DMincasler Farming, Saturday, June 20, 1998
Pesticide Recertification
Meeting Information Available
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Penn State’s Office of
Pesticide Education offers three
new services to help certified
pesticide applicators locate open
meetings approved for recertifica
tion credits.
“Many times, county extension
offices and Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Agriculture offices are
overwhelmed by phone calls from
applicators seeking information,”
said Winand Hock, professor of
plant pathology and director of the
Pesticide Education Office.
“These new services will allow
applicators to get up-to-date in
formation at a central source.”
Hock said the Pesticide Edu
cation Program Web site fea
tures a search engine that will
locate open meetings in any of
the seven Department of Agri
culture regions. The Internet ad
dress for the Web site is http://
www.pested.psu. edu.
“You can find out when and
where core and category pesticide
recertification meetings are being
held and when pesticide applicator
certification examinations will be
held,” Hock said.
Another service is a toll-free
phone line: 1-800-Penn-IPM
(736-6476). Callers must use a
touch-tone phone. Listen for the
voice prompt and push “1” for
Ag Progress Days
Dates Announced
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.)
Computers and satellites have
lepg played a central role in the
aerospace and defense industries.
But in the last several years, these
technologies have found their way
into many other business and
government applications, includ
ing agriculture.
Exhibits and demonstrations
featuring global positioning sys
tems (GPS), geographic informa
tion systems (CIS) and related
technologies will be among new
activities at Penn State’s Ag Prog
ress Days, Aug. 18-20. Visitors
will be able to see firsthand how
farmers, environmental profes
sionals and local government
agencies are using these systems
for a variety of purposes, said Ag
Progress Days manager Bob
Oberheim. 4
“With satellite data and on
board computers in tractors, farm
ers often can plant more efficient
ly and optimize fertilizer and
pesticide applications,” Oberheim
said. “But these precision tech
nologies also are used in land-use
planning, emergency 911 systems
and water resource management,
to name a few applications.” Penn
State faculty and staff will be on
hand with exhibits showcasing the
latest GPS and GIS programs.
Other new attractions at this
year’s event include a new animal
agriculture facility that will house
expanded animal and livestock ex
hibits. In addition, a new animal
demonstration tent will be the site
of a youth lamb show and “Skill
a-thon.”
Oberheim said new Held ma
chinery demonstrations will in-
pesticide information. Callers are
prompted to select one of seven
regions and select a category of
pesticide certification. Core pro
grams are selected by pushing
“00.” All others are listed “1"
through “25.” “Check your certifi
cation card for the categories you
need,” Hock said.
A listing of all meetings within
a category will be read in alpha
betical order by county and date.
Each announcement will include
county, date, number of credits
and contact phone number.
Penn State also offers a FAX
BACK system, which provides
callers with a printed list of all
open meetings approved by the
Department of Agriculture.
Callers should use the phone on
their fax machine and call (814)
865-1636. A voice prompt will
welcome you to the Penn State
Fax-on-Demand System. Press
“1” for Pesticide Information. An
other prompt asks you to select a
region number from “1” through
“7.” If you are interested in out-of
state meetings or correspondence
courses, push “8.” After entering
your choice, the prompt will ask
you to press the “Start” button on
the fax machine, and the informa
tion you requested will be faxed to
you.
elude combine harvesting, sweet
com harvesting and com chop
ping. Returning demonstrations
include hay mowing, baling,
round bale handling and the popu
lar tractor “ride-and-drive” area.
Other exhibits, tours and work
shops will feature the latest re
search and information on crops
and soils, dairy and livestock pro
duction, integrated pest manage
ment, farm safety, conservation
practices and woodlot manage
ment 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 family liv
ing exhibits and'demonstrations,
cut flower beds and exhibits,
storytelling, horse exhibitions, 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 ex
hibits. tours and machinery de
monstrations. It is held at the Rus
sell E. Larson Agricultural Re
search Center at Rockspriongs,
nine miles southwest of State Col
lege on Route 45. Hours are 9 a.m
to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday,
with extended hours of 9 a.m. to 8
p.m. on Wednesday. Admission
and parking are free.
For more information, call
(800) PSU-1010 toll-free from
July 13 to Aug. 20 or visit the
Ag Progress Days site on the
World Wide Web at http://apd.
cas.psu.edu.
Antique Tractor, Equipment
GILBERT (Monroe Co.)
The Pocono Old-Tyme Farm
Equipment Association presents
the 3rd Annual Antique Tractor,
Gas Engine, and Farm Equipment
Show here at West End Fair
grounds on Friday, July 10 - Sun
day, July 12. Show hours are Fri
day noon until dusk and Saturday
and Sunday 9 a.m. until dusk.
There is an admission charge of $ 1
per person and 12 years old and
under free with an adult
Scheduled entertainment in
cludes Friday from 6 p.m. to 9
p.m. “The Hawks” band and
Saturday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
“McWilliams Bros.” band.
Scheduled events on Friday
include kids’ activities all day, 5
p.m. tractor parade and 8 p.m. Old
Tyme Cake Walk. On Saturday
Boar, Rant
Testing Under Way
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture’s Meat Animal
Evaluation Center has announced
the annual boar performance test
ing program and the ram perform
ance testing programs are under
way.
Nineteen boar pens are being
utilized. This group of boars con
sists of 48 Yorkshires, 12 Durocs,
four Hampshires, four Berkshires,
four Landrace, and four Duroc x
Hampshire crossbreds.
These boars are growing well.
Two of the pens have already at
tained a pen average of 230
pounds and have officially con
cluded their testing periods.
The boars that have concluded
their test have been scanned with
real-time ultrasound. These early
results indicate that Penn State
will have boars exhibiting record
breaking growth, boars with ex
ceptional muscle, and some very
lean boars.
The university is preparing for
the 23rd annual performance
tested boar sale scheduled for
Wednesday, Aug. 19, at 6 p.m. in
the Ag Arena on the campus of
Penn State. This sale is again
scheduled to coincide with Ag
Progress Days.
The 69 rams on test were just
weighed for their 42-day weight
So far, the rams are gaining well.
The rams will remain on test for
another 42 days and then final
weights will be taken. The rams
then will have their breeding
soundness and structural correct
ness evaluated and will be scan
ned ultrasonically to determine fat
thickness and loin-eye area and
have their final indexes calcu
lated.
The Performance Tested Ram
Sale is scheduled Saturday, Aug.
1, at 2 p.m., in the Ag Arena on the
campus of Penn State.
There is a full day’s activities
planned for Aug. 1. In addition to
the Performance Tested Ram Sale
and the Invitational Ewe Sale, the
Sheep Producers Field Day Com
mittee, consisting of Dirk Wise,
Joanne Evans, Dick Kuzemchak,
Bob Calvert, and Don Hunter are
working on a tremendous pro
gram.
Commercial trade show ven
dors are also planning to be on
hand to exhibit their products and
services.
Show July 10-12
there will be at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
grain threshing machine demon
strations. noon tractor parade, 2
p.m. Kids’ Pedal Tractor Pull
(weight class is 35 pounds to 100
pounds with the tractors provided
by the Pocono Old-Tyme Farm
Equipment Association); 4:30
p.m. Kids’ Treasure Hunt; and 5
p.m. Adult Pedal Pull.
To compete in the Antique
Farm Tractor Pull on Saturday at 1
p.m., you must register on Satur
day from 10 a.m. to noon and are
required to be 16 years or older
and you may use your own antique
tractor that was built up until 1960
(do note that modified tractors are
not allowed). A $lO registration
fee is required. Trophies will be
awarded to Ist, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
place winners, plus cash for the
Island second place winners only.
The field day activities are
scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. in the
Ag Arena on the campus of Penn
State.
For more information or to re
quest sale catalogs, contact Glenn
Eberly, Director-M.A.E.C„ 651
Fox Hollow Road, State College,
PA 16803, (814) 238-2527 or
(814) 865-5857.
Scheduled activities on Sunday
include 10 a.m. Open Air Church
Services for all faiths; noon Trac
tor Parade, starting at 1 p.m. Trac
tor Driving Skill Competition; 2
p.m. Kids* Pedal Tractor Pull; 3
p.m. Adult Pedal Tractor Pull; and
4 p.m. raffle ticket drawing. The
Tractor Driving Skill Competition
will be held in the grandstand area
and includes the following compe
titions: Blind Race (whereas you
drive your tractor blindfolded);
Wagon Backing (whereas you
back up your tractor to a hay wag
on); Slow Race (whereas you
drive the tractor as slow as pos
sible); and a Hot Dog Race
(whereas the first tractor driver
who bites off part of the raw hot
dog that is hanging in midair,
without taking their hands off the
steering wheel of the tractor,
wins).
The event will also feature a
Craft Show and Flea Market all
three days. Vendor spaces are $lO
for a 10-foot frontage. To register
call (610) 681-5419 or (717)
992-7328.
Other daily demonstrations
scheduled include com meal
grinding, feed grinders, and gas
engines. The show will also in
clude farm toy collections, dis
plays of Ertl toys, model farm dis
plays and equipment display.
For more information, call
(610) 681-5419.
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