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Agriculture: Working for You

Learn more about the essential role agriculture plays in bringing food, fiber, and more to your lives!

Dairy Cows and Antibiotics

Length: 00:03:42 | Stephenie Coffman

Ever wonder if your dairy products are antibiotic free? Pennsylvania dairy farmers work hard to assure you they are!

Videos in the Series

  • Agriculture Working For You: Dairy Cows and Antibiotics

    Dairy Cows and Antibiotics

    Length: 00:03:42 | Stephenie Coffman

    Ever wonder if your dairy products are antibiotic free? Pennsylvania dairy farmers work hard to assure you they are!
  • Agriculture Working For You: Keeping Track of the Beef Herd

    Keeping Track of the Beef Herd

    Length: 00:03:02 | Capri Stiles-Mikesell

    This video shows you how a farmer identifies and monitors her young beef calves. Cattle might travel in a herd, but it's important to keep an eye on each individual not just the whole group. Proper evaluation and documentation of each animal is vital to keeping the local food supply affordable.
  • Agriculture Working for You: Bailing Hay for Dairy Beef

    Bailing Hay for Dairy Beef

    Length: 00:05:08 | Cassie Yost

    Cattle require a balanced diet of crops, grains, and forages in order to produce muscle which will eventually be consumed as quality beef. Learn how small farm operations produce hay to feed Dairy Beef cattle
  • Agriculture Working for You: New Lambs on the Farm

    New Lambs on the Farm

    Length: 00:04:42 | Nicole Santangelo Thompson

    Lambing season is the time of year when sheep give birth on the farm. While new lambs can be cute and fun to watch, they are also a lot of work for the farmer.
  • Agriculture Working for You: Manure Spreading

    Manure Spreading

    Length: 00:04:13 | J. Craig Williams

    All great food starts with great plants. Learn how manure spreading works to give proper nutrients to plants, how plants feed animals, and how the cycle circles back around.
  • Agriculture Working For You: Making Hay

    Making Hay

    Length: 00:04:54 | Dwane Miller

    Baling hay is a summertime staple to provide feed for Pennsylvania livestock. Learn about the process and the equipment involved to make hay.
  • Agriculture Working For You: Growing Corn, Soybeans, and a Healthy Environment

    Growing Corn, Soybeans, and a Healthy Environment

    Length: 00:04:13 | Leon Ressler

    Many of Pennsylvania's farmers grow corn and soybeans that are processed into animal feed and other products. A lot of these farmers are helping grow a healthy environment by being good stewards of land and water.
  • Agriculture Working For You: Growing the Next Generation of Ag

    Growing the Next Generation of Ag

    Length: 00:03:01 | Phillip Hoy

    Pennsylvania 4-H provides career development to youth through project specific curriculum, thus growing the next generation of leaders in agriculture.
  • Agriculture Working For You: What Sheep Eat

    What Sheep Eat

    Length: 00:02:46 | Melanie Barkley

    Learn how, where, and what sheep eat. All livestock animals eat specific diets based on the farmers' operation and abilities.
  • Agriculture Working For You: Where's the Bacon?

    Where's the Bacon?

    Length: 00:03:59 | Chelsea Hill

    Have you ever wondered where bacon comes from and how it's made? We will walk you through the process of producing bacon from the hoof to your plate.
  • Agriculture Working for You: Growing Christmas Trees

    Growing Christmas Trees

    Length: 00:02:39 | Ruthann Sitko

    Discover all about Christmas Trees and what goes into providing you with the perfect tree each December. It's more than just a one-month job.
  • Agriculture Working for You: Sheep Shearing

    Sheep Shearing

    Length: 00:03:13 | Christi (Graver) Powell

    Learn how wool travels from "sheep to shawl" as we demonstrate the shearing process, shipping to market, and multiple uses of this versatile product.
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It takes a lot of work to fill our store shelves with the things we need. Through good times and bad, farmers and other agricultural workers are busy tending their crops, livestock, and greenhouses to provide food, fabrics, wood products, and more.

Join Extension educators for this video series as they share the stories of Pennsylvania agriculture and help you better understand the role it plays in the products you use.

Director, Center for Agriculture Conservation Assistance Training
Expertise
  • Agricultural Water Resources Issues
  • Youth Water Education & Curriculum Development
  • Conservation Volunteer Management
  • Stormwater Management
  • Safe Drinking Water
  • Innovative Watershed Restoration Approaches
More By Jennifer R Fetter
Business Operations Manager, Area 10
Expertise
  • Financial Business Management
  • Financial Analysis
  • Small Business
  • Customer Service
  • QuickBooks
More By Ruthann Sitko
Senior Extension Educator, Livestock
Expertise
  • Agriculture
  • Sheep and Goat Production
  • Beef Production
  • Pasture Management
  • Forage and Pasture Management
More By Melanie Barkley
Extension Educator, Agronomy
Expertise
  • Forages
  • Pasture Management
  • Corn Silage Production
  • Field Crop Production
  • Integrated Pest Management
  • Pesticide Education
  • SARE
  • Sustainable Agriculture
  • Water for Agriculture
  • Wildlife Food Plots
More By Nicole Santangelo Thompson
Christi (Graver) Powell
Former Extension Educator, Business Growth & Development
Pennsylvania State University
Stephenie Coffman
Former 4-H Online Administrator
Pennsylvania State University
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