Members of the Martinsburg Volunteer Fire Company conduct a mock emergency rescue operation involving a tractor rollover at the Ag Progress Days Farm Safety Demonstration Area, Aug. 13, 2025.
Visitors inspect the antique tractor display at 2025 Ag Progress Days.
Amy Duke (left), College of Ag Sciences associate director of communications, chats with Chuck Gill, senior public relations specialist and news editor, upon arrival at Ag Progress Days, Aug. 13, 2025.
A group of visitors peruse the 2025 Ag Progress Days program guide while planning their day.
College of Agricultural Sciences Dean Troy Ott (left) and Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding speak during a video interview at Ag Progress Days, Aug. 12, 2025.
College of Agricultural Sciences staff members volunteer in the information booth at 2025 Ag Progress Days.
Visitors inspect a piece of equipment after a field machinery demonstration at 2025 Ag Progress Days.
A 2025 Ag Progress Days visitor speaks with a Penn State Extension educator about agricultural conservation programs.
Dwight Lingenfelter, weed science extension associate, speaks with a visitor during 2025 Ag Progress Days.
The audience listens to state Secretary of Ag Russell Redding and College of Ag Sciences Dean Troy Ott during their Ag Progress Days town hall Aug. 12, 2025.
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding (right) speaks with 4-H State Council Members before a town hall event with Dean Troy Ott at 2025 Ag Progress Days.
Long He (left), associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering, discusses his research on automation in tree-fruit production in the College Exhibits Building at the 2025 Ag Progress Days expo.
At an exhibit in the College of Agricultural Sciences Exhibits Building during Ag Progress Days 2025, researchers from the college explain current projects to visitors.
Oral History Project

See and hear the stories of earliest Ag Progress Days.

Early APD Photographs
Early Field Trials
Jerry Pasto, 1980
Equine Event, 1980
APD Barn, 1916
Meet The Staff
Barbara Howell Raphael Educational Equity Graduate Scholarship

The purpose of this scholarship is to recognize graduate students who demonstrate academic excellence and whose experiences, perspectives, engagement, and leadership contribute to a diverse (or welcoming), equitable, and inclusive academic community.

Travel Alerts

Visit PA511.com for the recent updates for road construction and transportation issues. Traveling toward State College from the East, do expect delays due to road improvements on Route 322 at Lewistown and Potter Mills. One lane restrictions on North Atherton St. (Business Rt. 322) in State College.

Understanding Tick Bites and Lyme Disease

For your benefit, information about prevention and protection of tick risks during in-the-woods activities.

Alerts for Exhibitors
Scams

Hotels, Attendee Lists, and Payment Information

Notice of Solicitation Email

Our Ag Progress Days Office or online registration service provider (A2zPersonify) may contact you directly by email on behalf of Penn State. No other email correspondence is authorized and should be disregarded.

Notice of Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine in Southeast Pennsylvania

Permits may be required for traveling to the show this year.

William J. and Anne E. Scarlett Award in Watershed Stewardship

The purpose of this award is to recognize graduate student excellence in research as it relates to water conservation and/or stewardship.

Katherine Mabis McKenna Award

The purpose of this award is to recognize graduate student excellence in research as it relates the use of plants for environmental stewardship, especially in stream or watershed conservation.

Evans Family Award for Graduate Student Extension Achievement

The purpose of this award is to recognize graduate students who are excelling in extension educational programming. Separate awards will be made for students in MS/MEd and PhD degree programs

Information Technologies

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