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NEWARK, Del. - Little
research has been done
concerning the effects
various tillage practices,
have on insect pests of field
crops. University of
Delaware extension pest
management specialist
Mark Graustein thinks this
is an area where farmers
could use some enlightening.
Over the past few years he
and fellow entomologists at
the University have noted a
number of ways m which
cultural practices appear to
influence insect populations
m crops like corn and
soybeans.
In the case of soil insects,
for instance, he says it’s
generally felt that the less
tillage there is, the more
favorable the environment
for soil insect pests. Ap
parently there’s something
to be said for the physical
movement of the sod in their
supression.
Cultivation kills some,
while it bunes others. It also
eliminates weeds and other
hosts which can encourage
pest build-ups. This is one
reason why extension
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How cultural practices
insect control
help farm
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specialists often recommend
interrupting a no-tillage
regimen with a conventional
planting every few years.
As far as insects that live
above the ground are con
cerned, no-tillage or
minimum tillage appears to
work against the buildup of
pests like the European com
borer and the Mexican bean
beetle.
“There is evidence,” says
Graustein, “that no-till in
terferes with the increase of
these populations. ’ ’
With the bean beetle this
may be due to the planting
date when soybeans are
double-cropped after barley
and wheat. In this case the
beans are planted late
enough to miss the first
beetle infestation.
With early com, growth is
a little slower in no-till
plantings at the early stage
of development. And since
early planted conventional
com gets off to a faster start,
the com borer is attracted to
it first.
Though this isn’t the total
answer, the entomologist
says it may be one ex-
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Camp Hill, PA 17011
2310 Gettysburg Rd
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Waterville, ME 04901
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planation for the greater
pressure on such early,
conventional plantings.
Row spacing also has an
effect on insect populations.
In com, narrow rows may
favor dispersal of European
com borer larvae. Once
plants touch, and borer is
freer to move about and
spread.
On the other hand, m
soybeans, the quicker the
canopy doses the less egg
laying there’ll be by moths of
pod feeding insects
especially the com ear
worm.
As suggested earlier,
tuning of plantings is quite
important for exposure to
most of our major pests -
especially the com borer and
bean beetle.
The earlier the crop is
planted, the greater it’s
chances of suffering
economic damage from
either pest, says Graustem.
This is because it’s exposed
to overwintering populations
of these insects.
Weed control is another
factor that can make a
Order 4 Class I price up
ALEXANDRIA, VA -
Middle Atlantic Order
Market Adminstrator
Joseph D. Shine Monday
announced a Class I milk
price of $14.46 per hun
dredweight for June 1980.
This price is nine cents
above the May price and up
$1.50 from last June.
Order 4 prices are an
nounced for milk testing 8.3
percent butterfat, f.o.b.
plants located within 55
miles of Philadelphia, and
also within 75 miles from the
nearer of Washington, DC or
Baltimore, MD.
There is also a 6-cent
direct-delivery differential
applicable to producer milk
received at plants located
within 55 miles of
Philadelphia.
Wednesday is
Li DAIRY
CT DAY
AT NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC.
New Holland, PA
If you need 1 cow or a truck load, we have
from 100 to 200 cows to sell every week at your
price. Mostly fresh and close springing hols
tems.
Cows from local farmers and our regular ship
pers include Marvin Eshleman, Glenn Fite,
Kelly Boser, Bill Lang, Blaine Hoffer, Dale
Hostetter, H.D Matz, and Jerry Miller
SALE STARTS - 12:00 SHARP
Also Every Wednesday,
Hay, Straw & Ear Corn Sale -12:00 Noon
All Dairy & Heifers must be
eligible for Pennsylvania Health Charts.
For arrangements for special sales or herd
dispersals at our barn or on your farm, contact:
Abram Diffenbach, Mgr.
717-354-4341
Norman Kolb
717-397-5538 W
difference in insect
pressure. With both
soybeans and corn you can
run into trouble when annual
grasses are allowed to
develop. These are a favorite
egg laying site for the fall
armyworm as well as cer
tain other related pests.
For the same reason, it’s
important to get good kill of
a small grain cover.
Besides rapid canopy
closing, weed control can be
favored by tillage in
soybeans where row spacing
permits. If your herbicide
has been applied properly,
cultivation helps remove
weeds - particularly annual
grasses with herbicide
stunted roots - so you get
cleaner ground around your
plants.
One cultural practice
which shouldn’t be
overlooked is seed treatment
with an insecticide, as well
as a fungicide. On soybeans,
m particular, this is a cheap
form of insurance against
seed com magot and other
soil insects that attack the
germinating seed.
As you prepare for the
coming growing season,
keep these cultural factors in
mind. Where they fit into
your production schedule
they can help you reduce
insect pressure on your
crops this summer.
Shine announced a Class 11
milk price of $11.61 per
hundredweight for April 1980
and a butterfat differential
of 15.4 cents for the month.
The Class II milk price
was up five cents from the
previous month while the
butterfat differential in
creased four tenths of a cent.
These class prices are
based on the April 1980
Minnesota-Wisconsin man
ufacturing milk price of
$11.68 per hundredweight
adjusted to a 3.5 percent
butterfat content.
The USDA reported that
the wholesale price of Grade
A butter at Chicago for April
was $1.3426 per pound and
the nonfat dry milk price
was $.8711 per pound, f.o.b.
plants in the Chicago area.
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