Hagerstown Almanack Partners with PennState Extension

(Mercersburg, PA. March 31, 2021) – The Gruber Almanack, LLC is excited to announce that its Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack has partnered with The PennState Extension of Franklin County, Pennsylvania! The Extension is a modern educational organization, dedicated to delivering science-based information to people, businesses, and communities to help address problems and help to implement innovative techniques in farming, agricultural, and dairy to improve efficiencies and yields. 

The Extension has agreed to share its vast wealth of science-based agricultural and dairy knowledge and guidance and will be providing relevant content in the form of articles for The Almanack’s its annual hardcopy publication, content pages and links to additional information on its website (www.almanack.com/penn-state-agricultural-extension), on-location video interviews posted on The Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack Channel on YouTube, and posts going out over its vast social media landscape.

The Almanack will be working closely with Brittany Cark,  Field and Forage Educator and Cassie Yost, Dairy, Heifer and Calf Management and is eager to provide them a forum for their valuable information that is of vital interest to our readers. 


The Hagerstown Town & Country Almanack is an annual publication that has served generations in the Mid-Atlantic Region as the primary source for regional weather predictions and astronomical data. Its highly-accurate weather forecasts (made 14 months in advance) were first calculated using centuries-old methods and now, using sophisticated, highly customized computer software, its annual predictions are even more accurate.   Still, The Almanack has maintained its original charm and appeal, providing useful hints and tips for farming and everyday living, articles of interest, and all sorts of traditional and timeless wisdom. It’s been called "uniquely Hagerstown" but is well known throughout the world. Millions of copies have been sold and it has been said that The Almanack has made Hagerstown widely-known throughout the U.S. and that it has given Maryland an ‘epicenter’ of farming and agricultural life. 

 

The Almanack has quite a long history. First published in 1797, it is the second oldest almanac in the United States and THE OLDEST almanac still published by heirs of its founder, John Gruber. According to Wikipedia, it is the 47^th oldest company in the United States and to this day, is one of the most talked about almanacs around the nation. News organizations such as The New York Times, USA Today, U.S. News and World Report, and NBC-TV have described the Hagerstown Almanack’s forecasts to be more accurate than most other weather almanacs and at times, even more accurate than the National Weather Service! Throughout its long history, The Almanack has been recognized countless times for its contributions to colonial agrarian society, to our history, and our national pride.  

 

For more information about The Almanack, see www.almanack.com, or you can contact the company directly at:

The Gruber Almanack, LLC
747 West Orchard Road
Mercersburg, Pennsylvania 17236

 

For all sales inquiries, distribution, and other business-related questions, please contact Jerry Spessard at (301) 491-4002 or by email at info@almanack.com.

 

 For all weather related inquires and astronomical questions, please contact Chad Merrill at (240) 285-8476 or by email at cmweathe24r@ gmail.com.

 

 For questions or comments concerning editorial content, Our Readers Write or Our Followers Video contributions, please contact Charles W. Fisher, Jr. at (908) 930-8413 or by email at cwfisherjr@comcast.net.