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USDA Takes Steps to Comply With Sugar Beet Court Order

The Agriculture Department announced steps Wednesday to comply with a federal court decision last month rejecting the deregulation of Roundup Ready sugar beets.

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PA Farm Bureau Comments on Conservation Programs at Ag Progress Days

(Rock Springs) – Pennsylvania Farm Bureau discussed the importance of funding conservation programs and practices, while offering suggestions on how some programs could be improved during a public forum hosted by members of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture at Ag Progress Days.    More

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Chesapeake Bay Improvement Bill Advances in U.S. House

Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) is hailing H.R. 5509, the Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act, as a practical way to improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay without crippling farmers, businesses and communities located within the Bay Watershed.  The bill, introduced by Pennsylvania Congressman Tim Holden (D -17th), Vice Chair of the House Agriculture Committee, was unanimously approved today during a voice vote by the U.S. House Agriculture Committee and reported to the full House with a recommendation for passage. More

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Farm Bureau in the News

State Should Not Decide Livestock Antibiotic Restrictions

Pennsylvania Farm Bureau voiced its opposition to any state-imposed restrictions on the use of approved antibiotics on livestock during a public hearing held Tuesday, Aug. 10 by the Pennsylvania House Majority Policy Committee. More


PA Farm Bureau’s Mobile Agriculture Education Science Lab Visits Northern PA
(Public Invited to Tour Ag Lab)

The Pennsylvania Friends of Agriculture Foundation, a charitable organization supported by Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB), will be bringing agriculture education to Northern Pennsylvania as the newest Mobile Agriculture Education Science Lab stops at four locations, August 3-6. More


Senate Passes Farm Truck Driver Bill (PFB Urges House to Approve Bill that Restores Vehicle Exemptions)

PA Farm Bureau (PFB) thanked the state Senate for passing legislation that would provide some relief to farmers by restoring several previous exemptions for drivers of agricultural vehicles in Pennsylvania. Full story

 

 

 

 
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