Corn featured at Pasto Ag Museum open house Sept. 23
9/14/12
The next in a series of fall open houses at Penn State's Pasto Agricultural Museum will focus on old-fashioned corn production and its historical significance in America's past.
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Some crops faring better than others in drought
7/20/12
This year's drought has had varying effects on crops in different parts of the state, according to a crop specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
Watch for armyworm in corn, wheat and grass
6/13/12
Pennsylvania farmers and homeowners should remain aware of possible armyworm infestations that could continue to appear within the next week in hay pastures, grain fields and lawns near agricultural fields.
John Tooker, assistant professor of entomology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, said that it has been a long time since an armyworm outbreak has occurred.
"Every 20 or 30 years, we'll have a booming outbreak of some insect species," he said. "This one doesn't have a regular schedule. We get armyworms in Pennsylvania every year, but this year the population for some reason is huge."
Corn geneticist gets $1.2 million grant from NSF for gene research
7/13/11
The molecular mechanisms that control genetic modifications in specific tissues during plant development are the focus of a National Science Foundation grant for $1.2 million to Surinder Chopra, associate professor of maize genetics in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
New invasive pest threatens corn growers in Pennsylvania
8/12/09
A new invasive pest recently found in Pennsylvania could mean serious losses to corn growers in the state.
Western bean cutworm (WBC) was first trapped in July 2009 in Erie and Lycoming counties and has also been found recently in low numbers in Forest, Clarion, Washington, Franklin, and Tioga counties, said John Tooker, assistant professor of entomology at Penn State. "WBC has historically been a pest of corn and dry beans in Great Plains states, but in recent years it has been expanding its range eastward for some unknown reason. This is the first time we've captured WBC in Pennsylvania."
Pennsylvania farmers buck trend, will plant more corn in 2008
5/2/08
Farmers across the country are expected to plant 8 percent fewer acres in corn this year than last, but Pennsylvania farmers will plant 1 percent more corn than last year, according to a crops expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. Nationwide, corn growers intend to plant 86 million acres of corn for all purposes in 2008, notes Greg Roth, professor of agronomy. Despite the decrease, corn acreage will remain at a historically high level as the corn price outlook remains strong, due in part to the continued expansion in ethanol production. Last year's corn acreage was the highest since 1944.
Researcher working on corn varieties that need less nitrogen
3/14/08
Jonathan Lynch has made a name for himself doing ground-breaking (pun intended) research on the roots of bean and soybean plants in an effort to improve crop yields in places such as Africa, Asia and Latin America. The professor of plant nutrition in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has worked with colleagues in China, Africa and Latin America to develop bean and soybean varieties with better root systems that produce better yields in low-phosphorus soils -- work that has major implications for the developing world.
Stopping Ear Rot
5/1/02
Gretchen Kuldau keeps a decorative ear of corn in her office. The kernels are a deep purple hue tinted with brown; the husks have been pulled over the end of the cob and arranged in pleasing layers. The ear doesn't hang on the wall for decoration, though; it sits on a shelf in a plastic bag, demonstrating what Kuldau calls a "good example of ear rot." A closer look reveals an imperfection, a blotch of white fuzz with a rotted kernel in the center.
Corn featured at Pasto Ag Museum open house Sept. 23
9/14/12
The next in a series of fall open houses at Penn State's Pasto Agricultural Museum will focus on old-fashioned corn production and its historical significance in America's past.
Some crops faring better than others in drought
7/20/12
This year's drought has had varying effects on crops in different parts of the state, according to a crop specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
Watch for armyworm in corn, wheat and grass
6/13/12
Pennsylvania farmers and homeowners should remain aware of possible armyworm infestations that could continue to appear within the next week in hay pastures, grain fields and lawns near agricultural fields.
John Tooker, assistant professor of entomology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, said that it has been a long time since an armyworm outbreak has occurred.
"Every 20 or 30 years, we'll have a booming outbreak of some insect species," he said. "This one doesn't have a regular schedule. We get armyworms in Pennsylvania every year, but this year the population for some reason is huge."
Corn geneticist gets $1.2 million grant from NSF for gene research
7/13/11
The molecular mechanisms that control genetic modifications in specific tissues during plant development are the focus of a National Science Foundation grant for $1.2 million to Surinder Chopra, associate professor of maize genetics in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
New invasive pest threatens corn growers in Pennsylvania
8/12/09
A new invasive pest recently found in Pennsylvania could mean serious losses to corn growers in the state.
Western bean cutworm (WBC) was first trapped in July 2009 in Erie and Lycoming counties and has also been found recently in low numbers in Forest, Clarion, Washington, Franklin, and Tioga counties, said John Tooker, assistant professor of entomology at Penn State. "WBC has historically been a pest of corn and dry beans in Great Plains states, but in recent years it has been expanding its range eastward for some unknown reason. This is the first time we've captured WBC in Pennsylvania."
Pennsylvania farmers buck trend, will plant more corn in 2008
5/2/08
Farmers across the country are expected to plant 8 percent fewer acres in corn this year than last, but Pennsylvania farmers will plant 1 percent more corn than last year, according to a crops expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. Nationwide, corn growers intend to plant 86 million acres of corn for all purposes in 2008, notes Greg Roth, professor of agronomy. Despite the decrease, corn acreage will remain at a historically high level as the corn price outlook remains strong, due in part to the continued expansion in ethanol production. Last year's corn acreage was the highest since 1944.
Researcher working on corn varieties that need less nitrogen
3/14/08
Jonathan Lynch has made a name for himself doing ground-breaking (pun intended) research on the roots of bean and soybean plants in an effort to improve crop yields in places such as Africa, Asia and Latin America. The professor of plant nutrition in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has worked with colleagues in China, Africa and Latin America to develop bean and soybean varieties with better root systems that produce better yields in low-phosphorus soils -- work that has major implications for the developing world.
Stopping Ear Rot
5/1/02
Gretchen Kuldau keeps a decorative ear of corn in her office. The kernels are a deep purple hue tinted with brown; the husks have been pulled over the end of the cob and arranged in pleasing layers. The ear doesn't hang on the wall for decoration, though; it sits on a shelf in a plastic bag, demonstrating what Kuldau calls a "good example of ear rot." A closer look reveals an imperfection, a blotch of white fuzz with a rotted kernel in the center.