Submitted Article Like gardening, but don’t like all the hard work associated with it? This may be just for you. If you are like me, I like to put a garden in every year. However, as my mind wrestles with tilling the soil; all the weeding, and watering, and tendingContinue Reading
Submitted Article Throughout Pennsylvania, soybean growers are participating in research projects funded by the Pennsylvania Soybean Promotion Board and executed by Penn State researchers and Extension personnel. These studies aim at making soybean production more profitable in areas they have not been grown historically. Study topics include reducing planting populations,Continue Reading
Submitted Article Farm Women United (FWU), a grass-roots association organized by farm women to “Take back our food supply, one policy project at a time,” is holding a “Dairy Farm Family Crisis Hearing” on July 24, 2018, from 9 am to 5 pm, at the Lairdsville Fire Hall, 143 School Lane, Lairdsville, to addressContinue Reading
Bill and Amanda Banta (above) own and operate Rowlands Pennsylvania Produce in Exeter Township and hope to encourage other couples and families to take up niche farming to keep produce as local as possible. Photos and story by Rick Hiduk (Also published in Living Susquehanna/Wyoming County magazine) Bill and AmandaContinue Reading
Photos & Story By Rick Hiduk (Also published in Living Susquehanna Wyoming County magazine) Gerald and Tina Carlin (top) have the pleasure of working a fourth generation farm in southwest Susquehanna County that is frequented by faithful customers throughout the year. Gerald’s great grandparents, Ernest and Mamie Carlin, started theContinue Reading
Submitted Article “I want something growing in my soil 365 days of the year.” This is what more and more farmers say as they look into how soil functions, and maximizing days with living roots is foundational. This is why the Bradford County Conservation District (BCCD) is bringing a newContinue Reading
Submitted Article The Penn State Extension livestock team and the Pennsylvania Beef Producer Working Group have planned three beef producer meetings for April in the northern tier counties of Tioga, Bradford, and Susquehanna. The meetings are for persons interested in cow/calf production. All meetings are free and open to theContinue Reading
Submitted Article The Bradford County Conservation District’s annual tree seedling sale is underway. Available in this year’s sale are five evergreen species, ten hardwoods/shrubs, Strawberries, Blue Ray Blueberry, wildflower seed mix, two food plot mixes, Bluebird houses and Wood Duck nesting boxes. Orders are due by March 23 and mustContinue Reading
Submitted Article Regenerating your soils, increasing your profits, and improving your streams! Join us Wednesday, March 14, at the Wysox Fire Hall as we hear from Ray Archuleta (the “Soil Guy”) and Steve Groff (farmer and innovator) on connecting your soils to your profits. Ray and his family operate aContinue Reading
Photos by Rick Hiduk/Submitted Article The 29th Annual Susquehanna County Ag Day will be held on Friday, March 2nd at Elk Lake High School. The event will kick off at 10 am with 75 plus Ag vendors, educational workshops, health organizations, lunch, pie baking contest, pie auction, and delicious dairyContinue Reading