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Graybeal Honor!
Lisa Graybeal just completed 3 years as Chair person of LCAC. Former past President Mike Peachey presents an honoraria certificate of appreciation! Lisa’s tireless work and involvement is greatly appreciated as she continued the momentum of giving Lancaster County Ag Council an even stronger voice locally and state wide! It was indeed a privilege to […]
Continue ReadingMoving to Another Part of the State not the Solution to Bay Cleanup
Moving to Another Part of the State not the Solution to Bay Cleanup AGRI- TUDE LISA GRAYBEAL After farming here in Lancaster County since 1942, our third-generation dairy farm family is going to pick up and leave to begin a new chapter in agriculture in western Pennsylvania (not really, but stay with me on this). […]
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Turkey Hill Dairy, 3 national corporations focus on Lancaster County farmers over water pollution
Looking over a conservation practice on the Graywood Farms dairy operation in Fulton Township are, from left: Bob Cooksey, Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers; John Cox, president of Turkey Hill Dairy; Jenna Mitchell, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay; Lisa Graybeal, Graywood Farms co-owner; Chris Thompson, Lancaster County Conservation District; and Byron Graybeal, Graywood Farms co-owner.BLAINE […]
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“Choose PA Dairy” Campaign
Pennsylvania dairy: it’s goodness that matters for good nutrition, better health, stronger farm families, and a strong economy. The commonwealth’s dairy industry fuels all of this by providing an abundant supply of fresh, wholesome milk that’s rich in the nine essential nutrients for good health and by supporting our state’s economy to the tune […]
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State’s lanternfly outbreak has all of US growers worried
AGRICULTURE State’s lanternfly outbreak has all of US growers worried ZACH MONTAGUE NEW YORK TIMES To most people, the buds and sprouts of April are welcome heralds of spring. But to some farmers and scientists in the southeastern corner of Pennsylvania, these signs mark the beginning of a long season of dread. Their worry is […]
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Ag Dept. pushes Pa.-made milk, dairy
Ag Dept. pushes Pa.-made milk, dairy AGRICULTURE Marketing campaign tries to bolster ailing industry AD CRABLE ACRABLE@LNPNEWS.COM Pennsylvania’s latest campaign to help struggling dairy farmers urges residents to seek out milk made only in Pennsylvania. The “Choose PA Dairy: Goodness That Matters” campaign has been launched by the state Department of Agriculture along with dairy industry […]
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Agri[CULTURE] – Building on Diversity
Many of us are creatures of habit when it comes to what we do and how we get it done. The “ruts of repetition” can get deep quickly! We do well to stop and ask ourselves, “Why do we do what we do?” To explore potential diversity and build on it in a farm operation […]
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