Scientists discover genes that could be used to improve bee health.
Nicole Webster travels the world to help minority youth find their voices.
Malting barley research supports Pennsylvania’s craft beer industry.
Penn State named Steven C. Loerch as senior associate dean in the College of Agricultural Sciences, effective August 14.
Scientists investigate a protein that could be a target for anti-cancer therapeutics.
Put your notebooks away, turn off your cell phones, and test your knowledge.
Researchers find tall goldenrod can "smell" its herbivore and initiate a defense.
Bats eat the bugs that "bug" us and pollinate more than 500 species of plants, including banana and cacao, but despite all of their benefits to humans, the mammals can carry dangerous diseases, such as rabies.
Laszlo Kulcsar, professor of sociology and head of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work at Kansas State University, became the head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education on August 1.
Broadening the genetic diversity of Holsteins.
Ice cream connoisseurs may insist that cecream with more fat tastes better, but food scientists find that people generally cannot tell the difference between fat levels in ice creams.
Meet extension's new leadership team.
Phytonutrients from peppers protect transition cows from disease.
A new pilot program for industrial hemp growth and cultivation
On the hunt for answers.
Alumna and Penn State Student Farm Club facilitator, Leslie Pillen
Samuel Hayes Jr. has been selected as a 2017 Penn State Distinguished Alumnus
Former Blue Band Drum Major and 2016 Homecoming King James Frisbie earns top honors.
Tarrah Geszvain, advising coordinator for the plant sciences and landscape contracting majors, receives the college's 2017 Excellence in Academic Advising Award.
Honoring our graduates with Outstanding Alumni Awards.
The college's Ag Alumni Society celebrates 50 years of friendship and success.
The value of supporting research for the greater public good
Tractors finally overtook the horse as the chief form of power on the American farm around 1955.
Hired in October, Tom Davis is the first new manager of the creamery in 30 years. Tom fills us in on his dream job, the future of the Creamery, and his favorite dessert.
Food production may not need to double by 2050.
Penn State Extension changes how it does business to give customers what they want, when they want it, and how they want it.
Jonathan Lynch's lab is addressing global famine with a combination of old-school methods and modern innovation.
New high-throughput sequencing technologies uncover a world of interacting microorganisms.
Brook trout behaviors could help the animals adapt to habitat change.
A survey of nearly 7,000 farmers in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed finds that many have voluntarily implemented water-quality best management practices.