Wyoming County Commissioners (above, from left) Tom Henry, Rick Wilbur and Ernie King conducted their first full public meeting together since the three were sworn in last week. The hot topic of the day was the desire of Wilbur and King to purchase the former Mill City school building toContinue Reading
Corbin Bruce, 10, (top) waits for his turn to show his registered Hampshire, Boss Hog, to the Farm Show judges. Shelby Bruce, 16, (above) puts her Hereford Cross hog, Lizzie J, through her paces at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Story by Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Daily Review) TheContinue Reading
Photo by Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Daily Review) Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion is a big aspect of the Pennsylvania Farm Show and provides many opportunities for representatives of neighboring counties to work together to support the cause. Among the dairy representatives in Harrisburg this week were Bradford County AlternateContinue Reading
Photo by Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Daily Review) Bradford County commissioners Ed Bustin (second from left) and Daryl Miller (right) participated in the Legislative Luncheon at the Pennsylvania Farm Show on Wednesday on their way to Washington, D.C., where they and commissioner Doug McLinko (not pictured) will makeContinue Reading
4H potato judges at the Pennsylvania Farm Show on Tuesday included (above, from left) Andrew Housenecht from Columbia Crossroads, Ellie Cook of Powell, Mya Calaman from Powell, Willow Bacorn of Athens, Melody Wright from Powell, Ariana Cook of Powell, and Rachel Fritsch from East Smithfield. Photo and story by RickContinue Reading
Emily Supancik (top) flanked by family members and representatives of the Pennsylvania Farm Show Scholarship Foundation and Tyler Peterson (above) were the two winners from the Endless Mountains region in Tuesday morning’s program. Photos and story by Rick Hiduk Twenty four Pennsylvania college students who are pursing studies in agriculture-relatedContinue Reading
By Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Susquehanna County Independent) A series of meetings geared to dairy producers will also provide an opportunity for them to meet the region’s new Penn State Extension dairy educator, Michal Lunak, who started with the agency this past summer. From 11 am to 2Continue Reading
Photo by Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Daily Review) Four Bradford County 4H members entered the Mr. Spuds potato decorating contest at this year’s Pennsylvania Farm Show, and they all placed. Displaying their entries (from left) are Ariana Cook from Powell, Rachel Fritsch from East Smithfield, Willow Bacorn fromContinue Reading
Photo and story by Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Susquehanna County Independent) Among the large number of dairy royalty at this year’s Pennsylvania Farm Show are many ambassadors, whose job it is to help the Dairy Princesses with their duties of promoting dairy to the general public. Susquehanna CountyContinue Reading
Canton FFA members (above, from left) Hunter Hartford, Cheyenne Bastian-Brown, Camille McRoberts and adviser Tom Hojnowski in front of their landscape exhibit after conducting a demonstration on building bat houses on Monday at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Story and photos by Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Daily Review) CantonContinue Reading