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DEP opens public comment period on permits regulating methane requirements
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has opened a 45-day public comment period for input on two general permits and revisions to an air quality permit exemption for reducing methane and other pollutants
Ohio Rural Development State Director honored
The Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative awarded USDA Ohio Rural Development State Director Tony Logan its 2016 Partnership Award.
Pennsylvania farms join preservation program
Pennsylvania’s Agricultural Land Preservation Board accepted 2,509 acres on 32 farms in 16 counties recently through the state’s nation-leading farmland preservation program.
Before venturing ice fishing, how safe’s the ice?
The question smart fishermen ask about lake ice being safe or not has no definitive answer.
Take steps to prevent salt damage to home landscape
Winter storms result in tons of salt added to the roads and sidewalks each year.
CRP land could provide some much-needed hay relief
Hello Again, Gorgeous sunshine and high temperatures are not what local farmers are hoping for. They are nice if you are at the beach but producers are hoping and praying for some rain to try and save the crops that are suffering from the drought of 2012. To help provide some relief for livestock producers,
Protect horses from poisonous plants in pasture
There are countless poisonous plants in the world. Unless they are specialists who can identify all the varieties, it is often difficult for owners to roam their pastures and know what to look for. But two of the most common plants that are poisonous to horses are white snake root and maple leaf. “White snake
Taking the job seriously
Hello Again! After you read this week’s FSA Andy, you will realize that the author of this weekly column changes with the passing of every month. To compare myself to the writer of last month, you are talking about two completely different individuals. To begin with, I am a female Andy and last month it
Get your CRP contract extended
WASHINGTON — USDA’s Farm Service Agency will offer certain producers the opportunity to modify and extend their Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts that are scheduled to expire Sept. 30. USDA can only extend approximately 1.5 million acres out of a total 3.9 million acres expiring this year. This extension will ensure that FSA meets the
Beekeeper is a modern-day Thoreau
Writer Sue Hubbell, a fiercely independent beekeeper who makes her living all alone on her land in the Ozarks, had to be convinced that she had a memoir worth writing.
