Policy Watch: Pennsylvania

Last month, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf approved the state’s budget, which dedicates $13.6 million to the Pennsylvania Farm Bill for the next fiscal year. In 2019, Pennsylvania became the first state in the nation to establish a farm bill.

The newly approved spending plan also allocates millions of dollars to agricultural conservation efforts in the state, including $154 million for a new Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program to provide cost-sharing to farmers and $22 million for the existing Nutrient Management Fund that supports technical assistance for nutrient management planning and implementation.

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This article appeared in the August 2022 issue of Journal of Nutrient Management on page 5.

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