Page 3 - Andy Bater News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Industry experts say there's a lot of promise, but also challenges that remain.

Stakeholders say hunting offers the best solution for stopping wildlife crop damage, but hunters and farmers are struggling to connect.

The Darlington family’s farm sits along U.S. Route 322, which Pennsylvania has proposed widening to complete the freeway connection between Harrisburg and Interstate 80. The project comes 25 years after

The Darlington family’s farm sits along U.S. Route 322, which Pennsylvania has proposed widening to complete the freeway connection between Harrisburg and Interstate 80. The project comes 25 years after

Back Mike Coakley, who farms in Yarnell, started seeing elk in his fields in 2015. Since then, he has shot three for damaging his corn and soybeans. He estimates a $4,000 loss per crop. But now the elk are digging up his hay fields and eating round bales, as well as stripping bark off trees that have lumber value. Farmers Waiting on Crop Ruling Farmers can legally shoot wildlife that damages a cultivated crop, but the Game Commission has yet to determine if hay fits into that category. Until that’s resolved, Coakley can’t do much about forage-gobbling elk. “Our legal department...