FRANKLIN TWP — Swaddled into her mother’s chest, 21-day-old Sadie Johnston rests peacefully as her mother, Erin Johnston of Butler, carefully examines a number of photogr...
Farmers are facing the possibility of lower than normal crops yields due to the lack of rain in what the National Weather Service classifies as a moderate drought.
A litt...
State Sen. Elder Vogel, R-47th, along with the support of a majority of other Pennsylvania Senate Republicans recently submitted a letter to the U.S. Department of Agricu...
The Butler County Farm Bureau will hold its spring meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20, at the Prospect Fire Hall in Prospect.
The program includes reports on changes...
According to a draft labeling recommendation released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last month, alternative milk products — such as almond, soy and oat milk — ...
Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding is urging all farmers in the state to complete the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. Last mo...
Had Floyd Mahan not shared his whimsical idea in the 1960s, the annual Butler Farm Show would be devoid of the sight of grinning children, teens and adults pedaling aroun...
In the aisles at Sprankle's Neighborhood Market in Saxonburg, a traditional Thanksgiving turkey may be a little bit harder to find.
“There’s definitely a limited supply. ...
PROSPECT — The longtime president of the Butler County Farm Bureau stepped down and was replaced by a young farmer representing the next generation of agricultural produc...