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The colorful medley of red, green, yellow—even purple and orange—peppers may be preserved by freezing, canning, drying, pickling or making into relishes, jams and jellies.

Test your knowledge about home food preservation by taking our quiz.

Here are some ideas for canning corn or green beans if you don’t have a pressure canner. Make a corn relish or dilly beans instead. These ideas will also save you time when canning.

Understand how Dairy Margin Coverage can help protect farm income during periods of low margins and make informed decisions about coverage levels, enrollment, and dairy risk management.

An informative guide to rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium), detailing its unique characteristics, site preferences, and value to wildlife.

This video series introduces grape growers, wine grape industry professionals, and academic audiences to the National Clean Plant Network and its role in ensuring healthy, virus-free grapevine material.

Explore solar development trends, siting considerations, local zoning, and potential impacts on farmland and communities across Pennsylvania.

Get a focused update on sweet corn production, including insect and disease management, pesticide label requirements, and personal protective equipment (PPE).

Take a tasty trip to the Mediterranean in this hands-on cooking class. Prepare and enjoy an authentic Mediterranean meal.

Learn wreath-making techniques using fresh evergreens and Pennsylvania native shrubs to create a festive decoration for your home.

Helping your child understand and navigate complicated relationships.

Penn State Extension provides resources and education for Pennsylvania residents to strengthen their digital skills and computer literacy when using devices such as computers, tablets, and smartphones.

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) offers funding to farmers, agriculture service providers, graduate students, researchers and others. Northeast SARE offers seven grant categories.

This week, Penn State Extension launches its first quarterly organic field and forage crop newsletter.

Join the Master Gardeners for a bus trip to the Philadelphia Flower Show to explore stunning floral displays, garden designs, and unique plants at the nation’s premier horticultural event.

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

Successful management of forage stands in the fall hinges on properly evaluating stands and giving plants enough leaf area to survive the winter.

An informative guide to Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica), detailing its unique characteristics, site preferences, and value to wildlife.

Earn four Category 20 credits while learning best practices, fumigation planning, and safe use of fumigants for controlling grain bin insects and burrowing vertebrate pests.

Plentiful rainfall just before crop harvest caused some fields to be badly compacted. What should a producer do in the aftermath?

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

A mild and sunny stretch is in store this week followed by some potential tropical cyclone-enhanced rain by the end of the weekend.

How to ensure those seasonal products leave with customers rather than returning to the farm at the end of the market day.

Small grain establishment and growth can be hindered by weeds, but here are some herbicide options to consider for problem weed species.

University weed scientists across our region are conducting a survey of burcucumber distribution and management – your input would be valuable.