DB—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, October 9,1982
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A new
breakthrough in crop management
practices aimed at maximizing
profitability per acre on wheat is
now available to Northeast far
mers, according to Dr. David
Pieczarka, plant pathologist for
Agway’s Crops services divisions.
The new Integrated Crop
Management (ICM) program
includes combining adapted seed
varieties, increased fertilization
rates, fungicides, a growth
regulator into a complete
“package” for use by farmers.
“We saw good results in our ICM
wheat demonstration tests this
year,” says Pieczarka. “We ex
pect yields of over 100 bushels per
acre from actual farm operations
next year.
Working with scientists from two
agricultural companies, Mobay and
Union Carbide, the crop specialists
at Agway have adapted small
grain growing techniques from
England to a cropping program
which includes the control of
powdery mildew disease in wheat
with fungicide Bayleton and the
control of lodging in the high
yielding wheat fields with Cerone, -
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a growth regulator which shortens
and stiffens the stem of the wheat
plant grown under high fertility.
During the 1982 growing and
harvesting season, farmers,
research scientists, and extension
personnel have' visited twelve
farms where 20-acre controlled
experiments with winter wheat
were seeded last fall.
Dr. Pieczarka says many far
mers are showing interest in
Agway’s ICM program this fall. He
emphasizes that the combination
of increased fertility, especially
nitrogen, and the timely ap
plication of the fungicide Bayleton
pnd growth regulator Cerone, at
the proper stages of growth in the
spring are essential for maximum
yields and profitability.
“You can’t use just part of this
program and expect it to work,”
Pieczarka says. “Trying to in
crease yields with heavier fer
tilization without controlling
powdery mildew and lodging can
actually cut yields rather than
increase them,” he warned.
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growth regulars for several
seasons. Where powdery mildew
and lodging is a problem, proper
application has increased yields
substantially.
Dan Bailey, marketing manager
for Agway’s crop services division
sees potential for increasing
profitability in small grain
production in Pennsylvania using
the new ICM pfogram.
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“Agway is providing leadership
for farmers to use this program in
the coming wheat growing
season,” he says.
“Crop Specialists are providing
on-the-farm assistance to help
farmers achieve formerly unat
tainable high yields. ”
Agway, a farm supply and food
marketing cooperative active in
the Northeast, is a leader in ap
plying the latest technology to
actual farm conditions. The aim is
holds Holly
manager Rod McLeod,' 90 percent
of Holly’s water contains milk
byproducts. The 5-year-old plant is
capable of processing two million
pounds of milk a day.
In other IMPCO news, the milk,
co-op has announced four more
district meetings scheduled - for
October.
The District 2 Woodstown, Salem
and Bridgeton locals in southern
New Jersey will .hold their annual
.dinner meeting Tuesday, October
12 at the Elmer Grange Hall, Pole
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In addition to.its farm research
center at Tully, N.Y., Agway
conducts hundres of field trials on
member farms throughout the
Northeast each year, comparing
crop varieties, fertilizer rates, pest
control measures and other crop
management programs.
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' The District 2 Burlington County
Local will hold its annual dinner
meeting Wednesday, October 13 at
7 p.m! at the Vincetown Grange
Hall, Vincetown, New Jersey. A
On Thursday, October 14 Ore
District 24 Biglerville and East
Berlin locals will assemble at the
York Springs Fire Hall at 7 p.m.
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