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Inaugural Pennsylvania Sheep and Wool Festival to be held at Dayton Fairgrounds

A weekly check-in on silage crop moisture progression at several locations across Pennsylvania

A weekly program to inform producers about the maturity of the most common apple cultivars sampled from three regions represented by three Pennsylvania counties: Adams, Berks, and Centre.

Late season weeds can cause issues with corn and soybean harvest. Consider some of the harvest aid options or other tactics to manage problem weeds including Palmer amaranth.

Treating fields unnecessarily with insecticides can result in large aphid populations.

This weekly news update reports on ripening progress of wine grape cultivars from commercial vineyards in Pennsylvania.

After 34 years of providing educational programs and assisting communities in southeastern Pennsylvania, Urban Forester and Natural Resources Educator Julianne Schieffer has retired from Penn State.

If you enjoy growing garlic, delayed planting in the fall is one way to protect it from the Allium leafminer.

TreePennsylvania grants are helping environmental justice communities plant trees that provide a wealth of environmental, health, and social benefits.

Cut flower pest, disease, and production update for Pennsylvania growers.

Most strawberry plug plant producers have gotten good at recognizing Neopestalotiopsis symptoms in strawberry plug plants during production, and have found some infected plants again this year.

A weekly program to inform producers about the maturity of the most common apple cultivars sampled from three regions represented by three Pennsylvania counties: Adams, Berks, and Centre.

Penn State Agronomy Educators evaluated corn and soybeans during the last week of August and noted good yield potential, but signs of drought stress put yields in jeopardy.

A weekly check-in on silage crop moisture progression at several locations across Pennsylvania.

This weekly news update reports on ripening progress of wine grape cultivars from commercial vineyards in Pennsylvania.

Across Pennsylvania during the summer of 2025, western bean cutworm was not very abundant, but check your corn ears for damage.

Properly preparing grain storages for harvest.

The renewal deadline for commercial applicators is September 30.

Producing and marketing high tunnel cucumbers after the typical field production season has distinct advantages that can greatly boost the profitability of a vegetable business.

Canning zucchini in pineapple and lemon juice can make a surprisingly tasty product.

Cut flower pest, disease, and production update for Pennsylvania growers.

Call for farmer cooperators! Are you planting wheat this fall? Do you have a field that is low in soil P or K levels?

Report of the late blight status in Pennsylvania and surrounding states.

Report of the cucurbit downy mildew status in Pennsylvania and surrounding states.

The Tree Fruit Maturity Report is a weekly program to inform producers about the maturity of the most common apple cultivars sampled from three regions represented by three Pennsylvania counties: Adams, Berks, and Centre.