Chris Torres

1 week ago | farmprogress.com | Chris Torres

Steve Harnish is the first person to tell you that he’s a stingy guy. And probably with good reason. With only 220 acres and 200 head of milking cows, he wants to know that what he’s buying for his Lancaster County, Pa., dairy will benefit his bottom line. "I need to find value when I'm going to spend something," Harnish says. That’s exactly what he did before investing in boluses. “I knew that in vitro measurement was possible.

1 week ago | farmprogress.com | Chris Torres

With uncertainty high in farm country, the secretary of agriculture is optimistic about long-term trade deals. USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins’ first visit to Pennsylvania farms on Monday was overshadowed by the surprise announcement that USDA was “canceling” the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Program.

2 weeks ago | mooresvilletribune.com | Chris Torres

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2 weeks ago | nonpareilonline.com | Chris Torres

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2 weeks ago | farmprogress.com | Chris Torres

Record-low corn acres in Pennsylvania. Record-high soybean acres in New York and Ohio. Take a look at what local farmers are planting this spring, based on USDA’s Prospective Plantings Report for the Northeast, mid-Atlantic, Michigan and Ohio:Corn acres are up in most states, following the national trend, but Pennsylvania’s corn crop will be its lowest ever, at 970,000 acres.