Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- August 17, 2009

Penn State's Ag Progress Days Opens (:53)

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LOW MILK PRICES AND TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES APPARENTLY WON'T HURT PENN STATE'S AG PROGRESS DAYS EXPO, WHICH RUNS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AT ROCK SPRINGS. IN FACT, INTEREST IN THE EVENT MAY BE AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH. CHUCK GILL REPORTS:

Story:

(:14) AG PROGRESS DAYS IS PENNSYLVANIA'S LARGEST OUTDOOR AGRICULTURAL EXPO, ANNUALLY ATTRACTING UP TO 50-THOUSAND PEOPLE. AND THIS YEAR IT MAY BE LARGER THAN EVER. MANAGER BOB OBERHEIM SAYS MORE THAN 420 EXHIBITORS WILL BE AT THIS YEAR'S EVENT, WHICH IS AN ALL-TIME RECORD:

Oberheim Actuality:
(:20) "IT'S A TOUGH TIME OUT THERE IN AGRICULTURE. BUT BY THE TURNOUT OF EXHIBITORS, IT'S TELLING ME THAT THEY'RE THERE FOR THE PRODUCER, TO TRY TO KEEP HIM IN BUSINESS, TO KEEP HIM PROFITABLE. AND WE'VE REALLY SEEN AN INCREASE IN DIVERSE EXHIBITORS THIS YEAR -- ANYTHING FROM MANURE COMPANIES, FORAGE COMPANIES, BUILDING COMPANIES, HEATING UNITS. AND I COULD GO ON AND ON."

(:18) IN ADDITION TO EXHIBITS AND MACHINERY DEMONSTRATIONS, AG PROGRESS DAYS OFFERS GUIDED RESEARCH TOURS, HORSE EXHIBITIONS, WILDLIFE DISPLAYS AND A VARIETY OF FAMILY ACTIVITIES. THE EVENT TAKES PLACE AT THE LARSON AG RESEARCH CENTER ON ROUTE 45, NINE MILES SOUTHWEST OF STATE COLLEGE. PARKING AND ADMISSION ARE FREE. FROM ROCK SPRINGS, I'M CHUCK GILL.

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