News For January 2004
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Friday January 30, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Because many Pennsylvania beef producers have identified a growing customer base for grass-fed beef, Penn State Cooperative Extension will hold two workshops in the eastern part of the state to discuss the production and economics of grass-fed beef.
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Friday January 30, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Students in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences will have the opportunity to study abroad while participating in an international sustainable agriculture project, thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
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Tuesday January 20, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Pennsylvania dairy farms are invited to apply for this year's Dairy of Distinction award from the Northeast Dairy Farm Beautification Program. Applications must be submitted by April 15.
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Tuesday January 20, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Some days, jokes Gary San Julian, a wildlife resources professor in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, he feels like answering his office phone by saying "Pennsylvania Cougar Sightings Clearinghouse."
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Tuesday January 13, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The cost of finding a single cow with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) -- also known as "mad cow disease" -- on a dairy farm in the state of Washington Dec. 23 could cost Pennsylvania livestock producers many millions of dollars this year, according to a beef expert and an agricultural economist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Tuesday January 13, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The cost of finding a single cow with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) -- also known as "mad cow disease" -- on a dairy farm in the state of Washington Dec. 23 could cost Pennsylvania livestock producers many millions of dollars this year, according to a beef expert and an agricultural economist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Monday January 12, 2004More »
PENN STATE SPECIALISTS CAN ADDRESS BSE (MAD COW DISEASE) ISSUES
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Monday January 12, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Food industry newcomers and other professionals can get a primer on the unique demands of food manufacturing through "Fundamentals of Food Science," a short course being offered by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, Feb. 16-20 at the Atherton Hotel in State College.
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Monday January 12, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- It's back to basics for the 2004 Pennsylvania Game Breeders and Hunting Preserves Annual Meeting, Feb. 22-24 at the Days Inn Penn State in State College, as the game bird production industry addresses an influx of new producers in the field.
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Monday January 12, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Despite the discovery of a cow with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) -- also known as "mad cow disease" -- on a dairy farm in the state of Washington, most Americans are still eating beef, according to an economist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Monday January 12, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- For most high school students, the recent summer is a distant memory to be revived only for writing assignments. But six Philadelphia and Pittsburgh students returned to high school with expanded career perspectives and greater maturity, thanks to a summer program offered by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.