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This story originally ran in January 2020. A new round of training for the Master Watershed Steward program will be held virtually, starting in March 2021. The Lower Susquehanna region covering Lancaster, Lebanon and Dauphin counties, will hold an online open house Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 6:30 p.m. Pennsylvania has more than 86,000 miles of rivers, streams and creeks, second only to Alaska. That’s a lot of freshwater streams and rivers to protect, repair and monitor. The master watershed ...

From rainscaping to houseplants, here are the 8 hot gardening trends of 2021 Updated Dec 31, 2020; Facebook Share Droves of stuck-at-home families started food gardens and carved relaxation areas out of their yards this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Gardening trend-watchers say those will carry over as the biggest two gardening trends on the 2021 horizon as well. As we close the door on 2020, here’s the dirt on everything that trend-watchers see in their compost-stained crystal ...

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...

GREAT BEND TRIBUNE Wheat fertilization past to present The Drought Monitor, as of this past Tuesday shows the same pattern as the previous update. Most of Barton, Stafford, Pawnee, Rice, and Reno Counties continue abnormally dry with moderate drought a close as Ellis and eastern Ellsworth Counties. The six to ten-day outlook (Dec. 16 to 20) indicates slightly above normal temperatures for the state with below normal precipitation. The eight to 14 day outlook (Dec. 18 to 24) indi...