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Hillandale Farms was founded in 1958 by Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania resident Orland Bethel. [1] It has a corporate office in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, a distribution center in Plum, Pennsylvania, and egg producing locations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Connecticut. [1] In 2010, Hillandale was partially responsible for a salmonella outbreak. [2]
The culling and slaughter of non-egg laying chickens created a source of poultry meat. However, poultry meat supply continued to lag demand, and poultry was expensive. Prior to about 1910, chicken was served primarily on special occasions or Sunday dinner.
The hatch house is a two-story limestone building measuring 31 feet wide by 36 feet deep. The trout hatchery opened in 1871. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1] Dykeman Park is a 50-acre municipal park that includes Dykeman's Spring.
Poultry farming is the form of animal husbandry which raises domesticated birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese to produce meat or eggs for food. Poultry – mostly chickens – are farmed in great numbers.
A farmstead in Perry Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.. Agriculture is a major industry in the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania. [1] As of the most recent United States Census of Agriculture conducted in 2017, there were 53,157 farms in Pennsylvania, covering an area of 7,278,668 acres (2,945,572 hectares) with an average size of 137 acres (55 hectares) per farm. [2]
PFBC officials and a group of volunteers spent Monday morning in an Erie County nursery water netting steelhead to be used for spawning in a hatchery.
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) is a cabinet-level agency in Pennsylvania. [2] The department's purpose is to support a sustainable and safe supply of food and agricultural products; be good stewards of the land and natural resources; promote the viability of farms; protect consumers; and safeguard the health of people, plants, animals and the environment.
A hatchery is a facility where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions, especially those of fish, poultry or even turtles. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It may be used for ex situ conservation purposes, i.e. to breed rare or endangered species under controlled conditions; alternatively, it may be for economic reasons (i.e. to enhance food supplies or ...