Ag Sciences NewsPond owners can get help managing their waterFrom Penn State Live - Ag Sciences. Published on November 24, 2009. Lots of folks get the wrong idea about pond-owner education offered by Penn State Cooperative Extension, according to Bryan Swistock. The programs have nothing to do with those ornamental backyard ponds that have become so popular these days, and everything to do with wider and serious water-quality concerns. ...Kids find hands-on approach to agriculture, nature at Penn StateFrom Penn State Live - Ag Sciences. Published on November 20, 2009. All of the students of St. Matthew School in Tyrone will tell you that they took a great field trip to Penn State recently: they handled huge cockroaches, conducted a mock "CSI" forensic science lab and ended the day with Penn State ice cream sundaes. They also left with a better understanding of the role of agriculture and the natural sciences in ...Marcellus shale webinar series continues on Dec. 19From Penn State Live - Ag Sciences. Published on November 18, 2009. An ongoing series of monthly, Web-based seminars addressing issues surrounding Pennsylvania's Marcellus shale natural-gas boom will continue through the winter. Sponsored by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences and Penn State Cooperative Extension, upcoming webinars will cover topics such as legal issues, post-leasing considerations ...Water-quality proposal could affect oil and gas extractionFrom Penn State Live - Ag Sciences. Published on November 18, 2009. Proposed changes to Pennsylvania's effluent standards regulating total dissolved solids (TDS) and related substances could affect the state's oil and gas industries and other water users. To help citizens understand the proposed changes, Penn State Cooperative Extension has prepared a free publication, "Shaping Proposed Changes to Pennsylvania's ...Video: Poultry science professor shares turkey newsFrom Penn State Live - Ag Sciences. Published on November 17, 2009. It's Mike Hulet's job to talk turkeys, whether to students at Penn State's Poultry Education and Research Center or to poultry growers across Pennsylvania, one of the nation's top poultry-producing states. The associate professor of poultry science shared insights into emerging research and answers to frequently asked questions about what was ...Pa. landowners get big payments as Marcellus shale bidding escalatesFrom Penn State Live - Ag Sciences. Published on November 16, 2009. As legislators, environmentalists and others strive to balance the many interests involved in developing the natural gas deposits contained in the Marcellus shale formation, a fierce bidding war has doubled the prices being offered for leases in Pennsylvania. The resulting competition could be a boon for landowners, according to experts in Penn ...Penn State Extension program recognizes National Diabetes MonthFrom Penn State Live - Ag Sciences. Published on November 16, 2009. November is National Diabetes Month -- a good time, according to Penn State Cooperative Extension educators, to raise awareness of a program that has seen early success in helping those with Type 2 diabetes to manage the disease....Students go 'hog wild' at PA Pride Series eventFrom Penn State Live - Ag Sciences. Published on November 11, 2009. Hogs Galore of Julian, Pa. set up shop for dinner on Friday, Nov. 6 in Findlay Dining Commons. The tasty event was a part of Food Services' PA Pride Series, a bi-semester showcasing of local cuisine and products from regional farms and businesses....Student Stories: Horticulture alumna has grown into big jobFrom Penn State Live - Ag Sciences. Published on November 10, 2009. Although Holly Harmar Shimizu can't remember what she thought she'd be doing 30 years after graduating from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, she realized after a recent visit to the University that she is doing what she hoped to all along: working with public horticulture....Penn State research leads to development of 'healing bandages'From Penn State Live - Ag Sciences. Published on November 06, 2009. It seems like a strange concept -- bandages made from cellulose produced by microbes that contribute to wound healing -- but to hear Jeffrey Catchmark explain it, the idea makes perfect sense. Catchmark, who is co-director of the University's Center for Lignocellulose Structure and Formation, has developed a bandage material made from microbial ...Extension offers course on pandemic preparedness for businessesFrom Penn State Live - Ag Sciences. Published on November 06, 2009. Imagine you're a business owner, and one day a third of your employees can't show up for work because they are sick or caring for ill family members. How are you going to stay in operation and ensure the continuity of your business? To help small- and medium-sized businesses survive a pandemic, Penn State Cooperative Extension has developed a ...International visitors to Penn State link agriculture, democracyFrom Penn State Live - Ag Sciences. Published on November 05, 2009. In a recent, busy day for Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, members of a delegation from Ukraine discovered that creating biofuels was easier than they expected, while agricultural envoys from Iraq learned how techniques from the century-old American tradition of cooperative extension can help them re-establish effective farms in ...Penn State presence made major difference in plum pox eradicationFrom Penn State Live - Ag Sciences. Published on November 02, 2009. When plum pox was discovered in Adams County peach trees in October 1999 -- the first time the disease had been found in North America -- the nation's stone-fruit growers watched anxiously to see how Pennsylvania would respond. As the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture officially lifted the quarantine of the area's stone fruit Oct. 29 -- ...Penn State researchers use natural predators to fight spider mitesFrom Penn State Live - Ag Sciences. Published on November 02, 2009. The control of spider mites, which damage tree leaves, reduce fruit quality and cost growers millions of dollars in the use of pesticide and oil spraying, is being biologically controlled in Pennsylvania apple orchards with two tiny insects known to be natural predators, according to Penn State researchers. ...H1N1 flu virus in Minnesota pigs -- it may or may not be importantFrom Penn State Live - Ag Sciences. Published on October 29, 2009. Recent news reports about the novel H1N1 virus being discovered in Minnesota pigs left a lot of people scratching their heads, wondering why -- with a frightening flu pandemic spreading in humans around the world -- it is important that the virus that causes it has been found in Land of Lakes swine.... |
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