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About the Southeast Agricultural Research & Extension Center in Landisville
The Center is located in Lancaster County, in the heart of the most intensive farming area in Pennsylvania. Southeastern and southcentral Pennsylvania has a different climate than the rest of the state (a longer growing season, warmer average temperatures and higher relative humidity). Research on the 106 acres at the Center involves the Departments of Crop and Soil Science, Entomology, Horticulture and Plant Pathology plus the USDA and some county extension educators. In addition to providing specific conditions for research, the facility increases opportunities for growers, consumers, and students to observe experiments and to consult with scientists.
The research involves cultivar testing of corn, soybean, small grain, forages, annual and perennial flowers, flowering crabapples, strawberries, tomatoes, pumpkin and other horticultural crops. Other research involves pest control (disease, insect and weeds), cover crops, inoculants, fertility and various management studies.
The Center is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday. To visit the Center from the west, take Pa 283 east toward Lancaster, exit at the Esbenshade exit, turn left at the stop sign and take the 1st road right (Auction Road). Continue to stop sign, turn right (Erisman Road), take the 1st road left (Auction Road) to Penn State sign and turn left. From the east, take Pa 283 toward Harrisburg, exit from 283 at the Salunga Exit. At the stop sign, turn right onto Spooky Nook Road, take the 1st road left (Shenk Road at the Armstrong warehouse), proceed to covered bridge and turn left through the covered bridge. Take the 1st road right (Auction Road), and at Penn State Sign turn left. From the north or Pa Turnpike, take Pa 72 south toward Lancaster and continue through the town of Manheim. At the traffic light by the Manheim Auto Auction, turn right onto Auction Road, proceed to stop sign, turn right then immediately left back onto Auction Road, continue to Penn State sign and turn right.
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