agriculture

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will mark the Jan. 15 birthday of civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a week of social just...

(TNS) — Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration plans to roll out an economic development strategy in the coming weeks that is betting agriculture can aid ...

His papers are in the Library of Congress. He was involved in the U.S. Reclamation Service, U.S. Geological Survey, National Geographic Society and th...

DUBOIS — Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common disorder that affects the gastrointestinal tract. About 1 in 20 Americans has IBS, and it can be a...

HARRISBURG — Lt. Governor Austin Davis, Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and other Shapiro Administration cabinet officials were joined by U.S. S...

UNIVERSITY PARK — To ensure safe and effective pesticide handling, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture oversees and regulates pesticide applica...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Honey yields in the U.S. have been declining since the 1990s, with honey producers and scientists unsure why, but a new study by Pen...

Want to snuggle a baby goat? See a unique mural made entirely of Pennsylvania apples? View a 1,000-pound butter sculpture? Get the highest state award...

A year after pleading no contest to criminal charges, one of Pennsylvania’s leading natural gas companies is poised to drill and frack in the rural co...

UNIVERSITY PARK — As days shorten and temperatures drop in the temperate zones around the world, many woody plants begin physiological changes to cons...

FACTS: Did you know that Christmas celebrations in the Middle Ages were rowdy and raucous, sort of like Mardi Gras? We checked history.com for some fa...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture will enable Penn State Extension to off...

UNIVERSITY PARK — In watersheds degraded by runoff of nutrients from farmland, land managers struggle to pinpoint the best locations to install ripari...

TOPS #16 was held at the Presbyterian Church at 54 W. Corydon St. on Dec. 13. The meeting was opened by Leader Dianna Lewis with the TOPS Pledge. The ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — If there’s one climate-change solution everybody seems to agree on, it’s that trees are good. Even Donald Trump, who has called clima...

NEW YORK (TNS) — If there’s one climate-change solution everybody seems to agree on, it’s that trees are good. Even Donald Trump, who has called clima...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Dairy farmers are invited to attend Penn State Extension’s “Milk Quality Workshop: Tools to Reduce Mastitis on Your Farm,” which wil...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Jennifer Fetter, Penn State Extension water resources program leader, has been named director of the Center for Agricultural Conserv...

Representatives of the Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative (KQDC) shared its final 2023 check station results. John McClintick of Lewis Run won the $500 r...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA), Mike Braun (R-IN) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition a...