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UNIVERSITY PARK — Jennifer Fetter, Penn State Extension water resources program leader, has been named director of the Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training. Fetter has served as the center’s interim director since it was launched earlier this year. As part of an ongoing effort to promote soil and water conservation on farms, Penn State’s […]
UNIVERSITY PARK — Jennifer Fetter, Penn State Extension water resources program leader, has been named director of the Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training.
Renee McDonald, a first-generation sheep producer in Lee County Georgia, spends many nights monitoring newborn ewes. In the last lambing season at Sheepy Acres Farm, eight out of ten of her pregnant ewes gave birth to twins. The lambing season holds many memories, but it also presents challenges, including twin births that require double the attention.
The challenge for many growers is finding the time and money to prioritize conservation practices while maintaining daily operations.
This week, the Senate is expected to consider a four-bill “minibus” appropriations package that would combine the Interior and Environment and Financial Services and General Government package that passed the House last week with the Senate’s version of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Related Agencies, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies appropriations bills.