Ag Progress Days

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My summer internship at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Penn State finished with Ag Progress Days. I had an awesome opportunity to go around and visit different vendors to learn more about why these companies are here. It was so cool to talk to big-name companies and to have real conversations with them. Here are some pictures from Ag Progress Days. 


Local Seed Company 


Mid-Atlantic Seeds


New Holand


Mahindra


John Deere


Kubota 


Pioneer Seeds


All of the Summer Interns



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