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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.
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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
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demonstrated for population accu
racy and spacing when planting
snap beans. With the high cost of
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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
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