Monthly Archives: September 2007
Your horse is too fat
BLACKSBURG, Va. - America's growing obesity problem has alarmed physicians and public health officials, and veterinarians have recently focused attention on fat dogs and cats.
Wheat market sends planting signal
URBANA, Ill. - Wheat prices, currently at extremely high levels, raise some important questions about U.
Western Pa. native earns dairy honors
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Ken Raney, executive director of the Pennsylvania Holstein Association, will receive the 2007 Image Award during the All-American Dairy Show Sept.
Virus associated with bee shortages
WASHINGTON - A team led by scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, Pennsylvania State University and Columbia University has found an association between colony collapse disorder in honey bees and a honey bee virus called Israeli acute paralysis virus.
Sept. 11, 2001: Ordinary people, extraordinary stories
WASHINGTON - Usually people come in pairs to the story booth - a grandmother and granddaughter, a husband and wife, a father and son.
Report Pa. kudzu sites through hotline
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania residents are encouraged to call the Department of Agriculture to report findings of kudzu, an invasive, climbing vine that has become a problem in some regions of the state.
Penn State tractors show no ill effects from biodiesel
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - A collaborative biofuel demonstration project involving Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences and machinery manufactured by Case New Holland is attracting worldwide attention and appears to have ramifications for the makers and users of all types of diesel-powered equipment.
Ohio wind projects awarded millions
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Noble County Fair livestock sale tops $250,000 mark
CALDWELL, Ohio - Nearly 500 lots crossed the auction block in the Noble County Fair market livestock sale Sept.
Move over, Maybelline
WASHINGTON - When USDA Agricultural Research Service chemists Joe Laszlo and Dave Compton originally developed SoyScreen, they envisioned outdoor enthusiasts and other consumers using their invention as an environmentally friendly alternative to petroleum-based sunscreens.
