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Steiner Family of Ohio named Distinguished Dairy Cattle Breeder
The Matt Steiner Family of Pine-Tree Dairy in Wayne County, Ohio, has been named Distinguished Dairy Cattle Breeder by the National Dairy Shrine. The organization awards this honor each year to a progressive dairy breeder, who expertly implements sound genetic and business principles and would be considered one of the “all-time greats” in cattle breeding.
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‘Field to Table’ dinner celebration held in a soybean field
Like any successful crop, the Berks County Farm Bureau’s inaugural Field to Table Dinner began with a seed: What if people could enjoy a field-to-table dinner in the middle of a growing crop? On May 31, that seed came to life at Jeremy Meck’s farm near Womelsdorf, where guests dined among rows of growing soybeans…
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A community is building opportunity for the next generation
The first thing Eastern Lebanon County School District Superintendent Julia Vicente wants people to understand about the ELCO Legacy Barn is simple: “This is 100% funded by donations,” she said. In a time when school districts face tight budgets, rising regulations, and scrutiny over property taxes, this stands as something different.
