Harvesters reporting
LANCASTER Combines are
back in area fields after more than
a half-yearof inactivity.
And reports of the yields they’ve
been cutting in barley are quite a
bit better than the past few years.
Generally, barley yields have
been running about 80 tq£o bushels
an acre, according to Dave Martin,
of the John J. Hoober feed mill,
Gordonville.
“It’s been a much better than
average barley harvest," Martin
said.
"Due to the higher yields we
finished'* buying last week,
already.”
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is one of the county growers
reporting one of his best barley
crops.
"We averaged about 92 bushels
on eight acres, which we’re putting
back in soybeans,” he reports.
"Also, it yielded a lot of straw,
too. We got 1,010 bales off the eight
acres."
With crops in the 80 to 90-bushel
range for barley this year, some
growers may be nearly doubling
yields that have been experienced
in the past couple of years.
And as the barley harvest moves
into its final stages, attention is
tumingjto the wheat crop.
Wheat harvester concerns, may
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be directed m two primary
directions as cutting gets un
derway within the next week or so.
First, there will be attention
centered on how disease may have
cut into test weights and yields.
Second, after the wheat is cut,
there could be concern about what
to do with it.
This week, the Pennsylvania
Plant Pood and ProtectanfSociety
held an educational meeting visit
to the Penn State Southeast
Research Lab at Landisville.
Elwood Hatley, of the Agronomy
Extension Staff, outlined three
diseases evident in wheat this
year. Wheat leaves have been
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80-90 bu. barley
reporting a lo to 15 percent in
festation of the heads of wheat
crops; while others are ex
periencing up to half of then* crop
affected.
Test weights and yields are
expected to vary significantly, too,
depending on individual fields and
the hold the diseases may have
taken.
affected by powdery mildew and
Septona leaf spot, he explained. In
addition, the heads of plants have
been hit by Scab, particularly in
fields where wheat follows com.
The mildew and Septona moved
in earlier than usual in com
bination and the effects have been
worse than normal, be said. The
same organism, which causes
stalk and ear rot m com, also
causes scab m wheat, he ex
plained. Thus, effects have been
worse m fields where wheat
follows com.
The Potomac variety of wheat
has some resistance to mildew, it
was reported. No vanebes are
resistant to scab, but some have
For scab control,
crop rotabons with at least a
year’s break in cereal crops will
reduce the incidence as well as
plowing tobury crop residues.
The effects of the diseases on the
upcoming wheat harvest are ex
pected to Vary. Some growers are
YORK - The York County
Vegetable Growers will entertain
the Pennsylvania Vegetable
Growers Association for its annual
summer tour of farms on July 6-7,
1981.
Highlights on the tour will be'
stops at one of the largest in
dependent processors of frozen and
canned vegetable products in the
eastern United States, and at a
locally owned 7,000 acre vegetable
farm. Other tours during the two
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As combining moves into the
wheat, operators are reminded to
check their grain bins frequently.
If an abnormally high amount of
affected heads are being found, the
air flow should be increased to gam
maximum cleaning.
And when the wheat is
marketed, local growers will have
one less outlet this year, with the
discontinuance of operations by
Lancaster Milling. Particularly if
the crop requires drying, growers
may experience difficulties in
moving the harvested crop and a
wheat backup could result.—DA
Pennsylvania vegetable growers
and other interested persons are
welcome to attend the event. Costs
for the program are $35 if
registration is received before
June 30. This fee includes the 2 day
bus tour, 2 lunches, 1 dinner and all
registration fees.
The Annual Vegetable Growers
Tour is sponsored by the
Cooperative Extension Service of
Penn State in cooperation with the
Pennsylvania Vegetable Grower’s
Association.
Send registrations to PVGA, Box
28, Dalton, PA 18414.
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