Dairy Farmers Can Adapt to Climate Change

Warming climate worsens nutrient pollution but lengthens growing season.

Building Better Chocolate

More intense roasting of cocoa beans lessens bitterness, boosts chocolate liking.

Natural Bug Repellent

Horn fly resistance observed in Holstein cattle.

Robot Vision

A novel lighting system helps agricultural robots "see" clearly.

Getting Ahead of COVID

New tool predicts changes that may make COVID variants more infectious.

Picking Pollinator-Preferred Plants

What to plant to attract pollinators, according to research.

Sticklebacks Not Stuck

Some wildlife may adapt to climate change.

Northern Migration

Red-backed salamanders may shift northward in response to climate change.

A Time and Place

Research suggests foliar fungicides help increase soybean yield in some regions.

They Come 'Bear'-ing Ticks

Researchers find bears may contribute to tick spread.

You Gotta Have Faith In Your Water

Alumna Faith Kibuye is committed to improving lives through improving water.

A Future of Opportunity

Kelly Praskovich, new associate director of alumni relations in Ag Sciences

Armsby Awards

The Armsby Honor Society, named in recognition of the college's first dean, Henry P. Armsby, honors alumni and friends who have demonstrated a profound commitment to the College of Agricultural Sciences through their service, scholarship, teaching, and philanthropy.

Speaking For the Trees

Center for Private Forests renamed to honor Jim Finley

The Road to Consensus

Addressing Wicked Environmental Problems through Engaging Stakeholders

Big Sky

Summer rain brings a welcome break to the dry summer at Penn State's Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center, along state Route 45 at Rock Springs.

Snap Shot: A New Home for Education and Research

Faculty, staff, students, University and government leaders, and others celebrated the opening of the new Animal, Veterinary, and Biomedical Sciences Building on December 1, 2021.

The Interview: Blair Siegfried

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education and Director of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station

Redistributing Crops

Changing cropping systems in impaired watersheds can produce water quality gains in the Chesapeake Bay.

Cocoa Cure

Dietary cocoa improves the health of obese mice and may have implications for humans.

Under Cover

Salt and nitrogen make rebuilding soil microbiomes in high tunnels a challenge.

Automated Harvesting

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.

Pinpointing a Pig Pathogen

Researchers create a diagnostic test to identify a bacterium that infects swine.

Invertebrate Extinction

Loss of biodiversity in streams threatens vital biological process.

Food Insecurity in the City

Urban agriculture can help, but not solve, city food security problems.

Social Implications of Cellular Ag

Cellular agriculture development has the potential to change the food industry and society.

Good Things Come in Small Packages

Small farms have a large impact on Pennsylvania's economy.

Studying Sorghum

Disease resistance in sorghum germplasm lines is gauged for production on Pennsylvania farms.

A Career Marked by Groundbreaking Research and Leadership

Terry Etherton retires after more than 40 years in the Department of Animal Science.

Building the Hive

Entomologist Christina Grozinger broadens her research directions and collaborations after discovering the paramount importance of climate change on pollinator health.