Monthly Archives: September 2011
University of Kentucky offers free adventure camps for military families
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service and partnering organizations are offering free adventure camps for military service members and their teenage children in locations around the state during the next few months.
States attempt to keep students on four-year path to graduation
WASHINGTON -- Millions of college students are taking extra time and extra courses on the road to graduation. Texas is seeking to cut down on that practice -- for the sake of the students and the state budget.
Ohio State University’s ag dean, Bobby Moser, to retire
Bobby Moser, Ohio State University's vice president for agricultural administration to retire: 'It's been a tremendous, tremendous ride.'
Euell Gibbons’ Wild Foods Weekend planned at North Bend State Park
CAIRO, W.Va. -- The 44th Annual Nature Wonder Wild Foods Weekend is scheduled at North Bend State Park Sept. 16-18. Nature Wonder Weekend began in 1968 with author and wild foods enthusiast Euell Gibbons as the guest naturalist.
Top swine, boar sells for $900 at Pa. Livestock Evaluation Center sale
PENNSYLVANIA FURNACE, Pa. -- Swine producers from Pennsylvania and surrounding states gathered Aug. 17 for the 36th annual Swine Boar and Gilt Performance Tested Sale at the Livestock Evaluation Center in Pennsylvania Furnace, Centre County.
Ag Expo designed to aid landowners with ideas on managing their land
A scene from the 2008 Agriculture, Natural Resources and Conservation Expo, held at the Kenwood Farm in Carroll County.
Experts say public perception of Alzheimer’s needs to shift
HERSHEY, Pa. -- The common belief that scientists will soon conquer Alzheimer's is a misconception, said Daniel George, a professor at Penn State College of Medicine.
University of Connecticut scientists cultivate non-invasive variety of burning bush
STORRS, Conn. -- Scientific breakthrough could help restore the popular ornamental shrub Euonymus alatus, otherwise known as burning bush, to prominence in commercial marketplace.
Success one ‘clip’ at a time
With a lifelong career in sheep shearing, Bob Taylor, and now his son, Justin, preserve a bit of history.
Ohio livestock producers learn new standards in Wooster
With new standards a month from their effective date, producers learning what they mean and how they apply.
