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Agricultural Production

Research includes projects in agricultural machinery, harvest logistics, safety, energy efficiency, specialty crops systems, ecosystems business services, business management and marketing for sustainable production.

A Penn State interseeder in a corn field

A Penn State interseeder in a corn field

Faculty Working in this Area

Researchers in the department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering working in the area of Agricultural Production.

Safety and Health for Agricultural and BioRenewable Industries

The agricultural safety and health program at Penn State is multi-dimensional and ranges in scope from engineering to reduce exposure to hazards, to safety training for youth, to managing agricultural emergencies.

Biorefinery Value Chain Product/Market Development

Faculty research includes product and market development of biobased fuel, chemical and product outputs, lignin by-product research, and techno-economic analysis.

Machine Systems for Biomass and Specialty Crops

Research areas of Dr. Jude Liu and Paul Heinemann

Sustainable Systems and Behavior

Faculty research includes ecosystem business services, food waste reduction systems, and social science applications to sustainable behavior.

Farm Energy Use Characterization and Benchmarking

Energy Use Patterns on Farms

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