DANVILLE ā€” More than $130 billion in state funding for the agriculture industry is filtered through Pennsylvania’s Farm Bill Ag and Youth Grants. That money and what it represents for Pennsylvania’s future was touted Thursday at Danville High School, where Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding visited with students benefiting from the grants.

Redding got a front-row seat to demonstrations from ag students in Danville’s Advanced Placement Environmental Science and Honors Veterinary Science classes taught by Mike Shultz and Van Wagner, including using drones in a classroom setting.

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