Pennsylvania crops benefited by moisture despite limited fieldwork
Leaf beetle activity and spraying begin as soil moisture arrives in central counties. By May 22, Pennsylvania reports 95 percent of fieldwork completed, eight days ahead of last year, with corn 75 percent planted and oats nearly finished in the north.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service
Northern
Commonwealth
Central
Sunshine Bill for Farmers advances in Harrisburg
Rep Kenneth Brandt says HB 2392 the Sunshine Bill for Farmers would require yearly co op audits give members power to remove directors and allow state oversight. The measure would fund educational seminars by Penn State to educate cooperative directors and is moving to the House floor.
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Harrisburg
Kenneth E. Brandt
Lancaster
House Agriculture Committee
Brandt
Agriculture Committee
Lehigh Valley
Farmers Cooperative
Co-Op
Department of Agriculture
Penn
New Hay Conditioner and 21-Foot Draper Table for MF 655
Massey Ferguson introduces a larger 21-foot diaper table for the MF 655 swather with a truss rod on the table boom for stiffness and a level cutter bar. A new hay conditioner increases ground clearance to reduce stone and trash pickup, and lower conditioner rolls gain regreaseable sealed bearings. New 5-bar metal reel and diaper shields are available for the 21-foot setup.
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Massey-Ferguson
Massey- Ferguson
Weather Report Notes Hay Pasture Boost and Frost Impact
Last weeks rain improved hay and pasture conditions with hay mostly fair to good and pastures now average. The first alfalfa cutting is 12 percent complete with most harvested for silage and alfalfa quality rated fair. Fruit development is ahead of last year with strawberries ripening and transplanting continuing for tomatoes amid expected June frost effects.
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Central Counties
Lebanon Area Fairgrounds
Evergreen
Cornwall Roads
Lebanon
Lebanon Valley
Tractors Pullers Association
Joe Eckenrode
E.Z. Bale Wagons
MAES
Lititz
E.Z
A. B. C. Groff, Inc
New Holland, PA