Conservation Exhibit Area (CEA)

Cover Crops and Plantings

• Cover Crop Plots and Planting Green - South of the Harrington Bldg. and Conservation Area, Pennsylvania seed companies and Penn State extension representatives will host new cover crop mixtures planted in the plots. Penn State Extension staff will be at the plots to host talks at 11:45 a.m. daily to discuss the new cover crop mixtures planted in the plots. 
• Corn Planter Demonstrations - Daily at 12:30 on the Grounds at Equipment Demonstration Fields, see Map.
  

  • NEW! Cover Crop Cocktails! -Cover Crops, Soil Fertility, and Nutrient Management Presentation held DAILY at 12:30 p.m. in the American Farm Family Learning Center

• Soybean Demonstration Plots will also be available to view.
  
  
• Ernst Seeds will be hosting the Cover Crop and Pollinator Demo Plot in the Conservation Exhibit Area and providing information from their adjacent booth.
  
  

Water Resources and Soil Conservation

No-Till Alliance will feature the Rainfall Simulator Demonstrations showing infiltration daily, 10:00 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.

Water Wellhead Demonstration Areas will be around the area to view and join the walking tour at 1:00 p.m. daily, with Penn State Extension Water team staff to learn more.

• USDA/NRCS staff will be featuring an active livestock watering system with ram and solar-powered pumps for grazing operations, a scaled manure storage and concrete loafing area to address animal concentration areas on your farm, and an interactive soil tunnel to demonstrate how soil health and its beneficial properties can impact your operation. All demos will be supported by NRCS technical staff to explain how these systems work and other ways to address your natural resource issues and questions. 
  
  
• A large variety of No-Till Equipment will be on display at Penn State's CMEG area outside the J. D. Harrington Building