Farm Success through Successful Employees
Employees are often the farms biggest expense as well as biggest asset. At the recent Penn State’s recent “Farm Success” workshop Mike Peroni from Boistfort Valley Farm discussed his systems for...
View ArticleFDA Seeks Comments on Food Safety Proposed Rules (comments due December 15)
by Johanna Mirenda, PCO Policy Director The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the publication of its revised food safety proposed rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act. The...
View ArticleTips for Rotational Grazing on Organic Dairy Farms
By Mat Haan, Extension Dairy Educator, Penn State Extension Providing dairy cattle with enough high quality forage is key to ensure milk production and cow health on any dairy farm. For organic dairy...
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Bacterial Disease Management of Onions
BACTERIAL DISEASE MANAGEMENT OF ONION Beth K. Gugino and Emily E. Pfeufer, Associate Professor and Post-doctoral Scholar Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, The Pennsylvania...
View ArticleFree Organic Valley/PCO Member Meeting Focuses on Animal Health, Organic...
Please join Organic Valley/CROPP Cooperative and Pennsylvania Certified Organic for the first in a series of 2015 regional member meetings. On Thursday February 12th CROPP/OV staff and PCO...
View Article2015 Food Trends
2015 Food Trends Heather Manzo Mikulas Extension Educator; Agricultural Marketing & Economic Community Development Penn State Cooperative Extension- Allegheny County 400 North Lexington Street...
View ArticleCarbid Beetles: Your Allies On The Ground
Mary Barbercheck, Dept. of Entomology, Penn State University, meb34@psu.edu You may not notice them, but hordes of hungry carnivorous insects are keeping pests at bay in your fields. The ground and...
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A Case Study Report of Dairy Farms in the Northeast Using Ultra-high Stock...
By Mena Hautau, Extension Educator Ultra-high stocking density (UHSD) grazing, sometimes referred to as “mob grazing”, is characterized by: high stocking density (units bodyweight/units area; 500,000 +...
View ArticleFarmFest Brings Outstanding Speakers, Education
Agriculture, Homesteading, and Soil Health Centre Hall, PA: For four years Pennsylvania Organic FarmFest has been bringing innovative speakers to the stage for free educational workshops for farmers,...
View ArticleTop USDA Official Talks Latest in Organic Crop Insurance at Pennsylvania Farm
A top official from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency took to the road this week to get feedback from farmers in Pennsylvania on how new enhancements to federal crop insurance...
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