Resources

Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and Pennsylvania Agriculture Deputy Secretary Cheryl Cook provide an update on how agriculture is faring in the state during the pandemic and respond to farmers’ questions. 

How does grain affect rumen development in the pre-weaned calf?

A weekly virtual forum for farmers and markets as we work together to adapt our operations and business plans during the coronavirus pandemic.

What financial assistance is available to farms and small businesses impacted by COVID-19?

To weather the coronavirus pandemic, many farms and markets are turning to selling their products online.

Learn best practices for leasing land, what to consider when purchasing land, and how agricultural easements can help secure land for the long term.

Open-source resource for developing safety guidelines for farmers markets during the coronavirus pandemic.

What financial assistance is available to farms and small businesses impacted by COVID-19?

During this farmer listening session, Alyssa Charney from Pa. Senator Bob Casey’s office and John Hollay from United Fresh Produce respond to questions and listen to concerns about the impact of COVID-19 on H-2A farm workers.

This is an open-source checklist created by Pasa Sustainable Agriculture, in collaboration with Penn State Extension, for developing a continuity of business plan during the coronavirus pandemic.

During this webinar, we review guidelines on COVID-19 for farmers, markets, and related ag businesses. 

Through our Soil Health Benchmark Study, we’re discovering soil health problems farmers are facing. During this webinar, we review several common soil health challenges and explore how farmers are working to fix them.

A vegetable farmer grapples with improving soil health on her persistently wet fields.

When you have employees on your farm, implementing best labor management practices is key to both creating a hospitable work environment and meeting your farm’s production needs.

Check out field tools that harness alternative sources of energy, record-keeping and business management software, and impressively efficient organization strategies.

We explore how a row crop farm could utilize cover crops to remediate the damaging effects wet weather has had on its soil aggregate stability.

A farmer considers how he can improve efficiency—and therefore profit—on his third-generation pastured livestock farm.

Are you planning to lease or purchase farmland? Or are you preparing to transition your farm property to new owners?

During this webinar, we’ll explain how you can participate in our Soil Health Benchmark Study, which will help you not only implement more sustainable soil management techniques but also maximize yields and profits.

They say “What gets measured, gets managed.” Given that there is a lot to manage on a working farm, effective record-keeping tools are essential to the success of any farm business.