For many students, the start of a new school year means a return to the classroom. But more than 50 students in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences will join faculty and staff on Thursday, Aug. 26 to kick off the school year with a daylong bus excursion to a variety of dairy, poultry and livestock businesses across central Pennsylvania. A food scientist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences offers a few tell-tale signs of appliance decline. High temperatures take their toll on the performance of hogs and sows and can reduce boar fertility. Keeping your pigs cool in hot weather can boost productivity and save you money, says a swine expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
Trees play important roles in communities by providing beauty, shade and fresh air.
But most Pennsylvania towns are taking down more trees than they're planting, says a community forester in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. An expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences offers some suggestions. A special section of the site, called HayNet, is designed to help drought-stricken agricultural producers find sources of forage for feeding their livestock. The tent will be located at West 11th Street, next to the College Exhibits Building. While droughts in the Northeast are somewhat rare, due to climate and geography, Pennsylvania is in the middle of a significant drought.