Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding kicked off Pennsylvania’s maple tapping-season at Dewy Meadows Farm in Warren Center, Bradford County, celebrating Pennsylvania’s maple syrup industry alongside the Pennsylvania Maple Producers Council and Pennsylvania Hardwoods Development Council.
“Pennsylvania agriculture is a sweet business to be in,” Sec. Redding said. “There’s no better place to tell that story than on a family-run maple farm like Dewy Meadows. But what’s even sweeter is having a governor like Josh Shapiro, who recognizes how central it is to a bright, promising future for families and communities across our Commonwealth, and how critical it is to invest in our future together.”
Pennsylvania is the nation’s 5th largest producer of pure maple syrup, producing nearly 200,000 gallons per year worth $5.4 million. Dewy Meadows Maple, a Pennsylvania Century Farm, has been passed down through generations of the Andrew and Sally Dewing family, who have made maple syrup and sugar there for more than a century.
To continue Pennsylvania’s national legacy as an agriculture leader, the 2024-25 budget proposes investing:
- $10.3 million in agriculture innovation to help support and attract new agricultural businesses, including energy and conservation endeavors, and to continue to build the future of American agriculture right here in Pennsylvania.
- $145,000 for a novel pest detection program using dogs to prevent pest outbreaks without the expensive and potentially harmful use of pesticides.
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