News For April 2003

• Hard Winter Bodes Well For Pennsylvania Alfalfa Crop
  Monday April 21, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- If you're one of many still reeling from the long, snowy winter, take solace in the fact that all signs indicate a bumper crop of alfalfa across the commonwealth, according to a crop scientist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

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• Free Guide Explains New Federal Rules For Livestock, Poultry Farms
  Monday April 21, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A free guide from Penn State Cooperative Extension will help farmers and citizens understand which livestock and poultry operations are likely to be affected by new water-quality regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs.

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• Corn Prices Should Fall If Drought Doesn't Return
  Monday April 21, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Pennsylvania livestock producers -- forced to buy more corn than usual to feed their animals after last summer's drought nearly wiped out their corn crops across the state -- can take solace in predictions that corn prices are likely to drop later this year, according to an expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

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• Workshop Teaches Criminal Investigators How To Use Insects
  Monday April 21, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- When we think about witnesses to a crime, insects generally don't come to mind, but today a growing number of criminal investigators rely upon them for important evidence. Publicized by television shows like "C.S.I.," the discipline of forensic entomology -- the use of insect evidence to solve crimes -- is gaining credibility in the courtroom and has contributed to several murder convictions in Pennsylvania.

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• Senior Volunteers Needed For Environmental Program
  Monday April 21, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Older adults who love being around children and nature are needed to join in an intergenerational environmental program at Penn State's Shaver's Creek Environmental Center.

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• Penn State Offers Free Natural Resources Publications For Youth
  Monday April 21, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Few educational materials exist to teach youth about natural resources, according to a conservation educator in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, who has developed a series of educational fliers aimed at remedying the situation.

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• Mumma Endowment Brings Noted Chemical Ecologists To Penn State
  Thursday April 03, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In a move expected to cement Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences as an international leader in chemical ecology research, two renowned entomologists will join the college as Mumma Professors, effective July 1.

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• Get A Green Thumb At The Penn State Garden Forum May 31
  Tuesday April 01, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Even Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences can't really confer a green thumb, but in a Garden Forum May 31 horticulturists will provide all the information one needs to develop his or her own.

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• Parents: Help Your Children Cope With War's Realities
  Tuesday April 01, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- With graphic images of bombs and casualties invading American homes, parents should monitor carefully the thoughts, feelings and television viewing habits of their children, according to an expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

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