Lancaster Farming (1955-1983)
Nearly thirty years of farming news is now available through the fully-digital archive of Lancaster Farming, the leading Northeast and Mid-Atlantic farm newspaper. Working from microfilm of the weekly paper, the University Libraries' Preservation Department, in collaboration with Penn State’s Life Sciences Library, created a complete digital copy that can be searched by keyword for the years 1955 to 1983. The archive will continue to grow. Like other titles on the University Libraries’ Digital Newspapers Collections Web site, the Olive Software enables readers to see specific articles found on a search or to browse complete pages of an issue of the newspaper.
Lancaster Farming gives a full picture of agriculture in the region with news, market and commodity reports, and agribusiness information. In addition, there are regular features and special sections covering various types of production animals and organizations devoted to their care, as well as information about the various crops that can be found in the region. Farm-family life is a particular focus of the newspaper with special features devoted to 4-H, FFA and the Grange. With $4 billion in cash receipts annually from production agriculture, Pennsylvania is the leading agricultural state in the northeastern United States.