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E2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 16,1980 NEWARK, DE. - Far mers will need to continue to switch to "driving smaller nitrogen cars through their cornfields,” M.R. Teel and L. J. Cotnoir, agronomy researchers, told par ticipants in the University of Delaware’s Field Day on Tuesday. The two researchers pointed out the similarity between the general driving public and farming s use of nitrogen. “Everyone was driving big cars when gas was cheap,” they said. “Likewise, farmers kept pouring on the nitrogen when it was selling for as cheap as 3.5 cents a poun 1. But now nitrogen costs about 25. cents a pound and the only way it is going to go is continually up.” That’s why major com research at Delaware’s Newark Farm is con centrating on evaluating the ability of the soil to produce nitrogen and finding ways to help the soil produce it more efficiently. In the test plots, the research program is seeking to compare the efficiency of ammonium nitrogen from urea with nitrate nitrogen from sodium nitrate and to measure the effects of potassium fertility and liming practices on the response of the com to these two nitrogen sources. different nitrogen levels on irrigated and non irrigated plots are being tested, ranging from no application to 300 pounds last year followed by 100 pounds this year. Historical development of corn is explained to Field Day group by researcher J. A. Hawk. 1980 Regional Star Agri-businessmen named Andrew Thomas May, 21, Green Bay, Wisconsin, is the Central Region winner. The four named were chosen from 782 FFA members who have been selected to receive the American Farmer Degree ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Four outstanding FFA members have been named 1980 Regional Star Agri businessmen by the National FFA Officers and Board of Directors after deliberations by committees which also include State and National FFA Staff Jack William Barber, Jr , 19, Colusa, California, is the Western Region winner; Mike Tillman, 21, Marianna, Florida, is the Southern Region winner; Henry Lee Goodnight, 20, China Grove, Nortn Carolina, is the Eastern Region winner, and Nitrogen research Switch to smaller nitrogen cars to continue Group of participants in University of Delaware's Field Day program at ‘Newark farm is shown corn test plots. Some initial observations have already been noted. Liming apparently helps in the breakdown of nitrogen in the soil. And the appearance of test rows receiving no nitrogen shows the com in getting it from the soil. “This is one major factor we are stressing in the study,” the two agronomists point out. “What do you do to the soil when you take out 50 pounds of nitrogen to achieve a 50- bushel increase in yield and then don’t replace that nitrogen?” It was explained that 50 pounds of nitrogen is equivalent to 5,000 pounds of cornstalks, 10,000 pounds of rye straw or 1,000 pounds of PARADISE - The Lan caster County FFA held their annual softball tour nament at Pequea Valley High School recently Teams from Manheim, Ephrata, New Holland, Penn Manor, Warwick, and humus added to the soil. “Is there any farmer that is rich enough that he can afford to permanently remove that much organic matter, which required 10 years to be made, from this soil?” they asked. In other com research related to nitrogen production, a seven-year study is continuing con cerning no-till com with hairy vetch. An overall 40 percent increase in organic matter has been found in the soil, along with a 200 percent saving in energy due both to the no-till practice and the production of nitrogen by the vetch. The no-till com and hairy vetch combination is steadily catching on in Effects of application of varying amounts of nitrogen on corn test plots is outlined by L. J. Cotnoir. Ao Star Agribusinessmen foi their respective regions, each will receive a cash award of $5OO presented by the National FFA Foun dation at the 53rd FFA National Convention, November 12-14, m Kansas Manheim FFA wins softball tournament Solanco battled it out in above nmty degree beat The Manheim FFA team went undefeated to capture the tournament cham pionship for the second year Members of this year’s winning team included Delaware, according to W.H. Mitchell. He told of the Townsend operation in which 50,000 pounds of hairy vetch seed will be used on 2.000 acres this fall. 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