Source: US State of Pennsylvania
May 12, 2025 – Sacramento, PA
ADVISORY – SCHUYLKILL COUNTY – Governor Shapiro to Highlight His Administration’s Efforts to Support Pennsylvania Farmers Through Key Investments in Agriculture Innovation
Governor Josh Shapiro will visit Sterman Masser Potato Farm in Schuylkill County to highlight how his Administration is supporting farmers by investing agriculture innovation – and call for an additional $13 million in the Agricultural Innovation Grant Program in the 2025-26 budget to help build the future of American agriculture right here in Pennsylvania.
Last year the Shapiro Administration created the first Agriculture Innovation fund in the nation. In the first year, the Department of Agriculture received 159 applications for nearly $70 million worth of innovation projects – but only had enough funding for $10 million worth of projects. To meet this demand, Governor Shapiro is proposing to more than double the funding for agriculture innovation to help more farmers embrace the latest technologies and farming techniques.
WHO:
Governor Josh Shapiro
Dave Masser, President & CEO of Sterman Masser, Inc.
Lela Reichert, Vice President of New Business Development at Sterman Masser, Inc.
Kent Heffner, President of the Schuylkill/Carbon County Farm Bureau
WHEN:
TOMORROW, Monday, May 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
*Press Conference to begin at 12:00 PM
WHERE:
Sterman Masser Potato Farm
100 Fearnot Road,
Sacramento, PA 17968
LIVE STREAM:
pacast.com/live/gov
governor.pa.gov/live/
RSVP:
Press who are interested in attending must RSVP with the names and phone numbers for each member of their team to ra-gvgovpress@pa.gov.