Agriculture

In a joint announcement, Penn State and Australia's University of New England unveiled an agreement to pursue collaborative research projects and research funding in the areas of water and environmental law, biofuels law and policy, and natural resource governance and to explore the potential for shared courses and exchanges of staff and students....

What started out for Penn State Dickinson School of Law student Anna Sewell as a paper for a challenging seminar class has become a formal petition to protect a threatened species of songbird. Sewell identified the 5-inch, golden-winged warbler as a species in decline and began the rigorous research required to file a petition with the U.S. Fish ...

Pennsylvania food inspectors have taken some heat for enforcing state laws that limit church and fire hall bake sales, but the unpopular laws actually make good food safety sense, according to a food inspection expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. Now, with a potential state regulatory change on the horizon, there are new ...

Conservation professionals, wildlife enthusiasts, forest managers and government officials are invited to "Fire in the Eastern United States," a symposium featuring Professor Stephen J. Pyne of Arizona State University who is one of the world's leading experts in fire history and ecology. Sponsored by the Penn State Environmental Law Review, this ...

Food industry newcomers and other professionals can get an introduction to the science and challenges of food manufacturing when Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences holds the "Fundamentals of Food Science" short course from May 4 to 6, in the Food Science Building on the University Park campus....

As winter loses its grip on Pennsylvania, warmer days followed by cold nights signal the beginning of maple syrup season. When spring conditions are right, sap in sugar maple trees begins to flow, and sugars made with last summer's sun move from their storage sites into the tree's trunk, according to Bob Hansen, Penn State Cooperative Extension ...

Hunting-preserve operators and the breeders who supply them with gamebirds will gather to get the latest management information at the 2010 Pennsylvania Game Breeders and Hunting Preserves Annual Conference, Feb. 21-23 at the Ramada Inn and Conference Center in State College.

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Research and practices for Pennsylvania's animal agricultural operations and best protection of air and water quality are the focus of the weekly "Manure du Jour: Serving Pennsylvania's Best Practices on Animal Ag, Water, and Air Quality" webinar series being held from Feb. 18 to April 23....

Heart health is a complicated matter involving many factors that thread between genetics, lifestyle choices and, yes, even your emotions, said Barb McDanel, a registered nurse and director of the Penn State Beaver Health Center. Some emotions, such as anger, depression and anxiety, are just plain bad for your heart if they become chronic emotional ...

Jonathan Lynch, professor of horticulture at Penn State, investigates ways to increase crop yields through improving plant root systems. His work recently received a boost when philanthropist Warren G. Buffett offered him the use of a 50-acre field in South Africa along with a $1.5 million research grant. Having an experimental base in the ...