Restaurants buy produce for menus
A handful of farms sell directly to restaurants in an effort to get on the agricultural map.
As farmers search for more revenue to meet ...
It's spring. At least the calendar says it is. The seed catalogs are arriving on a daily basis and the agricultural community is looking ahead to the growing season. Eac...
The Butler County Farm Bureau Annual Spring Meeting will be held at 7 p.m. March 30 at the Unionville Grange, Benbrook Road, Butler.
The program includes a presentation ...
High pollination fees hurt too
TRENTON, N.J. — With all the sophisticated technology farmers use, little honeybees remain crucial, pollinating billions of dollars of frui...
Farmers and farm owners who are interested in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program may want to take the CREEP farm tour on March 31. The CREEP tour is scheduled ...
QUESTION: We need more space, so we built a new garage and will convert our old one into a bedroom. We are also considering finishing the basement. What is the best ...
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has provided this report on the March 13 New Wilmington Livestock Auction.
CATTLE 158 — Steers — Select, 1-2, few, 78.50-8...
NEW WILMINGTON, March 10 (PDA) — The auction sold 43 loads of hay, eight loads of straw and four loads of oats.
Alfalfa, 140.-210.; mixed hay, 145.-225., one at 260.; ti...
Recently I attended the Butler County Holstein Club's annual meeting. The meeting, which was held in Slippery Rock, is attended by a hodgepodge of current dairy producer...
Recently, there has been interest in establishing contract hog production operations in Western Pennsylvania. This is a new type of agricultural enterprise for the area ...
