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Find all the results for the 2021 Barlow Independent Fair junior livestock sale here.

Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Westmoreland County is offering a virtual seminar, "Gardeners Digging Deeper."

The USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories announced Sept. 24 confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 in a ferret in Florida.

On Sept. 20, the chief veterinary officer in Haiti reported a positive case of African swine fever to the World Organisation for Animal Health.

The five families recognized with 2021 Ohio Conservation Farm Family Awards are all improving their land for future generations, but each in their own way.

Find all the results for the 2021 Big Knob Grange Fair junior livestock sale here.

Pennsylvania will partner with DoorDash to have healthy, nutritious meals delivered to homebound seniors in need. 

U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle, of Pennsylvania, announced the Solar Supply Chain Act to invest $700 million annually over the next four years to expand domestic solar component manufacturing. The next day, U.S. Reps. Tim Ryan, of Ohio, and Dan Kildee, of Michigan, introduced the Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act to provide tax credits for American solar component manufacturers. 

Marlin Clark offers insight into the grain markets as we await the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Sept. 1 grain stocks report on Sept. 30.

The Pennsylvania Farmland Preservation program recommends prime farmland soil remain available for agricultural production and that solar development instead take place on rooftops, impervious surfaces or on less productive soils. The problem is there is no mechanism at the state level to control siting of utility-scale solar projects.