Department of Agriculture

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture notified local governments and agencies last week that the federal government is holding back money appropriated for the vouchers, which means fewer recipients will get vouchers and their distribution has been delayed.

Gov. Josh Shapiro promised to fight cuts to rural healthcare, avian influenza and agricultural programs during a visit to an eighth-generation potato farm in Sacramento, Pa.

A bill making its way through the Pennsylvania State House would stock marijuana in state-run stores.

Bradford, Sullivan and Wyoming counties are now on the state’s quarantine list due to confirmed populations of the invasive pest, the spotted lanternfly.

Gov. Josh Shapiro announced significant boosts to agriculture spending in his 2025/26 budget. Farmers will reap the benefits of that boost.

Avian influenza poses a low risk to humans, the Centers for Disease Prevention (CDC) reports, but officials in Pennsylvania are not taking chances as cases appear in other states.

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture reported today that several flocks of commercial poultry tested positive for bird flu in five different counties.

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 2025-26 budget would more than double the state’s Ag Innovation Fund and open a fourth bird flu testing facility in Western Pennsylvania.

Gov. Josh Shapiro celebrated the bill that powers Pennsylvania agriculture at the state’s 2025 Farm Show.

Protecting the Chesapeake Bay starts in small streams in Pennsylvania. Just over 2.2 miles of those streams are no longer considered impaired. Representatives from the state and Northcentral Pa. celebrated that milestone near a babbling Turtle Creek at the Griffin Farm in Union County.