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"Dairy was a tight market to begin with," Martin said. "Having to turn around and make everything for the consumer side was difficult." "We've never seen such rapid and devastating change as at the beginning of COVID," Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture spokesperson Shannon Powers said.  Powers added that the industry is witnessing several farmers added in-demand products such as yogurt. The ability to pivot and change directions has been vital for survival.  "When the pandemic hit, it was a bombshell," Luke Brubaker of Brubaker Farms in Mount Joy said. "Schools were a big thing. It ...

NewsSportsEntertainmentLifestyleOpinionUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals Retired Kretschmann owners ponder future of Beaver County farm Retired farmer Don Kretschmann is considering “hundreds” of new inquiries to take over his family’s produce operation, while daughter Maria Kretschmann plans to launch an initiative helping people of color break into farming. NEW SEWICKLEY TWP. — Maria Kretschmann wants to share her family’s time-honored Beaver County farmland with historically disadvantaged growers. By this time next year, the daughter of Kretschmann Family Organic Farm owner Don ...