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Courtesy of Pennsylvania Soybean Board TOP GROWERS: Mike and Bob Shearer of Twin Lane Farm in Mount Joy, Pa., took top honors in the 2020 Pennsylvania Soybean Yield Contest. Mike and Bob Shearer had a winning yield of 100.69 bushels an acre. Dec 14, 2020 For the second consecutive year, Twin Lane Farm — owned by Mike and Bob Shearer (2018 Mid-Atlantic Master Farmer) from Mount Joy, Pa. — was the state’s top producer in the Pennsylvania Soybean Yield Contest, spo...

Tom Vilsack has officially been nominated to serve as Secretary of Agriculture in the Biden Administration, reprising the role he held under President Obama for eight years, and the biofuels industry is quite happy with that decision. Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff Cooper says Vilsack is an excellent choice. “We are especially happy to have someone in the Biden administration who intimately understands the crucial role renewable fuels and agriculture can play in confronti...