Yearly Archives: 2017
Electric cars in rural America
Advances in battery technology will make electric vehicles more attractive to rural consumers.
Ohio, Pa. agriculture by the numbers (Infographic)
We often take the economic impact of local agriculture for granted. This infographic breaks down numbers from U.S., Ohio and Pennsylvania agriculture.
Pennsylvania preserves farms in 20 counties
Pennsylvania’s Agricultural Land Preservation Board approved conservation easement purchases that will protect another 29 farms totaling 2,093 acres.
Court rules against Pa. drillers in royalty dispute
The Attorney General’s lawsuit seeks to recover for thousands of Pennsylvania landowners the money wrongfully deducted from fracking royalty checks.
Wayne County Fair plans $1.25 million expansion project
The Wayne County Fair board moves forward with plans to construct two new livestock facilities on the fairgrounds by 2019.
Bringing Penn State to Pa. Farm Show
The Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences will have exhibits at the Pennsylvania Farm Show from Jan. 6-13 in Harrisburg.
Farm and Dairy’s top web stories in 2017
You picked the stories that interested you the most in Farm and Dairy’s top web stories in 2017. Now, make sure you didn’t miss anything.
Typical family farm? It’s complicated
It's hard to lump family farms into one neat package. Family farms are small, large and everywhere in between, and their farm business structure can be simple or complicated. More from Editor Susan Crowell.
Wet spring set stage for delayed crop year
Many farmers were forced to plant, or replant, well into June, due to continuous rain, but local farmers had surprisingly good yields in 2017. Prices, on the other hand, were down.
Meet me by the old oak tree
Judith Sutherland reflects on the way trees in fields on farms serve as a marker for those of us who grow up in the wide-open spaces of farmland.
