Salt and nitrogen make rebuilding soil microbiomes in high tunnels a challenge.
Researchers Long He, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering, and Mingsen Huang, visiting doctoral student, created a robotic mushroom picker and demonstrated its effectiveness for the automated harvesting of button mushrooms.
Researchers create a diagnostic test to identify a bacterium that infects swine.
Loss of biodiversity in streams threatens vital biological process.
Urban agriculture can help, but not solve, city food security problems.
Cellular agriculture development has the potential to change the food industry and society.
Small farms have a large impact on Pennsylvania's economy.
Disease resistance in sorghum germplasm lines is gauged for production on Pennsylvania farms.
Terry Etherton retires after more than 40 years in the Department of Animal Science.
Entomologist Christina Grozinger broadens her research directions and collaborations after discovering the paramount importance of climate change on pollinator health.
Food waste affects more than Americans' wallets; it also has implications for their health and the environment.
Scientists in the college are researching "climate-smart" practices to help position farmers for success in a changing climate.
Tackling our most pressing problems requires focusing on complex multisystem interactions.
Researchers devise creative ways to defeat a destructive pest.
In the wake of a series of racial hate crimes in the United States, Penn State and the College of Agricultural Sciences are elevating their commitment to providing an environment where everyone feels welcome and supported.
Instructors in the college respond to the pandemic with new and improved ways of engaging with students.
Nestled on 16 rolling acres, the original swine facility was opened in 1958 and has provided swine education to Pennsylvanians for decades.
Adele Turzillo, most recently the vice president for animal agriculture systems at the World Wildlife Fund and before that the division director for animal systems at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, was named head of the Department of Animal Science in November.
Cover crop mixtures must be "farm-tuned" to provide maximum ecosystem services.
Researchers find contents of mulch bags don't match claims.
Biochar from ag waste products can adsorb contaminants in wastewater.
Flavonoid compounds produced by the roots of some sorghum plants positively affect soil microorganisms, which may help the crop to be more hardy, according to researchers who suggest the discovery is an early step in developing a frost-resistant line of the valuable crop for North American farmers.
Tuberculosis spread from animals to humans is greater than previously thought.
Exposure of dairy cows to heavy metals through drinking water worsens the antibiotic-resistant-pathogen crisis.
Investigating Smell and Taste Loss from COVID-19
Invasive shrubs in Northeast forests grow leaves earlier and keep them longer.
Creating thriving agricultural systems in urbanizing landscapes
Unwrapping what consumers desire in their chocolate products.
Searching for the source of bitter rot disease
