84—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 19,1980
Cereal Research Center established at Penn State
UNIVERSITY PARK - A
Center for Cereals Research
has been established at Penn
State, with the goal of im
proving potential for
production of small grains in
Pennsylvania and the
Northeast states region.
The colter may be the first
significant grouping of
scientists from several
expertise areas for a team
approach to improving small
grains grown under con
ditions of the region, ac
cording to Harold G. Mar
shall, coordinator of the
center.
He is an employee of the
U.S. Department of
Agriculture with a joint
appointment as adjunct
professor of plant breeding
at Penn State.
The general goal of the
center is to improve gram
yields and economic returns
from small grains. Em
phasis is on development
and use of improved
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practices, and integrated
pest management systems.
Researchers will be from the
expertise areas of
agronomy, plant breeding,
plant pathology, weed
science, crop physiology,
entomology, and
agricultural economics.
Marshall views the center
as a partnership involving
all interests of the small
gram industry. It was
established in 1979 under a
cooperative agreement
between Penn State and the
USDA, operating from the
department of agronomy
with full and part-time
personnel from both
organizations. Additional
assistance will be sought
from the grain interests of
the region.
While the partnership
between Penn State and the
USDA is an important step
toward improving small
gram yields, Marshall
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emphasizes that support
from grain producers,
millers and feed dealers, and
associated ag industries is
essential for success of the
program.
Marshall points out that
the Northeast is a feed and
food grain deficit area, and
additional production in the
Region would reduce ex
penses of transporting gram
from other regions of the
U.S.
Wheat has the potential to
provide excellent cash
returns to the producer if
current yield limiting
problems can be solved. The
nearness to seaports puts the
Northeast Region in an
especially favorable location
to capitalize on an in
creasing world demand for
wheat.
“Small grams are the
most neglected crops in the*
Northeast,” Marshall says.
“The potential for yield
improvement is tremen-
dous." He estimates that
millions of dollars are lost
annually because of disease
and insect pests, un
favorable environmental
conditions and stresses
unique to the area. Also
responsible are improper
management practices.
Broiler placements up slightly
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Placements of broiler chicks
in the Commonwealth during
the week ending April 5 were
2,202,000, according to the
Pennsylvania Crop
Reporting Service.
The placements were
three percent above the
corresponding week a year
earlier, but two percent
below the previous week.
Average placements during
the past nine weeks were
four percent above a year
earlier.
Placements in the 21 key
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Most small grain
production in this region is
with varieties developed for
conditions and practices of
other areas - generally the
mid-western states. Current
interest and practices of
other intensive management
practices now merit
varieties adapted
poultry producing states
were 81,429,000, two percent
below the previous week and
one percent below the same
week a year earlier.
Average placements during
the past nine weeks were
four percent above a year
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specificiaUy to the region,
Team members see small
grains as beneficial to the
small farmers prevalent in
Pennsylvania and the
region. Many such farms
need a cash crop or ad
ditional feed for animal
enterprises.
ago.
Broiler-fryers slaughtered
in Pennsylvania under
federal inspection during the
week ending March 26
totaled 1,986,000, with an
average hveweight of 4.12
pounds.