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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack talks trade at a Woodward, Iowa farm on 8/18/22 (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch).

Federal government has given $800M to keep indebted farmers afloat

BY: - October 19, 2022

Pennsylvania's farm loan obligations totaled $69.4M, according to federal data.

Wolf admin. touts $13M in tax credits available to Pa. farmers | Monday Morning Coffee

BY: - August 1, 2022

The credits can be used to offset the costs of sustainability and conservation projects such as no-till planting and precision ag equipment, waste storage facilities, conservation plans, and Nutrient Management Plans.

Pa. preserves 30 farms, more than 2,300 acres, to the tune of $5.1M

BY: - June 17, 2021

Since its creation, the program has preserved 5,329 farms and 552,702 acres of farmland in Pennsylvania. 

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Preserving Pa.’s farms | Friday Morning Coffee

BY: - December 11, 2020

What you might not have known is that the Pennsylvania Farmland Preservation Program has been in place since 1988, with its first preservation occurring a year later in 1989. 

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New state budget sets aside $16M for Pa. farmers hit by pandemic | Tuesday Morning Coffee

BY: - December 1, 2020

The blink-and-you missed spending plan offers tax credits and grants to Pa. farmers.