Web-Based Forage Species Selector On UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) Dr. Marvin H. Hall, professor of forage man agement in the College of Ag ricultural Sciences, and Dr. Douglas A. Miller, director for outreach with the Earth and Mineral Sciences Environ mental Institute, are develop ing a Web-based forage spe cies selector. The result will be a Web-based, geographic in formation systems (GIS) map program that farmers can use to find out what kind of for age will grow well in their area. The Website is http:// www.forages.psu.edu/ selection_tool/index.html. Hall and Miller have ex pended on a Cornell Universi ty Web-based interface that allows users to provide a soil type or zip code and their own management factors to find the right forage to grow in their area. In collaboration with Dr. Jerry Cherney of Cornell, Hall and Miller have developed a prototype Web based forage species selection Cutters to meet your every need. 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