Celebrating Hardworking Pennsylvania Ag on #NationalAgDay
PennAg's Chris Herr Visits with PCN's Dave Williams
🌱 WE ARE PENNSYLVANIA AGRICULTURE - KEEPING YOU FED AND FUELED
🌱 WE ARE PENNSYLVANIA AGRICULTURE - KEEPING YOU FED AND FUELED
Every one of PennAg's nearly 500 member companies and their essential employees are working hard to deliver a safe, nutritious and plentiful food supply for family, friends and neighbors across the Commonwealth during these uncertain times. Rest assured we'll continue to keep agriculture moving so you're fed and fueled, now and always.
Special thanks to our members for joining in to help share this important story:
🔸 Reuben Smith - Centerra Co-op
🔸 Andy Bradford - Nutraferma
🔸 Eric Miller - Wenger Feeds
🔸 Nathan Hykes - GROWMARK FS, LLC
🔸 Brent Hershey - Hershey Ag
🔸 Rita McMullen - PDM Insurance Agency, Inc.
🔸 Mark Ely - Limestone Springs Fishing Preserve
🔸 Chris Pierce - Heritage Poultry Management Services, Inc.
🔸 John Menges - Best Veterinary Solutions
🔸 Dale Harnish - Earl R. Martin, Inc.
🔸 Brad Clemens - Clemens Food Group
🔸 Susan Snider - Snider's Elevator Inc
🔸 Darlene Confer - Centre County Grange Encampment and Fair
🔸 John Higinbotham - EMM Sales & Service, Inc.
🔸 Matt Sharrer - Agricultural Commodities Inc.
🔸 Mary Henry - MidAtlantic Farm Credit
🔸 Jon Slothour - ProAg Premix/Mark Hershey Farms Inc
#fedandfueledbyag
American Farming Brings Everyone to the Table with Abundant & Safe Food
The average American farmer feeds approximately 166 people worldwide. We're pleased to bring abundant, safe and affordable food to your table. Celebrate #NationalAgDay today and get all the facts on American farming. #AgDay20
Learn more at agday.org.
Farming and Family Go Hand-in-Hand Across America
Farming is a family affair, just like time spent gathered around the dinner table. Celebrate #NationalAgDay by enjoying some nutritious and delicious Pennsylvania produced food, fresh from our farms to your family. #AgDay20
Learn more at agday.org.
American Ag Drives Economy and Brings Everyone to the Table
Do you know where your food comes from? Most of it grows right here in America and is a big contributor to the US economy too, keeping us at the top of the charts as the world’s leading food exporter. Home and abroad – our food brings everyone to the table. Celebrate #NationalAgDay today and every day! #AgDay20
Check out agday.org for more!
National Ag Day FARM FACT #2 - 11% of US Employment is in Ag
“Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens.” – President Thomas Jefferson. And we value all those that work in the ag industry here at home in Pennsylvania and nationwide! Thank you for keeping our families fed.
Our food brings everyone to the table. Help us celebrate American ag today for #NationalAgDay by sharing these [FARM FACTS] from agday.org.
American Ag & Food Bring Everyone to the Table
Food brings everyone to the table thanks to American Agriculture. Today is #NationalAgDay and the perfect day to tell your local farmer you appreciate what they provide for your family, your community and the world, especially as they work hard to do just that through these challenging times. #AgDay20 #EssentialAGisSTILLEssential
Join us all day long as we highlight #FarmFacts thanks to agday.org.
Secretary Russell Redding offered remarks this morning at the Farmers’ Breakfast with PA State Rep. Mark Keller and Senator John DiSanto. He highlighted the positive partnerships between PennAg, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Versant Strategies, LLC and others, all vital to the continued success of the industry. He also stressed the importance of biosecurity to animal ag in the Commonwealth.
Check out our earlier post for more photos from today’s event.
PennAg's #NationalFFAWeek Jacket Challenge Winners Announced!
🔹🔸 BIG NEWS 🔸🔹
Listen in as PennAg's Christian Herr announces our lucky winning Chapters of the donated #FFA Jackets. Watch to the end - it's well worth two minutes of your time!
Congratulations to all the winning Pennsylvania FFA Chapters and thank you for joining in the fun of FFA Week!
Pennsylvania FFA Foundation | Sarah Grim Sparks | Mike Brammer
The FINAL DAY of the 104th Pennsylvania Farm Show will be over before you know it! Come by the PennAg food booth for a sample of PA agriculture at its best; we’ll be serving up pork, chicken and more until 5PM.
Golfers are headed out!
*2019 Divots for Degrees*
Golfers headed out for the start of the 2018 PennAg Divots for Degrees!
Great participation at the training today! Thank you to University of Delaware and Penn State University.
Mindy Fleetwood celebrating our cookies and milk with a side of bacon and Pork BBQ bright and early this morning at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. #NationalMilkDay
PennAg Insurance Group
Fall is nearly here, which for many employers means it’s time to start thinking about their group health insurance. Let PennAg Insurance Group, Inc. take the stress out of shopping and comparing health plans. Contact Nicole Cassel today at 717-651-5920 or [email protected] to take advantage of a great PennAg member benefit and remove the worry from your harvest season!
Filling the silage bunker at Kreider Farms.
PennAg and Kreider Farms hosts agronomists from Brazil to learn about Pennsylvania agriculture. The view from the top of the silo!
New Enterprise Stone and Lime welcomes PennAg members to their Limeville Quarry
Come on out to the Farm Show... watch chicks hatching, laugh at ducklings swimming and sliding and maybe even learn something about the life of a chicken or duck farmer!
Rachel Cloninger live on ABC 27 talking chicks...#chickhatch2017
Today our Poultry friends have been busy with preparedness training with a foamer demo at the PSU Research Farm in Landisville. Thanks to Musser's Bulk Water, West Hempfield Fire Dept., Maple Lawn and Risser's Poultry for all your support and help! #hpai
