Natural Resources, Backyard Gardens
At Ag Progress Days
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.)
Visitors can explore nearly
five acres of demonstrations,
presentations, tours, and exhib
its at the Natural Resource Con
servation Partnership Area at
Penn State’s Ag Progress Days,
Aug. 14-16.
“Afterward, relax in our
‘backyard garden’ courtesy of
Blackhawk Nursery,” said
Stacy Mitchell, state public af
fairs specialist for the USDA
Natural Resources Conservation
Service.
• Daily tours. The “Forestry
Wildlife Tour” will feature an
easy walk through the forest.
The “Conservation Tour” will
take visitors through grassed
waterways, stream crossings,
diversions, and terraces to learn
about practices that improve soil
and water quality.
The “Grazing Tour” will
highlight research on how graz
ing management can help farm
ers economically by reducing the
pressure to buy feed. “Last
year’s grazing tour was so suc
cessful that we had to comman
Kvemeland excellence
in a whole new field
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reject stone
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Round discs reject
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stone as it has no
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edges Foreign objects
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See our extensive family of hay tools which includes
disc mowers, rakes and tedders
Kvemeland
- The Number One selling round bale wrapper in The
United States and the World!
- Keverneland pioneered the wrap system in 1986
- Complete range of machines to suit every need
three trailed models, two mounted self-loading,
three mounted cpnventional, and now an ultra high
capacity wrapper made expressly for large square
bales up to 4'x4'x6' in size
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McConnellsburg, PA
717-485-3181
Hess Farm Equipment
Canton, PA
570-673-5143
Zimmerman Farm Service
Bethel, PA
717-933-4114
deer a second bus,” Mitchell
said.
Also, once each day, a bus will
shuttle visitors to the compost
ing area, where farm nutrient
and mortality composting will
be demonstrated. For times and
details, stop by the tent or Ag
Progress Days information
booth.
• Forums and presentations.
“Along with our usual grazing
forum where farmers can hear
from panels of their peers about
what is and isn’t working
on their farms, we’ll have pres
entations on backyard compost
ing and the Conservation
Reserve Enhancement Program
(CREP), a state/federal/private
nartnership program that pro
motes water quality and wildlife
habitat,” Mitchell said.
Other presentations will in
clude the Dirt and Gravel Road
Program, which aims to reduce
sediment in streams and make
neighborhoods cleaner. “A daily
presentation with live frogs and
snakes will round out the pro
grams,” Mitchell said.
Kverneland Kidd KD 825 Silage Chopper
- PTO driven discharge conveyor decelerates the
chopped material ensuring an even and positive
flow of feed without an excess of dust or loss
- Four other models are available for dry hay and
straw applications.
- Hydraulic bale lifter and slip clutch protected PTO
together provide safe, smooth, low torque starts.
Dugan Tractor, Inc.
Mansfield, pa Weiisviiie, ny Pickering Farm Equipment
570-662-3200 716-593-3330 Thompson, PA
570-756-2641
Rovendale
Ag & Barn Equipment
Watsontown, PA
570-538-9564
• Exhibits. “The main tent
will be larger this year to make
room for additional exhibitors,”
Mitchell said. “Kids can enjoy
the fish tank, daily fly-casting
exhibitions, invertebrates, worm
tubes and touch boxes. They also
can get tattoos and make fish
print shirts using their own
shirt, or one they purchase for
$5.”
Other exhibits will include
farm and backyard conserva
tion, soil types, plant materials
and their uses, composting, nu
trient management, best man
agement practices, water
quality, forestry, fencing, and
watershed conservation.
• Live demonstrations. These
will include how to stabilize
barnyard surfaces and control
runoff to “keep clean water
clean,” manure spreading
standards and spreader calibra
tion, livestock watering equip
ment, fencing types, no-till
planting, and grass plots.
Federal and state agencies, or
ganizations and private indus
tries participate in the Natural
Kverneland
I where fanning means business
Resources Conservation Part
nership Area, including the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers; Penn
sylvania Fish and Boat Commis
sion; USDA Natural Resource
Conservation Service; Pennsyl
vania’s Departments of Envi
ronmental Protection,
Conservation and Natural Re
sources, and Agriculture; Penn
sylvania Association of
Conservation Districts; Chesa
peake Bay Foundation; USDA
Pennsylvania Ag Statistics Ser
vice: Penn State Cooperative
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reacts to obstacles
independent of the rest of
the machine
Lower ground pressure
improves reliability and
reduces crop stubble
damage
Tool free cutting height
adjustment
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Leola, PA
717-656-2321
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