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U.S. Reps. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA) and John Joyce (R-PA) this week highlighted federal disaster relief efforts for Pennsylvania farmers following a devastating freeze that damaged orchards and specialty crops across the commonwealth in April.
SCOTT TOWNSHIP, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) — Farmers, community leaders, and agricultural stakeholders met with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Congressman Rob Bresnahan following a late-season April freeze that caused widespread damage to local agriculture.
After discussions on the freeze’s impact, Secretary Rollins signed a Secretarial Disaster Declaration for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at Applewood Farm.
SCOTT TOWNSHIP, PA: Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) hosted U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins for a roundtable discussion with local farmers, community leaders, and agricultural stakeholders impacted by April’s devastating freeze. Following the roundtable, Rep.
SCOTT TWP. — U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan hosted U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Tuesday for a roundtable discussion with local farmers, community leaders, and agricultural stakeholders impacted by April’s devastating freeze.
Following the roundtable, Rep. Bresnahan and Secretary Rollins held a press conference, during which Secretary Rollins signed a Secretarial Disaster Declaration for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in response to a catastrophic freeze that struck Pennsylvania on April 20-21, 2026.
SCOTT TWP. — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins joined Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan for a roundtable discussion with local farmers Tuesday before signing a disaster declaration to support Pennsylvania growers impacted by a devastating April freeze.
LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — The livestock were listening as legislators from Washington, D.C. came to Lackawanna County to provide aid for farmers.
Congressman Rob Bresnahan and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins held a roundtable with local farmers at Apple Wood Farm in Scott Township.
Legislation from U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA) that would strengthen connections between local farmers and community food programs advanced as part of the House Agriculture Committee’s passage of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 on March 4.
“Congress has a responsibility to ensure farm policy works for those who grow, raise, and produce our nation’s food,” Rep. Bresnahan said. “I’m especially proud the Farm Bill includes my bipartisan bill, which will help those in need in our communities access healthy, fresh food produced by their neighbors.”