Resources for reporters and other members of the media, including recent PennAg press releases, links to policy statements, op-eds and more.

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Press Releases

April 23, 2024- PennAg Welcomes Two New Members To It’s Board

April 9, 2024– PennAg Industries Association recognizes the exceptional leadership of Delvin Martin, the team at Stevens Feed Mill, and Senator Scott Martin during the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreak that impacted Pennsylvania’s poultry industry

April 4, 2024 – PennAg Industries Association to Host Industry Conference Call on April 5 to Give Health Update on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Dairy Cattle

Commentary

April 11, 2024- PennAg’s Executive Vice President Chris Herr shares his opinion on the Environmental Protection Agency’s newest mandate that U.S. automakers make battery-powered or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (EVs) by 2032.

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Media Coverage

Dairy Farmers Urged to Protect Against Wild Birds After Avian Influenza Found in Texas Cows by Phil Gruber- Lancaster Farming. PennAg hosted a call with industry stakeholders discussing biosecurity measures as Avian Influenza moves from poultry to dairy.

Biden’s LNG Export Embargo Hurts Farmers Too by Salena Zito- Washington Examiner. There’s a symmetry in Pennsylvania between farmers and the natural gas industry and the PennAg Expo brought attention to this correlation for columnist and reporter, Salena Zito.

PennAg Expo to Host ‘Stepping Into Ag’ Producer Panel, Offering Advice for Entering Into Ag by Rebecca Schweitzer-Lancaster Farming. Preview Coverage of the 2024 PennAg Expo’s New Session “Stepping into Ag” Young Ag Professionals Panel.

PennAg Leader Chris Herr Has Farming in His Genes by Dan Sullivan- Lancaster Farming. A profile on Chris Herr, PennAg Executive Vice President.

Avian Metapneumovirus Comes to Pennsylvania by Philp Gruber- Lancaster Farming. A new avian respiratory disease, Avian Metapneumovirus, has surfaced in Pennsylvania. PennAg hosted a Poultry Health Meeting during it’s 2024 Expo on how producers can prevent this new disease in their flocks.

Ag Professionals Encourage Next Generation of Workers by Stephanie Speicher- Lancaster Farming. A review of the 2024 PennAg Expo New Session “Stepping into Ag” a Young Ag Professionals Panel.

Avian Flu Lessons For Dairy by Chris Torres- American Agriculturist. PennAg’s Jennifer Reed Harry was a panelist at the 2023 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit and shared insights on biosecurity and how dairy producers can take the hard lessons the poultry industry learned during the High-Pathogenic Avian Influenza.

Older News Coverage

Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch expands — in Pennsylvania by Michigan Farm Bureau. PennAg comments on the growth of an additional participant in Pennsylvania’s expanding poultry industry.

Ag groups accelerate 4R implementation in Mid-Atlantic by Chris Torres of American Agriculturist.