Clinic participants will learn how to prepare, harness and drive horses and ponies, with emphasis on proper turnout and safety techniques for handling and driving. Current 4-H driving rules and procedures, miniature horse driving and obstacle driving also will be included. In the mid-summer doldrums of journalism, there is still a need for expert advice on holiday activities for the Fourth of July. Journalists in television and print media may need a few expert sources that can quickly offer tips or quotes. Professors in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences have a wide range of expertise in a variety of holiday issues ranging from food safety to planting bulbs.
Most children have a natural fascination with insects.
And because insects are the most plentiful creatures on Earth, they provide abundant opportunities for learning about biology, ecology and the environment. The Department of Entomology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences is sponsoring events at the University Park campus that will focus on children's curiosity and teacher education to promote insects as tools for informal and classroom learning. Pa. The event also will be an opportunity for Pennsylvania cattlemen to demonstrate environmentally friendly processes now in use by livestock producers, according to Dr. Lowell Wilson, Penn State professor of animal science and secretary of the Pennsylvania Cattlemen's Association. Penn State's Office of Pesticide Education offers three new services to help certified pesticide applicators locate open meetings approved for recertification credits. Visitors will be able to see firsthand how farmers, environmental professionals and local government agencies are using these systems for a variety of purposes, says Ag Progress Days manager Bob Oberheim.