News For May 2003
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Friday May 30, 2003More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Burgeoning commercial and suburban development in Pennsylvania has led to a decades-long decline in grassland habitats, according to a wildlife expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, who warns that populations of some animals that depend on grasslands have deteriorated as a result.
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Friday May 30, 2003More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Field Crop Producers And Landscapers Across Pennsylvania Should Be Vigilant Over The Next Few Weeks For A New Strain Of Super-weed Threatening To Gain A Foothold In The State, According To An Agronomist In Penn State's College Of Agricultural Sciences.
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Friday May 30, 2003More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The good news about Pennsylvania's strawberry crop this year, according to a small fruit expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, is that it is likely to be large. The bad news is that it will be a week or two late.
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Friday May 30, 2003More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Cool, wet, foggy and windy -- this spring has been bad news across Pennsylvania -- unless you are a plant. Fruit trees, in particular, seem to be growing extremely well, according to an expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, who predicts a bumper crop this summer and fall.
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Friday May 23, 2003More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Although Pennsylvania farmers got a good start on corn planting this spring (more than 40 percent complete by mid-May), recent rainy weather likely will cause planting to fall behind average, says a corn management specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Friday May 23, 2003More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Pennsylvania dairy farmers and meat packers will feel the effects of a ban on Canadian cattle imports prompted by the discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) -- or mad cow disease -- in a cow in the province of Alberta.
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Friday May 23, 2003More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Those tired clichés and puns just won't stop coming. When it is suggested that he is trying to pull a rabbit out of a … region, Duane Diefenbach just smiles ruefully, shaking his head. "They are not rabbits, they are hares -- snowshoe hares," he explains patiently. "In Pennsylvania, they exist only in parts of the Northern Tier, and this study will try to determine just where their populations persist."
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Thursday May 15, 2003More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In case anyone needed more proof that an animal sciences education provided by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences is top shelf, they got it last month. Both the trainer and veterinarian for the horse that won the Kentucky Derby, Funny Cide, are Penn State graduates -- and proud of it.
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Thursday May 08, 2003More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Dean B. Girton, of Millville, Pa., has been named an Alumni Fellow by the Penn State Alumni Association. Girton is owner and president of Girton Manufacturing Company Inc., which produces and distributes dairy and food-processing equipment worldwide.
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Thursday May 08, 2003More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- With the spread of West Nile virus and Lyme disease, it's a good idea to take precautions to lower your risk of pest-borne illnesses. The proper use of repellents is one of the most effective defenses against mosquito and tick bites, says an expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Thursday May 01, 2003More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Two Pennsylvania residents recently were chosen as outstanding volunteers by 4-H as part of the organization's "Salute to Excellence" recognition program.
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Thursday May 01, 2003More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Pennsylvania leads the nation in mushroom production, with more than 250 farms producing the common button mushroom. Now, a new publication provides mushroom growers with ways to control mushroom pests while maximizing crop yields and quality.
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Thursday May 01, 2003More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Dale Olver, instructor in dairy and animal science, has received the 2003 Excellence in Academic Advising Award from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences Alumni Society. The award recognizes faculty for outstanding service to students in academic advising, career planning and personal counseling.
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Thursday May 01, 2003More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- For years, dairy producers have added phosphorus to the diets fed to cows to improve their health, but now environmental concerns associated with overfeeding the mineral to production animals have spurred research into the practice.