HARRISBURG - Represen
tatives of the Pennsylvania Crop
Reporting Service will soon in
terview Pennsylvania fanners in
late May and early June to
determine how much of the
Commonwealth’s farmland went
rSJ TO SERVE YOU BETTER
AGRICULTURAL
CHEMICALS
ROYSTER BONANZA
AND
CROP SPECIALS
LATE
SEASON
SPECIALS
Bicep
Balan LC
Dual <3O gl)
Dyanap
Diazinon-Captan
(Seed Treater)
Disyston 8 LC
Princep 4 L
m
/FertißzersJ
State to survey farmers
into production this season and
how much livestock is on hand.
Similar surveys will be earned out
in all 50 states.
Wally Evans of the Crop
Reporting Service said disap
pointing crop prices, soaring in-
LANCASTER, PA.
R/K AGRI SERVICE
(Royster/Kirby)
500 Running Pump Rd. ( Lancaster, Pa. 17601
MIXED
FERTILIZER
/ New BanvcT herbicide 1
/ 2-step overlay program... 1
Now you can lay-by corn
BEFORE it’s 5 Inches high!
R«tuK Banvel eerly lay-by controls a broad spectrum of important broadlcaf weeds
including the tough ones 2 4-0 misses during the time when weed control is most needed
And you probably won t have to go back into the field
till harvest I
Call us now about the Banvel herbicide 2-step overlay
program from Vetsicot r
R/K AGRI SERVICE
• Large Enough to Serve
• Small Enough to Care
WRITE OR CALL
LANCASTER 717-299-2541
IN PA. 1-800-732-0398
OUTSIDE PA. 1-800-233-3833
w, est rates and rising production
costs underscore the need for
accurate aci <-uge and livestock
information. The data compiled
from personal interviews and
mailed questionnaires will guide
farmers m their future marketings
From
MATERIALS FOR BLENDING
OR DIRECT APPLICATION...
46%
331/2%
30%
46%
60%
22%
32%
90%
Hore’s how tho Banvol oorty tay-hy
program works
1 Apply your pro-omergonco
herbicide to control grosses
2 Apply Banvel before corn is more
than 5 inches when broadleave*
sre germinating before weeds
have robbed significant amounts
of moisture or nutrients from
your crop
Banvel
UREA (GRANULAR)
AMMONIUM NITRATE
NITROGEN SOLUTION
DIAMMONIUM PHOSPHATE
TRIPLE SUPERPHOSPHATE
MURIATE OF POTASH
GRANULAR ZINC
BORATE (GRANULAR)
MICRONUTRIENT MIX
SULFUR (GRANULAR)
LATE
SEASON
SPECIALS
Prowl
Ridomil
Sutan 6.7 E
Surflan
Treflan
Unite
and inform commodity buyers,
traders and policymakers on what
to expect from agriculture this
year. Farmer cooperation, he
added, is the key to developing
dependable estimates.
As of March 1, the nation’s
farmers planned to boost wheat,
nee, barley and oats acreages and
reduce sorghum, soybean, cotton
and sunflower acreages. Com
acreage will be maintained.
Cattle numbers stood at 115
million head on January 1. This
marks the second year of upturn in
the current cattle cycle. Hog
ammmjf
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 16,1981—87
numbers are down from the high
levels of a year ago. Producers
indicate they will continue to
reduce farrowmgs this spring and
summer.
Final state and national
estimates will be published by
USDA’s Crop Reporting Board.
The 1981 spring planted acres
report will be available on June 29,
followed on July 10 by estimates of
yield and production for major
crops. Estimates of hog and pig
numbers will be reported on June
22 and cattle numbers on July 27.
Fieldwork
(Continued from Page B 6)
average of 29 percent. In the north,
15 percent of the crop is reported
planted while 23 percent is planted
m the central counties and 50
percent planted in the south.
Statewide, alfalfa stands are
reported at 58 percent good and 42
percent fair while clover-timothy
stands were rated as 56 percent
good, 41 percent fair and three
percent poor. The amount of feed
obtained from pastures rated
mostly average statewide.
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