the U.S., the researchers analyzed the potential factors and mechanisms that might be affecting the number of flowers growing in different regions — and, by extension, the amount of honey produced by honey bees. The study, recently published in the journal Environmental Research, found that changes in honey yields over ...
HARRISBURG — PA Farm Link, in collaboration with Sustainable Agricultural Research and Education Program, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, and University of Maryland are offering a free webinar on Feb. 19, 2024 at 12 p.m. to learn about a family’s farm succession planning process, what went wrong, and how to avoid the same mistakes for your own farm. The speaker will be Paul Goeringer, a Senior Faculty Specialist and the Extension Legal Specialist at the University of Maryland. Goeringer joined the University of Maryland’s Department of Agricultural and Resource ...
