Thursday, January 1, 2026
maple leaves

The rainy summer may have set the stage for a beautiful autumn foliage display, according to forest ecologists in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
Farm utility vehicle

New laws allow farm utility vehicles to travel on all roads in Ohio, except highways. Pennsylvania's laws differ based on municipality.
Farm Science Review precision planting

The Ohio State logo emerged in a cornfield at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center, home of the Farm Science Review thanks to precision planting technology.
Tilled field

A new Penn State study shows that applying manure to crop fields by means of shallow disk injection significantly reduces estrogens in surface runoff.
Jeff Austin

Jeff Austin was left paralyzed from the waist down after having stage 4 cancer. His greatest fear was never getting to do what he loved again — farming.

Farming is one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States, and the 2017 Farm Science Review has information to keep farm workers safe.
woman in field

The West Virginia University Extension Service’s Women in Agriculture team invites female farmers to the West Virginia Women in Agriculture conference.
cell phone

A new tool developed could save farmers time and money during the fall feed-corn harvest and make for more content, productive cows all year.

A multidisciplinary team of University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists has set out to create a “virtual dairy farm brain."
wildflower

Gwynne Conservation Area has two new projects underway: one to diversify its prairie plantings, the other, to protect the banks of Deer Creek.