Penn State’s College of Agriculture will hold a special “Healthy Farms, Healthy Watersheds” event in the East Wing Rotunda at the Capitol in Harrisburg on March 18 at 10:30 to demonstrate how good tillage and crop production techniques can improve water quality.

As part of the program Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff, Sen. Mike Brubaker (R-Lancaster) Majority Chair of the Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee and Rep. Mike Hanna (D-Clinton) Majority Chair of the House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee will talk about how research, education and innovative policies must all work together to achieve profitable agriculture and healthy watersheds.

Penn State’s Rainfall Demonstrator will literally “make it rain” in the Capitol as part of the program demonstrating how improved tillage can improve water quality. Dr. Sjoerd Duiker, a Penn State agronomist, will present the exhibit which will run all day from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Matthew Ehrhart, Executive Director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Pennsylvania Office, will provide introductions for the event.

3/14/2008