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Could sunflower fields soon be as common as corn in central Pennsylvania? With market opportunities for sunflower oil and bird seed, its possible.

Could sunflower fields soon be as common as corn in central Pennsylvania? With market opportunities for sunflower oil and bird seed, its possible.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Interested in learning how to balance rations to best meet nutritional requirements for sheep or goats? Upcoming Penn State Extension workshops are aimed at teaching producers how to formulate rations using computer software. Two “Advanced Sheep and Goat Nutrition Schools” will be held this fall. The first school will take place from […]

A lack of rain has been the theme this summer in Pennsylvania, so it may come as no surprise to farmers that projected corn and soybean yields won’t be above

A lack of rain has been the theme this summer in Pennsylvania, so it may come as no surprise to farmers that projected corn and soybean yields won’t be above

You can look at corn fields in the same township, separated by just a few miles, and see very different results due to rain — or lack thereof.

A Penn State Extension agronomist offers tips for getting higher wheat yields in Pennsylvania.

Researchers from the Pennsylvania On-Farm Network discussed soybean diseases Sept. 21 at Penn State Extension’s Field Crop Clinic.

Courtesy of Pennsylvania Soybean Board TOP GROWERS: Mike and Bob Shearer of Twin Lane Farm in Mount Joy, Pa., took top honors in the 2020 Pennsylvania Soybean Yield Contest. Mike and Bob Shearer had a winning yield of 100.69 bushels an acre. Dec 14, 2020 For the second consecutive year, Twin Lane Farm — owned by Mike and Bob Shearer (2018 Mid-Atlantic Master Farmer) from Mount Joy, Pa. — was the state’s top producer in the Pennsylvania Soybean Yield Contest, spo...