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The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has provided this report on the Oct. 5 Eighty Four Livestock Auction. Due to the lack of a state budget, the PDA is unable to ...

NEW WILMINGTON, Oct. 2 — The auction sold 10 loads of hay, one load of straw and one load of oats. Alfalfa, 115.; grass hay, 115.; oats, 2.50. ...

Although corn and soybean crops have been slow to mature this year, harvest will begin this week. Corn silage harvest is continuing on livestock and dairy farms with mos...

Front-load models are very efficient QUESTION: Our old clothes washer is leaking, so we need to buy a new one. We have a large family and do a lot of laundry, so effi...

NEW WILMINGTON, Sept. 25 — The auction sold 11 loads of hay, two loads of straw, one load of ear corn and two loads of oats. Timothy, 140.; grass hay, 115.; straw, 100.;...

DETROIT — A global team of researchers has mapped the genetic code of the world's most popular vegetable — the potato. The draft of the potato genome released last week ...

QUESTION: My wife tells me it is more energy efficient to use small cooking appliances instead of the electric range, but I prefer the range. How do I determine how ...

NEW WILMINGTON, Sept. 18 — The auction sold 17 loads of hay, three loads of straw and one load of oats. Grass hay, 140.; straw, 102.50, ear corn, 92.50; oats, 3.75. ...

Next month there will be two events that many people might want to attend. Butler County Farm Tour The annual Butler County Farm Tour is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 3 f...

Sign up continues through Sept. 30 for the Conservation Stewardship Program. This program is designed to reward producers who are actively applying best management pract...