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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania has leased its first dairy barn as part of a wider effort to bring younger farmers into a dairy industry that is getting older and losing farms.
The "Capital Dairy," on the grounds of the old Harrisburg State Hospital in suburban Harrisburg, is now occupied by 76 Holsteins owned by Andrew Laudenklos after the state renovated the building and searched for an occupant.
Laudenklos, 23, was picked from among 16 applicants as the state Department of Agriculture tries new things to bring younger farmers into an industry with dwindling numbers.
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