PA Game Commission Shifting Active Farming Game Land to Wildlife Habitat Could Be Costly To Farmers | Main Edition | lancasterfarming.com

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PA Game Commission Shifting Active Farming Game Land to Wildlife Habitat Could Be Costly To Farmers | Main Edition | lancasterfarming.com

cows on his family farm, and his son wants to become the fifth. But a recent decision by the Pennsylvania Game Commission may change Kilgore’s plans. The Airville, York County, farmer was recently notified by the agency that the approximately 70 acres he farms on two nearby state game land tracts (SGL 83 and SGL 181) will be changing, reverting from a primary use of active agriculture to a focus on wildlife habitat.

Autumn always seems to pass in the blink of an eye.

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Autumn always seems to pass in the blink of an eye. It’s warm and green out until it gets cold and the leaves pass by. The time changes and November is suddenly upon us. Daylight Savings Time is done, the leaves are mostly off the trees, the sky is gray and there is a cold breeze in the air.

I got up before dawn for a walk at the Green Lakes bird sanctuary area, the open fields and hills looking down at the great Oneida flatlands below, although I was certainly hoping for more sun. Lots of birds, and it’s still quite a nice walk. Probably the last time I’ll be here for a long time.

Verrazano Narrows Bridge

Farming Fixing & Fabricating – Newton Ag Manuring

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This is a pretty interesting video with lots of drone and other shots of manure injection directly into farm fields, helping to reduce manure run-off and pollution, while increasing the nutrients that help crops grow. Just watching this video smells very earthy, but in a good kind of pro-crop growth way.