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Ag Progress Days Dates Announces,
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) When you think of high
tech industries, does farming
come to mind?
It will, if you attend Penn
State’s Ag Progress Days, August
12-14.
A new precision agriculture
demonstration heads the list of
production-related attractions at
this year’s event, according to Ag
Progress Days manager Bob
Obeiheim.
“Precision agriculture is a hot
topic in the farm community right
now,” Oberfaeim said. “By using
the latest technology in global
positioning systems, geographic
information systems and on-board
computers in combines and trac
tors. growers can adjust their man
agement practices to become more
efficient.”
These technologies can help
producers to map variations in
crop yield within a single field.
“For instance, this information
can enable farmers to apply pesti
cides and fertilizers only where
they’re needed instead of across
an entire field, which saves them
money and minimizes environ
mental impact,” Oberheim
explained.
Ag Progress Days visitors can
attend precision agriculture pre
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Activities Planned
sentations by Penn State faculty
and cooperative extension staff,
followed by field demonstrations
featuring the technology.
Obcrheim said other popular
field demonstrations will be back,
including no-till vegetable plant
ing, hay mowing, baling, round
bale handling and composting.
The focal point of Penn State’s
Ag Progress Days displays will be
the College of Agricultural Sci
ences Exhibits Building.
The building’s theme this year
will focus on the changing shape
of Pennsylvania agriculture. Visi
tors will see a series of interactive
exhibits that will highlight how
agriculture Pennsylvania’s
number one industry is adapt
ing to the global marketplace, con
sumer trends and other business
and environmental issues.
Other exhibits, tours and work
shops will feature the latest
research and information on crops
and soils, dairy and livestock pro
duction, integrated pest manage
ment, conservation practices and
woodlot management.
More than 300 commercial and
noncommercial exhibitors also
will be on hand to display the
newest goods and services.
In addition, a variety of family
and consumer-oriented attractions
are planned, including a new fami
ly living exhibits and demonstra
tions, storytelling, horse exhibi
tions. an insect zoo. live animal
displays, lawn and garden advice,
antique exhibits and SciQ, a TV
style game show.
Penn State’s Ag Progress Days
features more than 500 acres of
educational and commercial exhi
bits. tours and machinery
demonstrations.
It is held at the Russell E. Lar
son Agricultural Research Center
at Rock Springs, nine miles south
west of State College on Route 45.
Hours are 9 a.m. to S p.m. Tues
day and Thursday, with extended
hours of 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Wed
nesday. Admission and parking
are free.
For more information, call
(800) PSU-1010 toll-free from
July 14 to August 14 or visit the
Ag Progress Days site on the
World Wide Web at
www.cas.psu.edu/docs/
AGIS/APD/APD.HTML.
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work station; a small laboratory for
water testing; a food science cen
ter; and other equipment The
same classroom will be set up and
ready to work next school year. In
addition, according to Henry, the
room will include 14- Internet
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Penn Manor
Before the end of the school
year, Carole Fay of Penn Manor
High School in Millersville noted
that they had moved students into
the classroom recently
constructed.
Brand new construction
included an ag mechanics
laboratory.
The old classroom, gutted out at
the time of the interview, was still
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for all agriculture classrooms,
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completion of construction is
November this year.
The Penn Manor ag science
program includes more than 400
students grades nine through 12.
Next year, a special greenhouse
course, an additional biotech
course, and a records and system
analysis course will be offered!
according to Fay.
At the beginning of the project.
Fay noted, “We developed some of
the designs and worked with the
architect to install several features
to meet the needs of students. We
were involved in the whole
planning.”
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include Mike Burton, ag mechan
ics teacher; Gus Bitchier, depart
ment coordinator; Eric Dixpn, ag
teacher, au mechanics: id Fay.
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