Thursday - November 21, 2024
State Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Sunday November 03, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Pa. Agriculture Dept.: Shapiro Administration Tours Riverton Farms, Highlighting PA Investments in Military Veteran Farmers
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Nov. 2 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture issued the following news on Nov. 1, 2024: * * * Invites Veterans' Organizations to Apply for Funding to Supply Grants to Military Veterans for Farm Start-Ups, Expansion * * * Doylesburg, PA - Today, Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding toured Riverton Farms in Doylesburg, Franklin County. The veteran-owned beef and sheep farm received $10,000 in 2024 to fund a well and pump to water their livestock through Penns  more

Pennsylvania Declares Drought Conditions in 35 Counties
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Nov. 2 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: * * * 33 counties now in Drought Watch - 2 counties now under Drought Warning Dry conditions persist statewide * * * The Pennsylvania Drought Task Force has announced that the counties of Adams, Allegheny, Beaver, Bucks, Butler, Carbon, Chester, Clearfield, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Indiana, Lancaster, Lawrence, Lebanon, Lehi  more