Following ‘devastating’ crop freeze, state leaders call for federal aid

This article was originally published by the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. State officials, speaking from an orchard in Lancaster County on Friday, called for the federal government to provide disaster assistance to farmers whose crops were damaged by an April freeze. Early estimates put economic losses for the commonwealth’s special crop industry between $150 million and $200 million. “My Administration has prioritized Pennsylvania agriculture from day one because we know farming powers our econo...