PA State Grange

06/05/2026

06/04/2026

Well done! 👩‍🌾

06/03/2026

💰 Weekly Wednesday Benefit: Your Grange Membership has its perks! From healthcare savings to travel benefits, what you gain can easily outweigh what you pay. Be sure you’re making the most of your benefits.

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Contact Jessica Cleland at PSECU and tell her you are a PA State Grange member!
Jessica Cleland
Business Development Manager, CUCFC
1-800-237-7328 ext. 2137
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06/03/2026

Help us to honor a deserving PA Frontline Agriculture worker by submitting a nomination today! Nominations accepted until 6/30. Details and nominee application: https://forms.gle/C4fzXDvYpZkxzs2x5

06/03/2026

OVER-ORDER PREMIUM HEARING
This morning in Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau and Pennsylvania Association of Milk Dealers joined the State Grange in requesting the Pa Milk Board increase the premium to $1.00 per hundred weight on qualifying milk. With the Grange as lead petitioner, President Espenshade offered testimony highlighting the challenges of fuel costs, drought and drastic increase in fertilizer expense.

06/02/2026

As state budget discussions continue, President Espenshade spent today at the Capitol meeting with key legislative leaders and members of the Governor's budget office.
Ensuring the Land Grant mission in Pennsylvania, the Land Scrip line of the budget dedicates funds to the College of Ag Sciences, which sadly has been only level funded for the past four years. In addition to education, these dedicated experts are often on the front line, researching way to mitigate disease outbreaks like avian flu, addressing invasive species, and of course Extension, bringing knowledge and expertise to you and every county in the state. Espenshade joined his fellow PSU Ag Trustees alongside Dean Troy Ott, Extension Director Jeff Hyde, and Gov't Relations Director Erin Wachter. Many others, such as Extension educators and the 4-H Council members were also having meetings to share with legislators the importance of funding for the College. Together we can help ensure our farms and rural communities have the guidance and resources needed to prosper.

06/01/2026

WORLD MILK DAY: JUNE 1, 2026
The global holiday highlights the dairy sector's contributions to sustainable agriculture, the economy, and global health, with a special focus this year on celebrating women farmers who drive dairy production around the world.

05/30/2026

As lead petitioner, the State Grange will highlight drought concerns and staggering increases in input costs that are impacting the margins and optimism of Class I producers.

Dairy industry groups will offer competing visions June 3 for how to set Pennsylvania’s over-order premium for farmers.

05/30/2026

Skills games, which differ from video gaming systems, are unregulated and too often unmonitored as to who is playing them. President Espenshade offers comments about potential oversight by the state.

Skill games are proliferating in rural Pennsylvania, and lawmakers are debating how they should be regulated to generate revenue for the state and control their spread.