Chris Houser

Program Team Leadership

As the Assistant Director of Programs for Agronomy and Natural Resources, Chris provides strategic direction and leadership to the following teams for Penn State Extension:

• Bio-Energy
• Farm Safety
• Field & Forage Crops
• Forestry
• Master Watershed Stewards
• Pesticide Education
• Urban Forestry
• Water Quality & Quantity

Selected Publications

Houser, C.D., G.W. Roth and D. M. Beyer. 2013. Potential of spring stover harvest to mitigate stover removal impacts. Crop Management 12: DOI 10.1094/CM-2013-0062-RS

Houser, C.D., G.W. Roth and D. M. Beyer: Sustainable Corn Stover Removal Systems For Mushroom Substrate Production

Additional Areas of Expertise

• Forage and Field Crops
• Forage Crop Evaluation and Variety Testing
• Interseeding Cover Crops in Corn and Soybeans
• Corn Stover