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Helping farmers and
consumers respond to the challenges facing agriculture in Warren County
Pennsylvania |
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BUY FRESH! BUY LOCAL!
Future of Ag Task Force Meeting
Wednesday, February 24, 6:30-8:30 p.m.,
Cooperative Extension Office, Youngsville, PA This meeting is open to
everyone interested in the future of agriculture
in Warren County. |
FEBRUARY 21-27 IS FOOD CHECK-OUT
WEEK
 Food
Check-Out Week is an American Farm Bureau program to help teach Americans how to
stretch their grocery dollars with healthy, nutritious food.
America’s farmers and ranchers are committed to producing safe, abundant
and healthy food. The
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau is helping consumers find solutions to
eating healthy on a stretched budget.
More information .....
AG AWARENESS WEEK IS MARCH 15
- 20
Providing a Wealth of Production and Farm Business Development
Ideas!
 Penn
State Extension and the Future of Ag Task Force are proud to sponsor
Ag Awareness Week, 2010.
This year’s schedule includes:
Monday, March 15 - Agronomy Day
Tuesday, March 16 - Vegetable Day, Evening program - Backyard
Gardens
Wednesday, March 17 - Dairy Day
Friday, March 19 - Business Development Day
Saturday, March 20 - Forestry/Natural Resources Day
All programs will be held at the Warren Extension
Center in Youngsville, PA. See the
Ag Awareness Week Schedule (a PDF
file) for program details.
To register for any program, please print and
mail in the registration form.
All programs are “pay at the door.” The registration deadline is March
12, 2010 |
JUST FOR DAIRY FARMERS
 The
November 2009 issue of
Penn State's
Northwest Pennsylvania Dairy Extension News is
now available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file. This issue includes
market reports, and information about local workshops.
JUST COWS - Dairy and
Beef Web Resources for Producers and Consumers
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A little
help is big boost for Mike Doty
Reprinted from
Farmshine,
Friday, January 8, 2010 issue, p.32
 PITTSFIELD,
Pa. -- Ten years ago Mike and Reta Doty, who farm near here in Warren
County, purchased their dream farm. It was a dilapidated farmstead with
collapsing buildings and weed-encroached fields. They weren’t naive about
the state of the farm; but where others saw despair, they saw hope. The
Dotys thought they’d raise beef cows and Jersey bulls, but when a neighbor
needed six cows milked by hand, the Dotys stepped in. Before too long,
Mike Doty was envisioning pastures filled with a healthy dairy herd
and proper facilities to care for them. More...
Local winery strikes gold at
farm show
 By
BRIAN FERRY
bferry@timesobserver.com Times Observer January 30,2010.
When Alan Chapel and Tina West sent eight bottles of wine
for judging at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, they hoped for a good result.
But, up against more than 300 other state wines, they hadn't counted on
bringing home too much of the hardware.
The judges had other ideas. More than half of the winery's entries won.
The winery's Big Bend Blush took the gold medal honors as best American
wine variety. Bull Hill Blush and Fawnd Memories won silvers and Two Mile
Red and Bigfoot Shadows brought home bronze. The other entries were Depot
Red, Wildcat White and Tionesta Sunrise.
"I got five out of eight," Chapel said. "That's great. Way more than I
expected." More.....
"COME GROW WITH US 2010"
 The Penn State Master Gardeners of Warren County invite you to swing into
Spring. Meet other gardeners, learn about a variety of gardening
topics, and just have an enjoyable day on April 24 at Youngsville High
School from 8:00 am until 3:00 pm.
The keynote speaker will be
Rick Mikula, "The Butterfly Guy."
Admission is limited.
More information .....
The Warren County Conservation District has launched
their new website at
www.wcconservation.net/ Visit it for information about their programs and
services.
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WARREN COUNTY AGRICULTURE
RESOURCES
AG
RESOURCES - a directory of agencies, organizations and
other resources supporting agriculture in Warren County. This is
an on-line adaptation of Services for Agricultural Producers,
a pamphlet produced and sponsored by Penn State Cooperative Extension,
Warren County Conservation District, Warren County Farm Bureau, Warren
County Commissioners and Natural Resources Conservation Service
 WarrenAg.org is a project of The
Future of Warren County Agriculture Task Force - a community-based program
supported by
Penn State Cooperative Extension to help residents and farmers respond
to the challenges facing agriculture in Warren County Pennsylvania.
FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE TASK
FORCE
MEETINGS, MINUTES AND HISTORY
If you are a Warren County producer and would like to
be added to our website please
contact us. |
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