Penn State Cooperative Extension and Outreach

Upstream Practices, Downstream Effects was the theme as members of the Penn State Agricultural Council were updated on developments in agricultural nutrient management and water quality issues at the council's recent meeting in State College. ...

The invisible nature of microbial pathogens means food inspectors need the latest detection technology to keep food safe for consumers, a researcher in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences told state officials during a hearing on food-safety issues on Nov. 7 at the University Park campus....

The demise of the American chestnut is one of the great ecological disasters of our time, according to a chestnut expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, who envisions a day in the not-so-distant future when the huge trees will again be growing in American forests....