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Agriculture

Pennsylvania protects 2 farms, 104 acres in Berks County from future development

The Shapiro Administration announced Friday that Pennsylvania protected 3,047 acres on 32 farms in 21 counties from future residential or commercial development. The investment...
Agriculture

Pennsylvania protects farms in Berks from development, forever protecting 521 new acres

Pennsylvania has protected 2,478 acres on 30 farms in 18 counties from future residential, or commercial development, investing more than $8.9 million in state,...
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Wolf Administration highlights improved access to hands-on Ag Education

Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding, Acting Secretary of Education Eric Hagarty and Commission for Agriculture Education Excellence Executive Director Stephon Fitzpatrick joined student leaders...
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Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Oley Valley Fair

The Oley Valley Fair is officially in full swing! This year, it is celebrating its 75th anniversary. This event has been a unique event...
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Pennsylvania receives more than $200,000 in Federal funding to bolster child nutrition efforts statewide

The Pennsylvania departments of Education and Agriculture announced Friday that it has received more than $222,000 in funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s...
Agriculture

Pennsylvania invests $3 Million to protect 18 farms in 9 Counties from future development

Pennsylvania protected 784 acres on 18 farms in nine counties from future development Thursday, investing more than $3.166 million in state, county and local...
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Agriculture Secretary Honors record 18 farm families with Bicentennial, Century Farm status

Thursday during Penn State’s Ag Progress days, Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding honored Charlotte E. Sunday, whose Lenhartsville, Berks County farm reached the Bicentennial Farm...
Agriculture

Gov. Wolf announces additional $8.25M investment in ByHeart to directly support increased infant formula production

Governor Tom Wolf Thursday announced an additional $8.25 million investment in ByHeart, the nation’s newest FDA-registered baby formula manufacturer, located in Exeter Township. The...
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ByHeart celebrates FDA registration of Reading facility

Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding highlighted a $1.75 million state investment in ByHeart, Inc. Thursday, supporting Pennsylvania’s dairy industry and creating 50 new, local jobs....
Agriculture

Penn State Extension alerts Berks County poultry owners of East Coast Avian Influenza outbreaks

Due to the significant poultry sector within Berks County’s agriculture economy, the Berks County Commissioners are sharing the following biosecurity alert from Penn State...
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