Berks County agricultural leaders expressed disappointment at Thursday’s decision by the Berks County commissioners to eliminate the agricultural coordinator position held for seven years by Tulpehocken cattle farmer Sheila Miller.
State Sen. Judy Schwank, a Ruscombmanor Township Democrat, said that she had hoped the commissioners would decide to keep the position instead of creating a county department of agriculture.
“I have some grave concerns about how that’s going to work,” Schwank said. “I think there were other opportunities they could have taken to address agriculture in Berks county in a more comprehensive way.”