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

The recent detection of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) at a private Northumberland County game farm has prompted the Pennsylvania Game Commi...

ANIMALS: Does it seem like time spent with animals is more relaxing? Meditation and breathwork experts at Art of Living conducted research to identify...

PITTSBURGH — Whether a flock of the much-coveted evening grosbeaks or eastern bluebirds shows up at a feeder in Pine Township or in Murrysville, it’s ...

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...

Whether a flock of the much-coveted evening grosbeaks or eastern bluebirds shows up at a feeder in Pine Township or in Murrysville, it’s all about get...

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

FIRE in 1901: On Nov. 8, 1901, “Devoured by Flames” was the headline, followed by “Loss is over $150,000.” In 1901. That’s about $5.4 million today. B...

When Art Hayes of Allegheny called and invited me to go hunting with him last weekend, I didn’t actually do several back flips or yell out deliriously...

Eleven farms of veterans received thousands in state grants last year to boost their operations and sustain Pennsylvania’s $132.5 billion agriculture ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State Extension equine team recently received a Search for Excellence Award in Environmental Quality, Forestry, and Natural...

BENEZETTE — A fortunate few of the 57,000 people who applied for the chance to hunt Pennsylvania elk will hit for forests of PA Wilds as the general e...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Farmers are used to growing crops and producing other goods, but a new study led by Penn State researchers suggests the social ...

It’s the best time of year to get a look at one of the largest mammals to call Pennsylvania home — the elk. An adult male — called a bull — stands 50 ...

Starting today, at the Marilyn Horne Museum and Exhibit Center, the exhibit The Golden Cockerel: Costumes from the Sarasota Opera Collection will open...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Erika Ganda, assistant professor of food animal microbiomes and executive committee member of Penn State’s One Health Microbiome Cen...

PORTLAND, N.Y. — What’s contained in the 2023 Farm Bill was on the minds of more than 120 people who attended a House Agriculture Committee listening ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A Penn State livestock emissions expert has received a grant from the Greener Cattle Initiative to develop actionable options to mit...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences graduate students received more predoctoral fellowships from the U.S. Department of Agri...