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Lancaster Farming is printed in four to five sections, averaging about 200 pages per issue. [1] Section A is devoted to breaking news, dairy and beef news, commodity market reports, and upcoming events. [1] Section B is the family section which includes recipes, food and nutrition, antiques, and organizations such as 4-H, FFA and the Grange. [1]
With some of the most fertile non-irrigated soil in the U.S., Lancaster County has a strong farming industry. [109] [110] Lancaster County's 5293 farms, generating $800 million in food, feed and fiber, are responsible for nearly a fifth of the state's agricultural output. [111]
A farmstead in Perry Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.. Agriculture is a major industry in the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania. [1] As of the most recent United States Census of Agriculture conducted in 2017, there were 53,157 farms in Pennsylvania, covering an area of 7,278,668 acres (2,945,572 hectares) with an average size of 137 acres (55 hectares) per farm. [2]
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In 1921, the State Fair Commission was created to find a site for a new venue to house the increasingly popular Pennsylvania Farm Show, but was replaced in 1927 with the State Farm Products Show Commission.
The Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum is a 100-acre living history museum located on the site of a former rural crossroads village in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.Founded by brothers Henry K. Landis and George Landis in 1925 and incorporated in 1941, it is now operated by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. [3]
The Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences offers 17 undergraduate majors, [1] 23 minors, [2] and graduate programs in 18 major areas. [3] The college awarded the nation's first baccalaureate degrees in agriculture in 1861.
The Johannes Harnish Farmstead is an historic American home and farm that is located in West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1]