C4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 17,1982 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced plans to test the distribution of non-fat dry milk to needy families in Florida, Minnesota and Washington starting in eary September. Initially, USDA will make available up to 11 million pounds (equivalent to nearly 13.8 million gallons of fluid milk) valued at nearly $l2 million for distribution through non-profit organizations. USDA will pattern this test project after the cheese distribution program now underway nation wide. An estimated 450,000 needy households in the three states could benefit from the three-month demonstration project. “This project is in keeping with plans I announced earlier to decrease the massive dairy stocks Corn yield contest deadline Aug. • O already in sod during the prior fall season; and no soil disturbance took place after Jan. 1 of the year in which the contest is held, with the exception of that tillage done by the corn planter and in such case, no more than 25 percent of the surface area is tilled for the seed zone. NCGA will continue the irrigated and non-irrigated classes. A completed application and a contest entry fee of $5O for NCGA members, and $BO for non-NCGA members must be postmarked later than Aug. 10 to qualify for the 1982 contest.. All corn farmers in the U.S. interested in entering the 1962 NCGA Corn Yield Contest should write to; NaUonal Corn Growers Association, P.O. Box 1623, Bloom* ington, Illinois 61701. Or call 309-557-3893 for more information. BLOOMINGTON, ILL. - The National Com Growers Associa tion reminds corn producers August 10 is the deadline for entry in the NCGA Corn Yield Contest. To qualify for the 1982 contest, par ticipants must enter a field at least 10 acres in size. Corn producers have shown a lot of interest in the yield contest this year, reports NCGA’s John R. Camper, especially the new “no till” class, which was added as a yield class for the 1982 contest. In order to qualify for the “no till” class, a field must not be tilled during the fall season prior to the year in which the contest is held, with the exception of shallow disking (no deeper than 3 mches) to establish a cover crop, or shallow disking once to break up corn stalks; no tillage of a field USDA slates non-fat milk give-away dry we have been forced to acquire under the dairy price support program,” said Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block. “This pilot project will help us determine whether non-fat dry milk can be distributed nation wide. A critical issue is the potential impact distributing non fat dry milk may have on fluid milk consumption. The potential displacement will be carefully studied with data derived from the project.” Block added; “The distribution of surplus dairy products alone won’t solve the problem. We badly need for Congress to act on our proposed legislation to bring the dairy program back into line.” The government is currently storing more than one billion pounds of non-fat dry milk in 50- entry 10 and 100-pounds bags. Before distribution, it will be converted to the form that is sold in super markets. Once converted it can be used as a beverage or in cooking, it will cost USDAI4 cents per pound to convert to repackage the product. USDA has been making surplus cheese available for distribution to needy families since last December, with states ordering more than 100 million pounds of cheese. 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But now, roundup herbicide used through most selective ap plicators-rollers, ropewicks or recirculating sprayers-can provide as great as 80 percent control of hemp dogbane, Fawcett reports. He adds that this her bicide is effective for controlling hemp dogbane because of the herbicide’s translocation property. Applied to thefoliage of an actively growing weed. Roundup moves into the root system to destroy plant growth both above and below ground. “When using a rope wick, which is basically a tube filled with a 33 percent solution of Roundup, two passes' in opposite directions have given the best control of hemp dogbane* in our studies,” rrttp Fawcett. “Plants below the crop canopy did not show severe symptoms the year of application, but hemp dogbane regrowing the following season was stunted. 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