March 18, 2008


Penn State Rainfall Demonstrator. Dr. Sjoerd Duiker,Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, talks about the rainfall Demonstrator and the benefits of no-till farming at a special Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences event in Harrisburg.
See these other speakers at the event--
Rep. Mike Hanna, Chair House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee
Sen. Mike Brubaker, Chair Senate Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff
Robert Steele, Dean Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences
Dr. Sjoerd Duiker,Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences
Matt Ehrhart, Pennsylvania Office Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Visit these other links--
See the Rainfall Demonstrator in action
Rodale Institute No-Till+ Webpage
PA No-Till Alliance

Dr. Sjoerd Duiker, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, talks about the benefits of no-till farming at a special Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences event in Harrisburg.
See these other speakers at the event--
Rep. Mike Hanna, Chair House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee
Sen. Mike Brubaker, Chair Senate Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff
Robert Steele, Dean Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences
Matt Ehrhart, Pennsylvania Office Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Visit these other links--
See the Rainfall Demonstrator in action
Rodale Institute No-Till+ Webpage
PA No-Till Alliance

Robert Steele, Dean, Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, talks about the importance of farm conservation research at a special Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences event in Harrisburg.
See these other speakers at the event--
Rep. Mike Hanna, Chair House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee
Sen. Mike Brubaker, Chair Senate Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff
Dr. Sjoerd Duiker, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences
Matt Ehrhart, Pennsylvania Office Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Visit these other links--
See the Rainfall Demonstrator in action
Rodale Institute No-Till+ Webpage
PA No-Till Alliance

Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff talks about REAP and farm conservation in Pennsylvania at a special Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences event in Harrisburg.
See these other speakers at the event--
Rep. Mike Hanna, Chair House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee
Sen. Mike Brubaker, Chair Senate Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee
Robert Steele, Dean, Penn State College of Agriculture
Dr. Sjoerd Duiker, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences
Matt Ehrhart, Pennsylvania Office Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Visit these other links--
See the Rainfall Demonstrator in action
Rodale Institute No-Till+ Webpage
PA No-Till Alliance

Rep. Mike Hanna (D-Centre), Chair House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, talks about REAP farm conservation tax credit program and farm conservation issues at a special Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences event in Harrisburg.
See these other speakers at the event--
Sen. Mike Brubaker, Chair Senate Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff
Robert Steele, Dean, Penn State College of Agriculture
Dr. Sjoerd Duiker, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences
Matt Ehrhart, Pennsylvania Office Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Visit these other links--
See the Rainfall Demonstrator in action
Rodale Institute No-Till+ Webpage
PA No-Till Alliance

Sen. Mike Brubaker (R-Lancaster), Chair Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, talks about farm conservation, REAP, agricultural research and partnerships at a special Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences event in Harrisburg.
See these other speakers at the event--
Rep. Mike Hanna, Chair House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff
Robert Steele, Dean, Penn State College of Agriculture
Dr. Sjoerd Duiker, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences
Matt Ehrhart, Pennsylvania Office Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Visit these other links--
See the Rainfall Demonstrator in action
Rodale Institute No-Till+ Webpage
PA No-Till Alliance

Robert Steele, Dean, Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, talks about the importance of farm conservation research at a special Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences event in Harrisburg.
See these other speakers at the event--
Rep. Mike Hanna, Chair House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee
Sen. Mike Brubaker, Chair Senate Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff
Robert Steele, Dean, Penn State College of Agriculture
Dr. Sjoerd Duiker, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences
Matt Ehrhart, Pennsylvania Office Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Visit these other links--
See the Rainfall Demonstrator in action
Rodale Institute No-Till+ Webpage
PA No-Till Alliance

Matt Ehrhart, Executive Director Pennsylvania Office Chesapeake Bay Foundation, opening and closing remarks on the importance of farm conservation research, the REAP farm conservation tax credit program and partnership at a special Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences event in Harrisburg.
See these other speakers at the event--
Rep. Mike Hanna, Chair House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee
Sen. Mike Brubaker, Chair Senate Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff
Robert Steele, Dean, Penn State College of Agriculture
Dr. Sjoerd Duiker, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences
Visit these other links--
See the Rainfall Demonstrator in action
PA No-Till Alliance

March 12, 2008

Armstrong Cement, a Portland Cement and Mortar manufacturing company in Butler County has documented energy savings of $107,000 a year thanks to a Pollution Prevention/Energy Efficiency study conducted by the Electrotechnology Application Center and PennTAP Partnership.


Dr. Timothy Schaeffer, Executive Director of Audubon PA, testifies before the Senate Game and Fisheries Committee on deer management.
A video of the entire hearing is available online.
Video Courtesy of Senate Republican Communications.

Carl Roe, Executive Director Game Commission, presents the Commission's annual report to the Senate Game and Fisheries Committee.
A video of the entire hearing is available online.
Video Courtesy of Senate Republican Communications.

Sen. Charles McIlhinney, Chair of the Senate Game and Fisheries Committee, asks representatives of the Unified Sportsmen of PA questions about their comments on deer management in Pennsylvania.
A video of the entire hearing is available online.
Video Courtesy of Senate Republican Communications.

March 5, 2008


Cleaning up PA's impaired waterways. Harry Campbell, a Science Advocate with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, provides an overview of plans to cleanup Pennsylvania's watersheds feeding the Chesapeake Bay.
For more information, visit the Chesapeake Bay Foundation website.