Penn State Specialists Speak At Ag Progress Days
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State’s Ag Progress Days is big,
fith tens of thousands of visitors
[singling with massive equipment
exhibits and circus-size tents
liousing agricultural products and
exhibits.
But Ag Progress Days is small,
too, in the ways that matter most,
penn State’s agricultural
epecialists and researchers will be
on hand during the three-day affair
to speak about a variety of subjects
il well as answer questions, on a
eoe-to-one basis, from Ag Progress
Dtys visitors.
Drawing on the University’s
long-standing research base, the
epecialists will address many
consumer and community con
cerns: Rural drinking water
supplies why problems continue
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to surface and what to do about
them; 4-H find out why more
than 70,000 Pennsylvania youth
keep coming back; Home gar
dening the latest on low main
tenance gardening with ground
covers; Meat the low-down on
the pros and cons of red meat;
Acid rain researchers report on
the latest findings about its causes
afld implications in Pennsylvania,
the state with the most acidic
rainfall in the nation.
These and many other topics will
be covered by speakers in the
Wickes Forum Building during Ag
Progress Days. The program,
called “The -Specialists Speak”
will feature 20-minute presen
tations beginning at 10:30 a.m. and
running through 3:30 p.m. each of
the three days. A detailed schedule
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Visitors who want further in
formation about a specific
presentation, or who have
questions related to any of the
topics, will find the Penn State
specialists on duty in the adjacent
“Ask the Specialists Tent.”
Building on its new design from
last year, the tent will again
feature life-size replicas of
agricultural products and
Poultry Surveillance Is Still Strong
Two and a half years after its
start, the Pennsylvania Poultry
Surveillance system is running at
full tilt, thanks to the cooperation
of the many processing plants
involved in the program.
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State’s theatre arts designers. ness. The other groups will offer
The “Ask the Experts” tent will exhibits and information covering
be divided into six sections: hor- a broad range of ideas and topics,
ticulture and home grounds; Ag Progress Days is scheduled
production agriculture; forestry, from August 19-21 at Penn State’s
natural resources and Wildlife; Rock Springs Agricultural
agricultural economics;, family Research Center on Route4s, nine
living; and 4-H youth activities. 4- miles west of State College. Ad-
El representatives will i exhibit mission and parking are free. The
clothing and textile displays, and event runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
family living specialists vml focus each day.
processing plants and -22 hat
cheries representing <j>ver 800
producers were involved in the
testing program. Six meat
processing plants and fiye custom
slaughter plants representing
another estimated 200 producers
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are also involved.
A typical month involves the
testing of approximately 13,500
samples, including some 7,000
eggs, 5,000 blood samples and 1,500
“others.”
Shirley Pflieger program
coordinator says. that “almost
every large producer” is being
checked for AI and other poultry
diseases and samples are
being taken by state inspectors
during routine monthly inspections
at egg packing plants. Birds at
slaughter plants are bled by plant
personnel and samples are sub
mitted to state laboratories for
testing.
While it is hopeful that no new
positive samples will be found, it is
good to know that any new out
breaks will be found before they
get a chance to spread to a large
portion of the poultry population.
In fact, the surveillance system
is credited for the early detection
of AI last winter. That early
detection' enabled officials from
the state and federal government
to keep the disease confined to a
three county area away from the
large concentration of commercial
poultry in Southeastern Penn
sylvania.
Pennsylvania is still the only
state in the country with a
statewide surveillance system for
poultry. USDA-APHIS has urged
‘ other large poultry states to follow
Pennsylvania’s example.
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