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Agricultural Sciences

Bull elected fellow of American Phytopathological Society

USDA-funded project focused on boosting enrollment of minorities in ag sciences

Reducing transmission risk of livestock disease

Extension educator: Late summer, early fall optimal time to treat tree of heaven

Penn State Extension milk giveaways help local dairy farmers, families

Lead researcher Erynn Maynard-Bean trains Penn State undergraduate researcher Richard Novak to collect leaf phenology data during a field trip in 2016.

Invasive shrubs in Northeast forests grow leaves earlier and keep them longer

Mosquito egg with red fluorescent protein

Merit-based NSF grant extension supports expansion of gene-editing technology

Cover crop mixtures must be 'farm-tuned' to provide maximum ecosystem services

Research helps explain source of pathogen that causes bitter rot disease

Cover crop roots are key to understanding ecosystem services

Etherton receives beef cattle organization's Industry Service Award

Animal science students place first in National Quadrathlon

Forestry alumnus to receive 2020 Sir William Schlich Memorial Award

Brooks named Forensic Science program director

College of Ag Sciences students receive Gilman grant for international study

About the College

The College of Agricultural Sciences has 17 undergraduate majors and awards nearly $2 million in scholarships annually. The college offers 18 graduate programs, participates in 11 intercollege graduate programs and supports seven dual-title graduate degrees. The college’s annual investment in research is nearly $100 million.

Penn State Extension provides education and problem-solving assistance in the areas of agriculture and food, natural resources, community and economic development, and youth and family.