News For May 2004
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Thursday May 27, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Agriculture Is One Of The Commonwealth's Top Industries, With More Than $2 Billion In Production Helping To Create Jobs And Stimulate Pennsylvania's Economy. And A Web Site From Penn State's College Of Agricultural Sciences Provides A County-by-county Breakdown Of Agriculture's Role In The State's Economic Health.
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Thursday May 27, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Jeffrey Hyde, assistant professor of agricultural economics in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, has received the 2003 Roy C. Buck Faculty Award in the Agricultural Sciences for his article, "Investing in a Robotic Milking System: A Monte Carlo Simulation Analysis," which he co-authored with Phoebe Engle.
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Thursday May 27, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Although Bill Sharpe is a hunter and an outdoorsman, he admits he never paid much attention to wild flowers until he kept hearing that they were disappearing because an overpopulation of white-tailed deer was eating them into oblivion.
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Thursday May 27, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- With more than a thousand food manufacturers and processors, Pennsylvania is the largest food processing state in the Northeast, so food safety is a major concern. A new Penn State Cooperative Extension program offers food safety solutions for the state's food industry by taking customized training directly to the factory floor, anywhere in the state.
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Thursday May 27, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Are gardening and landscaping on your agenda for this spring and summer? If so, there are educational resources and information just a mouse-click away. Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has numerous Web sites dedicated to providing information for home gardeners and do-it-yourself landscapers.
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Thursday May 27, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- When most people look at a forest, they see only trees. Not Eric Burkhart. When this researcher in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences looks at a forest, he also sees non-timber forest products or NTFPs. Burkhart, a Beaver County native with degrees in botany and horticulture, presently is studying the "king" of Pennsylvania NTFPs -- American ginseng.
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Thursday May 27, 2004More »
When former First Lady Rosalynn Carter testified before the Senate Special Committee on Aging in 1998, she said, "There are four kinds of people in the world: those who have been caregivers; those who currently are caregivers; those who will be caregivers; and those who need caregivers."
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Thursday May 27, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Lots Of Folks Who Apply Pesticides To Their Lawns, Landscapes, Trees And Gardens Know Just Enough About The Use Of Chemicals To Be Dangerous, Worries An Expert In Penn State's College Of Agricultural Sciences.
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Thursday May 27, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- With several sports teams struggling through difficult times, it's good to know that Penn State is developing a potential powerhouse in another area of competition -- and a winning tradition that's nothing to cluck at.
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Wednesday May 05, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Establishing ornamental plants around a home enhances the outdoor environment and generally makes the property more valuable and desirable, according to horticulturists in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, who offer advice for successful plantings.
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Wednesday May 05, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- It's That Time Of Year For New Lawn And Gardening Projects And If You're A Homeowner Planning To Use A Pesticide On Your Property, There Are Some Facts You Should Know. Whether You Are Trying To Control Plant Diseases, Insects Or Weeds, Every Pesticide Becomes Less Dangerous When The User Carefully Reads The Label.
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Tuesday May 04, 2004More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- When Pennsylvania game commissioners voted at their April meeting in Harrisburg to make their bear-feeding ban permanent, Gary San Julian was pleased. But it will take more than banning feeding, the Penn State professor of wildlife resources believes, to cut down on spring bear-human conflicts around the commonwealth.