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Simon Itle, 26, is a fourth-generation family member at Vale Wood Farms, Loretto, where he is the milk processing plant manager. He is also vice chairman of Pennsylvania Young Ag Professionals as well as a representative of District 12. / Mirror photo by Walt Frank
Pennsylvania Young Ag Professionals is working to get more people involved in agriculture.
YAP, part of Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, has regional chapters throughout the state and is open to Farm Bureau members ages 18-35. They’re involved in networking, getting younger farmers engaged in advocacy, hosting regional and statewide events and contests, said Liam Migdail, bureau spokesman.