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 Spring/Summer
2001 |
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miles to the southwest, in Rock Springs, a hazy fog drifts over
acres of feed corn, shaded by a looming mountain that has kept
the harsh morning sun off crops for centuries. Scott Harkcom
gives the grain drill one last check before sending one of his
crew members out to plant wheat.A few miles down Route 45, Larry Jordan steps down from a late-model pickup truck and checks on some newly installed deer fencing before starting an inspection of his farm’s crop plots. Business as usual on three Pennsylvania farms, right? Not quite. All three of these bucolic scenes describe part of Penn State’s farming operations, an agricultural enterprise that at first seems to resemble most farms in the state, but in fact is nothing at all like other farms. In 1890, a student could toss a corncob from the steps of Old Main and hit a grazing cow or lose it in a field of wheat. Today, the acreage where cattle once grazed is used to grow great minds, and the College of Agricultural Sciences uses fertile fields throughout Centre County—and across the state—to provide research, teaching, and outreach to Pennsylvanians. |
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