Source: US State of Pennsylvania
May 27, 2025 – Pine Grove, PA
ADVISORY – PINE GROVE – Shapiro Administration to Tour Schuylkill County Dairy Farm Where Commonwealth Investments in Planning, Innovation are Feeding Farm Success
Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding will announce a significant increase in the amount available to farmers statewide to support strategic business planning. The announcement will be made at Jersey Acres Farms, a Schuylkill County family farm that has taken advantage of state support from Farm Vitality Grants and an Agricultural Innovation Grant to fund critical planning and robotic technology that will keep their farm thriving in the future.
Media are invited to tour the farm’s dairy along with Sec. Redding and fourth-graders from Blue Mountain Elementary West. Students will see first-hand how technology works on a modern dairy farm to make the dairy products they enjoy safe and healthy.
The event will highlight Shapiro Administration investments supporting the future of family farms across Pennsylvania and creating opportunities for rural communities to succeed. Governor Josh Shapiro’s 2025-26 budget proposes an increase of $13 million to the historic Agriculture Innovation Grant program to help farms across Pennsylvania compete and succeed.
WHO:
Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding
Agriculture Deputy Secretary for Farm, Food, and Market Access Heidi Secord
Jersey Acres Farms Owner Kent Heffner
Schuylkill Conservation District Manager Jenna St. Clair
WHEN:
Tuesday, May 27 at 10 a.m.
WHERE:
Jersey Acres Farm
1615 Panther Valley Road, Pine Grove, PA 17963
RSVP:
Press attending should RSVP with news outlet and photographer and reporter names to aginfo@pa.gov.