Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- August 18, 2008

Penn State's Ag Progress Days Opens (:54)

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BILLED AS PENNSYLVANIA'S LARGEST OUTDOOR AGRICULTURAL EXPO, PENN STATE'S AG PROGRESS DAYS OPENS TUESDAY, AND THE MANAGER OF THE EVENT SAYS IT PROVIDES A GLIMPSE INTO THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEHIND OUR FOOD AND FIBER. CHUCK GILL REPORTS:

Story:

(:12) AS MANY AS 50-THOUSAND PEOPLE FROM ALL PARTS OF THE STATE ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND AG PROGRESS DAYS, WHICH RUNS THROUGH THURSDAY AT PENN STATE'S AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER AT ROCK SPRINGS, ON ROUTE 45 NEAR STATE COLLEGE.

(:11) THE EXPO IS PART TRADE SHOW, PART FAIR, AND PART EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR. MANAGER BOB OBERHEIM SAYS THE EVENT GIVES VISITORS A SENSE OF THE SCIENCE THAT MAKES OUR FOOD AND FIBER SYSTEM POSSIBLE:

Oberheim Actuality:
(:20) "WE REALLY BUILD THIS SHOW TO SHOWCASE THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND THE TYPE OF RESEARCH THAT WE DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR THE AG PRODUCER, FOR THAT HOMEOWNER OR THAT TAXPAYER IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. SO, THROUGHOUT THE GROUNDS, WHETHER IT'S THE EQUINE, WHETHER IT'S AG ENGINEERING AND SAFETY ON EQUIPMENT, WHETHER IT'S CROPS AND SOILS, TURF, HORTICULTURE, ENTOMOLOGY WITH THE BEE PROBLEM ... ."

(:11) AG PROGRESS DAYS FEATURES NEARLY 400 COMMERCIAL EXHIBITORS, EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS, GUIDED RESEARCH TOURS, AND A VARIETY OF FAMILY ACTIVITIES. PARKING AND ADMISSION ARE FREE. FROM ROCK SPRINGS, I'M CHUCK GILL.

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