Tag: Penn State
Increase crop diversity to decrease pest damage and pesticide use
A new Penn State research project will allow growers to improve their pest control and increase grain crop production while reducing pesticide use.
Vilsack: Ag research and education key to prosperity and security
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Investment in agricultural research doesn’t benefit just the 2 percent of the population involved in farming. It’s a matter of...
Test before they drill that shale well
Pre-drill water quality data demonstrates the importance of private water supply testing
Pipeline easements are the next step towards progress in the Utica...
More business for the lawyers: The best thing anyone contemplating a pipeline easement can do is secure an attorney who knows property law and the gas industry.
Pa. study: If you get a shale check, will you stop...
In Pennsylvania, changes in dairy cow numbers between 2007 and 2010 seem to be associated with the level of Marcellus drilling activity.
Northwest Pa. Grazing Conference set March 22
CLARION, Pa. — Farmers can learn how to improve the health of both their soil and their cattle at the 15th annual Northwest...
Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association speaks out
WEXFORD, Pa. — Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association spoke out today after Governor Tom Corbett signed the Marcellus Shale impact fee into law....
Taxing shale drilling: Pa. legislation will provide more money for local...
***Update as of Feb. 14, Pa. Governor Corbett signed the legislation as it was written. The bill now takes effect.*** To check out statements...
Pa. governor’s proposal keeps research, Extension dollars for Penn State
No tuition dollars are used to support ag research and extension, which is true in other states, too.
Effort to establish blight-free American chestnut tree switches gears
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The three-decades-old initiative to restore American chestnut trees back into forests in the eastern United States has entered a new phase, according to an expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
