News For November 2004
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Tuesday November 23, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Pennsylvania ice fishermen no longer know what to expect.
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Tuesday November 16, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- It has been a long, anxious wait for Pennsylvania grain producers who still have flood-affected crops in the field. But after receiving word from the federal Food and Drug Administration, specialists in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) now can offer guidelines for growers that may help them salvage these crops for use in animal feed.
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Thursday November 11, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- As the state's brief year-end snowshoe hare hunting season approaches, a Penn State researcher hopes soon to map the animal's current range in Pennsylvania and learn how "varying" hares are distributed across the northern counties. Although snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) long have been hunted in the state and always have been known to inhabit the northern tier of the commonwealth, very little is known about their numbers and distribution. "Pennsylvania is at the southern end of the snowshoe hare's range and we suspect populations are spotty -- but we just don't know," says Duane Diefenbach, adjunct associate professor of wildlife ecology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, who is in the midst of a two-year study of the animals. Diefenbach is assistant unit leader for the U.S. Geological Survey's Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, housed on the Penn State campus.
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Friday November 05, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Everyone knows that your own grandchildren are always the smartest and cutest. But not all children get the support to flourish in school, and a Penn State Cooperative Extension intergenerational specialist in offers some specific strategies for grandparents and grandchildren to work together to improve the child's performance.
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Wednesday November 03, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Beginning in early 2005, dairy specialists in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences will offer an online version of their DHIA Records Analysis training for consultants, extension educators and producers who would like to learn how to effectively evaluate a dairy business.
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Tuesday November 02, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A student activist, a grassroots state dairy organization and an agricultural innovator and motivational speaker have been recognized with 2004 Leadership Awards for their service to the state's agricultural industry by the Penn State Agricultural Council.