With fruit, you might need two plants

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Planning to plant a single fruit-producing tree, shrub or vine this spring may not be enough — even for gardens with ideal growing sites. Some fruit-producing plants are called “self-pollinating” — although bees usually do the actual pollen-carrying. Nonetheless, a self-pollinator can serve as its own source for the pollen it needs

The answer to your question could be at eXtension.org

NEOSHO, Mo. — What do goats, oats, and personal finance have in common? If you want to know about goats or other animals, oats or other agronomy topics, or factors relating to your personal finance or health, the answers can be found at the website eXtension.org, a web-based arm of your local university cooperative extension

Be leery of natural remedies for diabetics

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. —Disease remedies using plant products fill the market, but most have not been tested well enough to be able to assure patients that they really work or that they are safe. Here is what is known about a few products that are often of interest to patients with diabetes. Hydroxycut There are

‘Mooofins’ win first place in national finals

When you think of national championships and Penn State defeating teams from Iowa State and Ohio State universities, you think football, volleyball or wrestling, right?

But the Food Science Product Development Team? Well you can add muffins — or rather mooofins — to footballs, volleyballs and wrestling mats as props to a student squad title.