Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, April 08, 1989, Image 168

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    Fanning Saturday, April 8,1989
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Growers Solution.” Their corn silage division
eis placed prominently We dld uas a lark ’ said
Keyser Joins
Penn State Faculty
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre)
Dr. Robin B. Keyser has been
appointed assistant professor of
agricultural and extension educa
tion in Penn State’s College of
Agriculture.
Her responsibilities will include
developing materials and learning
activities in dairy, livestock, horse
and small animal programs for
4-H youth. She will also research
the impact of the 4-H animal sci
ences curriculum on youth.
“I will start by focusing on
updating the existing 4-H project
materials,” says Keyser. “We need
to concentrate on make 4-H a
learning experience but also mak
ing sure that kids have fun.”
Prior to her appointment, Keys
er worked as an agent for Penn
State Cooperative Extension in
York County, developing adult
dairy and 4-H dairy and horse edu
cational programs. She also has
been an assistant professor of agri
culture at Missouri Western State
College where she taught courses
in introductory animal science,
animal nutrition and breeding,
beef, sheep and horse production
and animal diseases. In addition,
she has taught animal nutrition
courses as a graduate instructor at
Purdue University.
Keyser received her B.S. in ani
mal science and her M.S. in ani
mal science with an emphasis in
ruminant nutrition from the Virgi
nia Polytechnic Institute and State
University. She earned her Ph.D.
in animal sciences with an empha
sis in ruminant nutrition from
Purdue University. Her disserta
tion was “Characterization of
Limestones and Their Effects
Upon In Vitro and In Vivo Avid
Neutralization and Utilization of
Feedstuffs by Cattle.”
Keyser is a member of the
American Dairy Science Associa
tion, the American Society of Ani
mal Science and the Pennsylvania
Association of Extension 4-H
Agents. She also belongs to Gam
ma Sigma Delta and Alpha Zeta,
honorary agricultural societies.
Sigma Xi, a scientific research
honorary society, and the National
Association of Colleges and
Tochers of Agriculture.
Dr. Robin B. Keyser
Corn Growers Win Second Place
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Celeste. To enter the contest the
selected six stalks of com from
their regular fields. The tall stalks
held up by a proud Les and the rib
bon are shown in the newsletter.
Using the growers program, their
fertilizer cost was $39 per acre.
‘The Growers Solution” is pub
lished four times a year by Grow
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mercial on-the-farm use, is cre
dited with the development of
foliage fertilization and direct to
the seed application in field crops.
Growers Fertilizer Solutions
were developed by Dr. V.A. Tied
jens, former director of the Virgi
nia Truck Experimental Station at
Norfolk. Tiedjens performed 30
years of fundamental research,
much of which was in hydropon
ics, before perfecting his formula-
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