2005 Livestock Judging Team
Accomplishments
Elections and recognition of outstanding members took place virtually as a result of Covid-19, with students having returned to their homes.
A newly created video highlights Penn State Extension's Industrial Food Safety and Quality Team and its important contribution to Pennsylvania's meat processing industry.
Department of Animal Science's Burt Staniar completed the LEAD21 program, a leadership-development initiative.
Burt Staniar, associate professor of equine science in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, recently was one of 90 individuals completing the LEAD21 program, a leadership-development initiative affiliated with the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.
Penn State's Equine Science Showcase and Quarter Horse Sale has been transitioned to an online auction.
Penn State's annual quarter horse sale will take place online, with bidding open from April 27, 2020 to May 2, 2020.
Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has recognized nine faculty members for outstanding teaching in 2019.
A recently published study by Department of Animal Science researcher Dr. Alex Hristov shows promise in reducing methane production in cows.
Pate, Professor of Reproductive Physiology in the Department of Animal Science, will receive the Society's 2020 Trainee Mentoring Award at its annual meeting.
Penn State researchers offer study results as good news for dairy farmers struggling to keep their operations financially viable.
The addition of 3-Nitrooxypropanol to the feed of dairy cows reduced their enteric methane emissions by about 25% in a recently published study — one in a series of Penn State studies of the investigational substance in the United States — which might be an early step toward it being approved for use in this country.
