**NEW** Schedule of Meetings

The 2014 – 2015 Schedule of Meetings will soon be in the mail!  But you can download it now, put it on your smartphone or tablet, and you’ll have it with you all the time. Click Here:  Online PSPA Digital Schedule … Continued


July Farming Notes – Allison

Duncan Allison again provides a “scan” of farming issues of interest to Society members. FARMING NOTES JULY 2014 Dairy – Hoard’s 2014 Continuing Market Study is now completed and available hdads@hoards.com. The report indicates that per farm milk production has … Continued


Hog Virus Takes A Toll

The New York Times  reported on the increasing impact to the hog industry from the virus, porcine epidemic diarrhea, or PEDv.  Read more on this devastating disease:  NYT Article


Climate Change – Farmers Must Adapt!

Climate Not So Risky Business Cargill Exec Sees Agriculture Adapting, Shifting Northward Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor Interesting article in recent Progressive Farmer online article. >> Progressive Farmer Article Recommended by Duncan Allison


DuPont Cuts Profit Forecast

Reuters reports that DuPont ag sales have increased at a slower than expected pace.  The result is lower profit forecasts for the coming year.  See the full story here:  DuPont Profits Slow


June Farming Notes

Our president, Duncan Allison, continues his series of insights into the national and world ag scene.              FARMING NOTES – JUNE 2014           DAA 6/25/2014 Agriculture and food waste – careless abundance. We are wasting between 31% (USDA) and 40% (NRDC) of … Continued


Ag Leads U.S. Economy

The New York Times (June 20, 2014) reports on the agriculture sector and the major role it plays in the U.S. economy in recent years.  Noteworthy is the fact that both New Jersey and Maryland ranked in the top ten … Continued


Allison Takes the Gavel

Duncan Allison assumed the post of president of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture at the recent June meeting.  Here’s more about his journey to the presidency. Duncan Allison was born long enough ago in England to remember what it … Continued


Recent Acquisitions for PSPA Library

Lynne Farrington, Curator, Printed Books, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania, provides the following fascinating description of two volumes recently acquired for the Society’s collection. Two editions, the original French edition (1760) and the first English edition (1762), of … Continued