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1/27/2020

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PictureKevin Brown teaches soil health principles where it matters most – in the farm field.
By: Kevin Brown, Agricultural Resource Specialist
     Every year the Conservation District organizes education days at all the local schools.  We bring in the Game Commission, beekeepers, maple producers, farmers, and the like.  We also do a station or two ourselves.  Luckily, I often get to run one of the stations.  It is the most fun I have all year.  I love educating young people.  I tweak my topic each time I do it, but the most basic stuff is always there.  I try to bring it “home” for them.  I would like to ask all of you the same thing I ask them, and really try to bring it “home” to you.  What are the four things that we absolutely, positively must have to survive day in and day out?  The younger kids usually get close to the right answers.  I am sure there are some older folks that think cell phone, internet, cable TV and a car.  You know the good stuff.  My, how some of us have become “removed” from the important things that we absolutely MUST have.   Have you guessed any of the four things yet?​


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Thank You Mt. Glen Farm!

1/20/2020

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PicturePhoto Caption: These five cows are 5 generations of one cow family at Mt. Glen Farm and are some of the best in the world. With each from left to right is Kyle, Katie, Clark, Dean, and Rebecca Jackson.
By: Nathan Dewing, Agricultural Team Leader, BCCD
         If anyone was ever deserving of the prestigious Leopold Conservation Award, it is the Jackson family of Mt. Glen Farm in Springfield Township, Bradford County.  And Pennsylvania agreed, as the Sand County Foundation and Pennsylvania sponsors recognized the Jackson family on January 10th at the PA Farm Show. 
      Some would describe this as a lifetime achievement award in agricultural conservation, but it is more.  Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding described it as a multi-generational achievement award.  Dean and Rebecca would be quick to credit those who have invested in them and set the pace before them.  They may not realize it, but now this duo is doing the same for us.
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You Can Make A Difference…

1/13/2020

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     Last week I wrote about “prime” soils and development pressure on prime farmland here in Bradford County.  This week I would like to look at the three required components of farmland preservation and how the community can get involved with this important program.  Farmland Preservation requires municipalities, landowners, and funding.
To be eligible for the county Farmland Preservation program, farms must:
     1) be part of an Agricultural Security Area (ASA)
     2) contain at least 50% class I through IV soils, as defined by USDA-NRCS.
     3) contain at least 50% harvested cropland, pasture or grazing lands
    4) contain at least 50 contiguous acres OR over 10 acres and utilized for a crop unique to the area or contiguous to a property that already has a permanent conservation easement.​
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Development Pressure for Bradford County Farmland

1/6/2020

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By: Amy Kneller, Agricultural Resource Specialist, BCCD
    We are often asked “Why preserve farmland here when there isn’t development pressure to protect it from?”  While Bradford County doesn’t have the visible development pressure of southeastern Pennsylvania, our areas of prime farmland are under pressure to be developed.​
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