Thanks to Duncan Allison for providing us these farming notes for October.   Awards can be valuable in recognizing outstanding individuals for embodying excellence in their profession and showcasing their achievements and commendable qualities. The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture … Continued

Florence Fabricant, October 23, 2017 The latest newcomers to flock to Eastern Long Island’s North Fork, between Riverhead and Greenport, are not seeking some cutting-edge new vacation spot. They’re year-rounders: grazing sheep, goats and herds of cattle. And they’re changing … Continued

Somini Sengupta, October 13, 2017 TERBOL, Lebanon — Ali Shehadeh, a seed hunter, opened the folders with the greatest of care. Inside each was a carefully dried and pressed seed pod: a sweet clover from Egypt, a wild wheat found … Continued

The October meeting of the Society will clearly highlight this year’s program theme, “Value-added Agriculture”. The team (Fran and Mark Fischer) from Castle Valley Mill (a restored 18th century mill producing authentically stone ground, whole grain products) will share about … Continued

PSPA is sad to announce to its members the passing of Maximillian “Max” Spann, Sr. on August 2, 2017. Maximillian “Max” Maurice Eble Spann Senior, 89, of Washington Twp, NJ passed away peacefully on August 2nd, 2017 on his farm … Continued

Dr. Maria Gallo inspired the September 2017 meeting of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture with a lively and challenging presentation. Dr. Gallo focused on her extensive experiences in research and leadership in agriculture, academics and extension. She highlighted data … Continued

Bettsy Mosimann regularly contributes interesting links to articles on current agricultural subjects. We appreciate that sees sharing these and here is a recent article which appeared in the New York Times.   Monsanto’s Weed Killer, Dicamba, Divides Farmers Twenty-five million … Continued

Thanks to Duncan Allison for this month’s Farming notes.   Canada recently (July 19-21) agreed on agricultural policy in a plan for the next five years and investment of $3 billion in six priority areas following a meeting of Federal, … Continued

Thanks to Duncan Allison for his recap of this year’s Ag Progress Days at Penn State.   There was no sign of a suffering industry at Ag Progress Days this week. There were as many people as ever to my … Continued

We do not really need to look to the accelerated retreat of arctic sea ice, the steady retreat of glaciers on most continents, the massive iceberg (size of Delaware) that recently split off from the Antarctic to understand that there … Continued