2011
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Parenting is not easy, but with love, limits and lots of involvement, parents can be a major influence in developing happy, healthy and well-behaved children.
Learning that you have diabetes can be overwhelming at first. There are many new things to learn and it can be difficult to know where to start. Dining with Diabetes is a program offered by Penn State Cooperative Extension.
The Susquehanna County 4-H Horse Judging Team made their trip to the Eastern National 4-H Roundup in Louisville, Kentucky! The team, consisting of Nathan Moyer, Samantha Turner, Stephanie Koloski, and their coach Kelli Agler had a wonderful experience in Kentucky and at the national competition.
At their recent monthly meeting members of the Silver Lake Rod & Gun Club made a generous donation to the Susquehanna County 4-H Shooting Sports Program. In 2002, a member of the Rod & Gun Club, Roger Everitt passed away, so in 2003 several club members decided to put together a trap shoot in his memory.
Topics include: some of the challenges relative caregivers face when raising children of incarcerated parents, GU report: “Family Matters: Multigenerational Families in a Volatile Economy”, and some new resources and reports in the areas of healthy aging, “engaged” aging, support for relative caregiver families, and emergency preparedness.
Heating water is one of the most energy-intensive functions on the dairy.
A recent study at Penn State was designed to compare total serum protein and IgG concentrations and apparent efficiency of absorption (AEA) in Holstein heifer calves
A variety of housing types and arrangements can be used to assemble a productive replacement raising system
A variety of housing types and arrangements can be used to assemble a productive replacement raising system
Wow!! What a blast National 4-H Congress was! I just got back from National Congress which is held in Atlanta, Georgia. It was an awesome experience. I have never had so much fun in my life, and I met so many new friends, some from PA and many from other states. Pennsylvania had 40 delegates and was one of the larger delegations there. We had to be at the Pittsburgh Airport at 4:30 am Black Friday morning, and our plane arrived in Georgia around 7 am, but we actually didn’t have to be at registration until 4:30 pm so we had a considerable amount of downtime to start the week.
One amazing experience, two Indiana County 4-H members, 42 states and 1 territory, 912 delegates, and infinite memories! This can explain the 2011 National 4-H Congress held in Atlanta, Georgia, November 25-29. It is so hard to begin with just one thing to explain this amazing trip. I guess to start would be the plane ride. Both Garrett and my first plane ride started with Garrett being super excited about it, and I just was a little bit freaked out by it. We left the airport at 6:50 am on Friday to take an hour and fifteen minute flight to Georgia.
High salt levels in soils can affect plant yield and cause salt injury including burnt leaf margins and stunted plants. In the field, saline soils are not common in Pennsylvania. But plastic high tunnels keep the rain from flushing nutrients and salts out of the root zone. Extension Educators tested soils in six high tunnels across the state this summer and found three with soil salinity high enough to affect crops.
Youth Recognized for Achievements in Pennsylvania 4-H Team Horse Power
Though many of us expected to find spotted wing drosophila (SWD) in Pennsylvania in 2011, the widespread occurrence and sheer numbers found during the fall in some locations were surprising.
We aim to use resources wisely, including soil nutrients. Soil testing is as an important tool for determining the amounts of phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and calcium in the soil. Using these levels, informed decisions can be made on adding additional amounts of these nutrients to the soil to reach production goals.
