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I have been in the green industry for over 40 years, and the only time that I cut grass professionally was the week before the Vietnam War Memorial opened in Washington, D.C.

Spring has sprung and while the change is welcome, it is often when problems emerge that gained a foothold last year.

Información sobre el monitoreo de moscas en la industria del cultivo de hongos.

Información sobre los jabones insecticidas como una herramienta de manejo integrado de plagas (MIP) en la industria del cultivo de hongos para el manejo de moscas fóridas.

The 1-800 PENN IPM line is designed to provide concise messages on important production and management issues for growers of specialty and field and forage crops including vegetables, cut flowers, small fruit, tree fruit, Christmas trees and all things agronomic. Certain content is also available in Spanish.

Our primary goal with this guide is to explain the emerging grid-scale solar energy development trends occurring in the Commonwealth and what might be expected in the next few years.

Learn more about Manure Management Plans, why they are important, who can develop a plan, what information is needed to develop a plan, and available educational and planning resources.

Knowing animal behavior and how to safely interact with all farm animal species is a shared responsibility to help reduce the risk of injury or fatality to farmers, family members, employees, and visitors.

AI search is reducing nonprofit click-through rates. This work outlines issues and strategies to help organizations appear more often in AI responses.

The birch skeletonizer, Bucculatrix canadensisella, is a native North American moth. The caterpillars skeletonize the leaves of birch trees.

Grid-scale solar developments (GSSD) are also called utility-scale solar or "solar arrays."

¿Tiene preguntas sobre cultivos, plantas, plagas, enfermedades, suelo o tratamientos? ¿O busca información sobre salud, recetas, jardinería u otros temas de Extension?

Farming is a stressful profession. Learn about the available resources for farm community members experiencing stress.

The armored obscure scale is a key pest of oak in Pennsylvania, and can attack other woody host plants such as beech, dogwood, hickory, maple, and willow.

The pavement ant is a common house-infesting ant. These ants were likely introduced to the United States by merchant vessel cargo during the 1700s to 1800s.

The most common host plants of Cooley spruce gall adelgid are Colorado blue spruce and Douglas-fir that are grown as landscape ornamentals and Christmas trees.

No-till is the best way to avoid tillage and water erosion, while 'cold soil syndrome' is a temporary effect that disappears a few weeks after planting. For soil and water conservation, let's continue to work on no-till, make it better.

Both Tinea pellionella, casemaking clothes moth, and Tineola bisselliella, webbing clothes moth, feed on animal by-products such as fur and wool.

People who complain about bumble bees flying about under their homes' eaves are probably being annoyed by carpenter bees (Xylocopa virginica).

The citronella ants get their name from the lemon verbena or citronella odor they emit when threatened.

The old house borer is an injurious wood-boring insect. The larva bores through pine, spruce, and other coniferous woods, weakening structural timbers.

Cereal leaf beetle is an occasionally severe pest of wheat and oats in Pennsylvania, but it also feeds on barley, rye, and other grasses.

This article defines "recovery capital," illustrates how recovery capital can help people enter and maintain recovery, and demonstrates how Extension programming can build recovery capital.

The severity of nitrogen losses from extreme summer rainfalls, and how you react to them, depends on many factors.

An NDVI sensor is a quick way to non-destructively estimate cover crop biomass N content.