Tag: Penn State University
Blood for bats
Blood-sucking bats, mythical or real-life? Penn State animal science students collect bovine blood for Philadelphia Zoo's colony of vampire bats.
‘Little I’ celebrates 100 years
For 100 years, students at Penn State have gained experience handling large animals by showing at Penn State's Little International Livestock Exposition.
Western Pa. farmers drill down into soil health
Penn State Extension held a Western Pennsylvania No-till and Soil Health Crops Day March 2 in West Middlesex. Topics included nutrient and weed management.
Researchers trying to develop deeper crop roots
Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences received a grant to design a low-cost, integrated system that can screen for deeper-rooted crops.
Penn State turf paved graduate’s path to Super Bowl LI
Collin Meyers, a 2010 graduate of the turfgrass science program in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, will accompany the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.
Managing fluids used in shale wells
Penn State University’s Marcellus center reports between 5 and 25 percent of the cost to drill and develop a shale well is in managing the fluids.
Penn State offers new FSMA website
Penn State Extension recently launched a new Food Safety Modernization Act information website to help producers determine what their farms and businesses must do to comply with new regulations.
Penn State offers Farm Show Jan. 7-13
The Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences' exhibit in the Main Hall will offer a series of presentations throughout the week.
Farm and Dairy’s top 10 stories of 2016
The Farm and Dairy staff selected the top 10 stories to impact its readership in 2016.
How to utilize the Pa. Clean and Green Act
The Clean and Green Act encourages protection of farmland, forestland and open spaces. It can lower the property tax rate for most landowners who enroll.
