It’s been a soggy April. And it’s about to be the soggiest, according to the National Weather Service. “Prior to today, we’re 0.27 inches away from tying the wettest April on record,” said weather service Meteorologist Fred McMullen on Friday. What that means to local farms is highly dependent on
Hempfield farmer Alquin Heinnickel is happy to be a link in the local production chain for craft brewers in Western Pennsylvania. Last year, he and other Westmoreland County farmers grew about 40 acres of barley that ultimately was converted into about 75,000 pounds of malt in nearby Butler County. Attendees
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When folks grab a glass of beer this weekend at the Saint Bartholomew’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel Festival, they’ll be able to shake hands with the farmers who grew the grains used to create it. “It doesn’t get more local than this,” said Alquin Heinnickel, who joined with Vince