Shapiro Administration Announces 2025 PA Farm Show Theme: Powering Pennsylvania

from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development

Photo courtesy of Daniel Bernard on Unsplash

On Thursday, September 26, Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding and Secretary of Community and Economic Development Rick Siger announced the theme of the 2025 Pennsylvania Farm Show, “Powering Pennsylvania,” at the Oregon Dairy in Lititz. The Lancaster County company embodies the 2025 Pennsylvania State Fair™ theme as a family-owned agritourism destination, green energy producer and community economic engine.

“Agriculture drives Pennsylvania,” said Secretary Redding. “We hope you will join us in January to begin your 2025 with people like the Hurst and Forry families of Oregon Dairy, who provide our families with nutritious food every day. Together, thousands of farm families power our economy, supporting 593,000 jobs and injecting more than $132.5 billion into our communities each year. and increasingly produce green energy that literally keeps the lights on and businesses running. The Shapiro Administration is proud to support Pennsylvania’s agriculture and the innovative Pennsylvanians who shape our daily lives and make us a national leader.”

Oregon Dairy has grown from a small dairy farm in 1952 to the innovative dairy hub of today, with products sourced locally and featured on the annual PA Preferred Scooped: an Ice Cream Trail; a full-service supermarket, bakery and restaurant; and a community education and tourism center that promotes understanding of sustainable food production – all on a working farm powered by solar panels, recycling and a manure barrel that converts waste into energy.

“Powering Pennsylvania is the perfect theme for the 2025 Farm Show because agriculture and companies like Oregon Dairy are truly the backbone of the Commonwealth’s economy,” said DCED Secretary Siger. “That’s why agriculture is one of the five key industries we focus on in Pennsylvania’s economic development strategy. The Shapiro Administration knows this is one of our greatest strengths, and we are committed to supporting the growth and continued innovation of this important industry.”

Each year, the PA Farm Show, Pennsylvania’s State Fair™, attracts half a million visitors to the capital for eight days of competition and family fun with an educational twist. The 2025 event will take place Saturday, January 4 through Saturday, January 11 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center in Harrisburg.

The 2025 Farm Show will feature fan favorites like the 1,000-pound butter sculpture, the delicious Farm Show Food Court, thousands of competitive agricultural events, home-grown cooking demonstrations at the PA Preferred® Culinary Connection, and more than a million square feet of hands-on – about agricultural education opportunities and opportunities to connect with the people who power Pennsylvania through agriculture.

To stay up to date on PA Farm Show news, visit farmshow.pa.gov or follow Pennsylvania Farm Show on Facebook and Instagram.

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 2024-25 bipartisan budget invests in Pennsylvania’s national legacy as a leader in agriculture. The Governor’s new economic development strategy recognizes agriculture, as well as energy, manufacturing, robotics and technology, as key to Pennsylvania’s future economic success.

Learn more about Pennsylvania investing in agriculture at pa.gov/aginnovation.