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Pennsylvania’s rural population is expected to shrink by 5.8% by 2050. The state legislature wants to reverse the drain through a new commission.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro celebrated the bill that powers Pennsylvania agriculture at the state’s 2025 Farm Show.
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Besides food and fun, educational programming is a large part of the Pennsylvania Farm Show’s scheduling. An event about suicide prevention in agricultural communities highlighted resources for the community, as well as the unique stressors farmers face that make them vulnerable to mental health struggles.
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The Pennsylvania Farm Show welcomes birds for the first time since 2022. With no reported commercial or backyard bird flu cases in Pennsylvania, cases are on the rise nationwide, including the first confirmed human death in the United States.
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FFA, formerly Future Farmers of America, membership is at a record high nationwide, and at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, students from Northeast and Central Pennsylvania learn about the importance of agriculture.
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At the Pennsylvania Farm Show dairy cows as big as trucks are guided through crowds for baths amongst a chorus of moos. Children fish for baby trout. And attendees slurp down the show’s iconic milkshakes.
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