Harvest Slow Yet Growth Strong Across County Crops
Lancaster County farmers report slow harvest with as much as 60 percent of crops still standing in places. Moist, hot weather boosts corn and tobacco growth while wheat harvest remains difficult. some fields show sprouting and high moisture. Pastures and hay respond well. local canning tomatoes ripening slowly. sweet corn ready in about two weeks.
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Lancaster County
Quarryville
Rowth
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service
Pittsburgh
Emporium
Lancaster
Wellboro
Early fruit and crop activity across Pennsylvania
The report notes early apples and peach varieties being harvested. Farm work included harvesting wheat and oats in southern counties, sowing buckwheat in northern and western areas, and haymaking statewide. Barley harvest nears completion with notable rainfall deficits in Altoona and Scranton since the season began, while Erie records the wettest conditions with 276 inches more rain than normal.
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Pennsylvania
Atoona
Scranton
Erie
Pennsyvania
PSU Holstein milking record sire Lucifer offspring
A Holstein cow named PSU Holstein began testing at 9 years 7 months and produced 1 016 pounds of butterfat while milked twice daily. Pennstate Lucifer Anna Star, bred in the owner’s herd, is sired by Lauxmont Admiral Lucifer a Silver Medal Production Sire.
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Lucifer Anna Star
Lauxmont
Admiral Lucifer
Inventiveness Urged By Rural Sociologist
The Rural Society of America calls for a spirit of inventiveness among rural leaders to speed social adjustments. Penn State economist Macklin E. John notes faster tech changes outpace social ones as a folder reaches 7,000 leaders in agriculture and rural life across 46 states and 40 foreign countries.
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Rural Sociological Society of America
Macklin E. John
Pennsylvania State University
John
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Kicker
Ariz
B.C
Calif
Fis
Minn, Mo
C.N.Y
W.N.Y
N.C
Tenn
Tex
Utah
Wisc
Longenecker’s Hatchery
Elizabethtown
Dty
Harvestore
O. Smith Harvestore Products, Inc
Kankakee,llinois
A. O. Smith International, $.A
Milwaukee, Wis
Knipmeyer, Inc
New Holland, Pa
Elgin
PSU Holstein
Grofftown RD
W. Roseville Rd
Lancaster, Pa
Keo
Red Rose
David B. Hurst
Bowmansville
Musser Farms, Inc
R. D
Columbia, PA
A. L. Herr & Bro
Quarryville, PA
West Willow Farmers Association
West Willow, PA
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