Penn State Budget Cuts Hit Agriculture - Pork news

Penn State University officials report that the university is eliminating 10 jobs specific to agriculture, and dozens of additional associated positions. The reason relates to budget shortfalls in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences as state appropriations continue to lag rising costs.Bruce McPheron, dean of the Penn State’s agricultural college, reports that the cuts represent a multiyear effort to minimize costs amid eroding state support for agricultural research and the Cooperative Extension Service.