July 5, 2022
Pennsylvania growers testing high-density peach plantings.
July 7, 2021
The new Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission marker recently unveiled at Penn State's Fruit Research and Extension Center in Biglerville recognizes more than a century of research and education benefiting the state's fruit growers and consumers.
June 21, 2021
Md Sultan Mahmud, graduate assistant in the Department Agricultural and Biological Engineering, is this year’s Paul Hand Research Award winner. This award is presented to one graduate student each year in the College of Agricultural Sciences.
June 29, 2020
Congratulations to Long He, assistant professor, and his team, who won the ASABE Rain Bird Engineering Concept of the Year Award for 2020!
March 25, 2019
The multi-disciplinary tree fruit team works with stakeholder advisors to implement research-based programs to ensure a production-to-consumer system that is environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable.
March 22, 2019
Penn State Extension is extending its outreach to a promising next generation of specialty crop growers from diverse backgrounds.
March 1, 2019
Jayson Harper, who had been interim director of the Fruit Research and Extension Center in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences since March 1, has been named to the post on a standing basis.
January 21, 2019
During a Field Day on July 10, 2018, the Penn State Fruit Research and Extension Center (FREC) celebrated its 100th anniversary. This is what industry stakeholders and graduate students had to say about the Center's impact over the years.
January 21, 2019
In recognition of the 100 Year Anniversary of the Penn State Fruit Research and Extension Center (FREC), university and industry representatives gave presentations on the Center's role in the College of Agriculture over the years.
