Thanks for member Duncan Allison for these notes each month. Our vital resource – farmland. There are several concerns about our farmland in the US. First there has been a steady decrease in farmland from 945 million acres in 2000 … Continued
PSPA member Duncan Allison recently attended the Chester Delaware County Farm Bureau’s Spring Banquet and wanted to share some key notes from the presentation. No one could have left Octorara High School on National Ag Day Thursday, March 14, without being … Continued
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A new report issued today (March 27) shows how U.S. farmers — facing a surge of weather events and disease outbreaks — can increase production and revenues with innovations produced by federally funded agricultural research, including … Continued
People often suffer from an ‘illusion of knowledge,’ write the authors of a new study that finds that people who hold the most extreme views about genetically modified foods know the least. Recently, researchers asked more than 2,000 American and … Continued
PSPA member Dr. Joshua McGrath provided information on this exciting and interesting development by a hero of his, Dr. Bill Raun, at Oklahoma State University. Josh says of Dr. Raun, “This has been his main project for maybe the last 10 … Continued
Last year G2 Crowd introduced predictions for 2018’s major digital trends, but this year the focus is on trends in specific industries and how digital transformation will affect them in 2019. This post is one part of G2 Crowd’s 2019 … Continued
At the February meeting of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture Dr. Bettsy Mosimann was presented with the Society’s prestigious medal in recognition of her contributions to the Society over many years. The backdrop for the presentation of this historic … Continued
The Stroud Water Research Center and famous Doe Run Farm are the destinations for our next field trip coming up on March 7, 2019. Here are some details from the recent email announcement: Here’s the schedule for the day: 10am: … Continued
Prof. Lori Lynch Presented at February Meeting The presentation at our February meeting by Prof. Lori Lynch struck a distinctly international tone. Dr. Lynch covered, with fascinating photographs, her recent sabbatical in Columbia studying sustainable villages. Her data and observations … Continued
Thanks to member Bettsy Mosimann for tracking down this most interesting article on the application of high tech agriculture on small farms. Rivendale Farms outside Pittsburgh is a laboratory for applying technology to smaller farms. About 150 Jersey cows in … Continued
