Woody Biomass tour highlights options to corn for ethanol production

Dr. Mike Jacobson, professor of forest resources at Penn State University, lead daily tours of the Shrub Willow and Poplar Short-rotation Woody-biomass Crop Bioenergy Research Project at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center in Rock Springs, PA during Ag Progress Days 2014. Hosting

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A complicated relationship

by Sally Colby

July 8, 2026

Farmers have a love/hate relationship with phosphorus (P). It’s a dietary requirement for livestock but significant P is excreted in manure and urine....

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Rye revival

by Sonja Heyck-Merlin

July 8, 2026

Using winter rye in his crop rotation has freed farmer Sandy Syburg from a chore he never much enjoyed: spreading poultry litter. His biologically act...

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Dirty bums need prompt attention

by Sally Colby

July 8, 2026

Small ruminants come up with a variety of reasons to have diarrhea. A change in feed, weather, stress or disease can result in a miserable animal with...

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Horse Tales: ‘But Mom, why are you waiting?’

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July 8, 2026

Recently I learned a friend named Wendy had purchased her very first horse, and with it came a surprise that I needed to see. Her story was interestin...