Chris Houser, Penn State Extension assistant director for agronomy and natural resources programs, has been named the organization’s associate director for programs. He has been serving in the ...

Governor Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding visited Talview Dairy Farm in Lebanon County on Oct. 15 to celebrate a major milestone in Pennsylvania’s ...

The Agriculture Department faces a court order to release SNAP benefits the department refuses to fund this month with the ...

WILMINGTON — An area college announced last week that it purchased a farm facility that it plans to revitalize into an Agriscience complex. Wilmington College announced on Thursday, Oct. 30, that it ...

Nov. 02, GNA- Mr Adamu Bening Yakubu, the Sissala East Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), has underscored the importance of more empowerment of ...

Almost (but not quite) the biggest winner: Naya Young. Tampa voters have chosen Young to fill the late Gwen Henderson’s ...

As the holiday season nears — a time when many families gather around tables filled with local produce and dairy — lawmakers in Albany are sounding the alarm over the future of farming in New York. In ...

Solar companies have figured out how to mix sheep grazing and power production. This company is about to make a push to do it ...

Mercy Chilembwe from Nthambala Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Kalumbu in Lilongwe had a bad experience with hybrid seeds last year. She recalls buying seeds packaged in green plastic bags that ...

Researchers discovered that soil microbes in Kansas carry drought “memories” that affect how plants grow and survive. Native plants showed stronger responses to these microbial legacies than crops ...

Mr Solomon Gumah, a stringer at the Tamale Office of the Ghana News Agency (GNA), has won the Print/Online Category of the ...

The fact that a contingency plan explaining how the department could continue to fund SNAP during the shutdown with emergency funds disappeared overnight from the USDA site, however, definitely is.