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Grant boost for poultry waste plan
Burning chicken and turkey manure to produce energy — and improve the environment — may soon be reality in Lancaster County, the poultry c......
Farmers honored at 35th Ag Industry Banquet
Local farmers and agriculture professionals gathered Thursday night for the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry's 35th annual Agriculture Ind......
Bay cleanup plan gets major makeover
The federal government has backed off its plans to make counties and local municipalities reduce specific amounts of manure, fertilizers and sediment ......
Pa. issues manure guide
For the first time, farmers in Lancaster County and across Pennsylvania have a clear guide to what's expected of them in controlling manure.

The st......
Federal EPA officials to inspect 62 southern end farms
For the third time in two years, federal environmental officials have picked a Lancaster County watershed intensively farmed by Amish for farm-to-farm......
EPA head takes friendlier tone with farmers
The weather and the price of milk are worries for Jeff Balmer, a young dairyman raising a family on a modest farm in Warwick Township.

He's concern......
Brecknock OKs 'catch and release' sign for pond
Brecknock Township supervisors have approved a resident's request to post a "catch and release" sign by a fishing pond behind the Brecknock Township m......
EPA to inspect area farms over Chesapeake Bay regulations
It's their turn on the hot seat for 90-some small Amish farmers north of Intercourse.

The federal Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday plans t......
Commissioners OK cost overrun for Lancaster train station
This time, county officials aren't complaining about a $102,000 cost overrun for the $12 million renovation of the Amtrak station in Lancaster.

At ......
2nd Leacock watershed targeted
The federal Environmental Protection Agency's next target for ensuring nonpolluting farms in Lancaster County is the 88-farm Muddy Run watershed, ......
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