mm lINsuKSCfV PARK I'A IAAop tAO,’ A - ■ M \Sb I 9 -nV <-£,V Vol. 40 No. 40 Take A ‘Test Drive * Of New Products, Technology At Showcase Event ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Farming Staff ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.) — Consider this year’s Ag Progress your chance to take that big “test drive.” “Ag Progress places a lot of emphasis on commercial producers in the state," said Bob Oberhelm, manager of the three-day event at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center, located nine miles southwest of State College on Route 45. The pre mier Penn State showcase event lasts from Tuesday, Aug. 15 through Thursday, Aug. 17. Ag Progress provides information not only for small- and large-scale producers, but for famlllee and the average consumer. Experts Brief Ag Educators On Markets, Developing Public Policy VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Fanning Staff READING (Berks Co.) —A group of people who in the course of their jobs educate the agricultur al community met Tuesday at The Inn at Reading, in Reading, to dis cuss issues concerning the future Supreme champion* at tha Morrison Cove Dairy Show. From left, Jennifer Brum* baugh, Bedford County dairy princess: Aaron Gable with the Guernsey supreme champion; Rebecca Kelly with the Holstein reserve supreme champion; and Crystal Couch, Huntingdon County dairy princess. 604 Per Copy Representatives Grom five major tractor companies will be available at next week’s Ag Progress Days to allow qualified drivers the chance to test-drive new vehicles as part of the “ride and drive” and present of agriculture. Under the auspice of sponsor ship by the Southeastern Regional Council, the Pennsylvania Council of Cooperative, and Penn State’s Cooperative Business Education and Research Program, Ag Hori zons VI Conference is an annual Lancaster Farming. Saturday, August 12,1995 Ac Progress Days Aug. 15-17 demonstrations to be held in a TA acre segment of the research facility in Rockspring. John Deere, Ford. Case IH, Agco-White. and Kubota rep- resentatives will be available at Ist conference of primarily dairy industry people. Attendance at the all-day con ference constituted credit for con tinuing education for those quali fied. For all, it provides an oppor tunity to listen and discuss some apparently pertinent issues in Sl and Rt. 45 to allow riders to jump in and take that test drive of several new vehicles on display. Actually, for many, Ag Progress can be considered a “test drive” of the new products and technology available to large- and small-scale farmers and ag commodity pro ducers. Those who attend the free event can see for themselves how Snap Bean Planting Starts Countdown GAIL STROCK Mifflin Co. Correspondent ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.) “My goal has been to stay with traditional field demonstra tions, but to incorporate new tech-' nology, new equipment or methods into new field demonstrations,” says Bob Oberheim, director of Ag Progress Days. “We include tradi tional equipment such as tillage, hay, or cultivator implements. To diversify, we try to introduce a vegetable crop demo each year. That’s why these different brands of planters were invited to come plant snap beans last spring to begin the countdown to harvest} demonstrations next week. In a show that Oberheim says shows the diversification of agriculture in Pennsylvania, Hanover Foods’ seeds were selected for the plots. Three precision planters were detail and candor. The agenda for the sixth such gathering was split between a morning session devoted to exporting and breaking into the world market and an afternoon ses sion that dealt with the role of edu cators in public policy. Those attending the conference primarily included cooperative extension agents and high school Index Of Ag Progress Stories (Please see general index on Page A 3.) Crops A2O Colored Mulch 822 Animal Ag E 2 Transfer Planning E 2 Hay Show... E 4 Natural Resources E 6 Soil Stewardship E 6 Equine Exhibit ElO Schedule El 6 Demos, Information El 7 Map ElB Exhibitors’ List E 23 Landscape E 34 Six Saetions Penn State research experts “test drive” new field, vegetable, and fruit commodities at the research sites as part of the daily tour prog ram at Ag Progress. “Ag Progress, places a lot of emphasis on commercial produc ers in the state,” said Bob Ober heim, manager of the three-day (Turn to Pag* A3B) demonstrated for population accu racy and spacing when planting snap beans. With the high cost of (Turn to Pag* A3B) All roads lead to Ag Progress Days. vocational agriculture teachers from around the state. Also attending were representa tives of the Dairy Herd Improve ment Association, the artificial insemination industry, dairy, cooperatives. Pa. Department of Agriculture and lending institutions. Alan Bair, manager of member (Turn to Pag* A 44) $25.00 Par Year
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