ti
LANCASTER - There’s talk of
revolution in the air, and on the
ground for that matter. In recent
months the use of soybean oil with
.pesticides has become one of -
agriculture’s hottest topics.
Soybean oil advocates, speaking
at ag oil days and equipment
dealer seminars list soy oil’s
promises to revolutionize her
bicide application, aid in cutting
herbicide costs and help remove
worldwide oil surplus contributing
to lower soybean prices.
But there are signs you won’t see
these promises fullfilled im
mediately, according to an article
in the March issue of Soybean
Digest, a magazine for soybean
growers published by the
American Soybeam Association.
Environmental Protection Agency
restrictions, a lack of research,
and in-fighting among various
agricultural factions appear to be
delaying soy oil’s full development
and use with herbicides.
Most university scientists, aerial
WRAP UP
YOUR FIY CONTROL
PROBLEMS ON
THAT OLD EARTAG
With the new ECUBAN® Insecticide Tape,
existing eartags can serve for both identification
and fly control. Even last year's insecticide tag
can be reworked. No more double tagging or
cutting away old tags.
This unique device provides proven
season-long control of horn flies and face flies.
Through the natural movement of the head,
cattle spread the insecticide directly to
their shouldersand backs.
ECTIBAN Tape contains two ampules of
ECTIBAN, the most effective fly control product
on the market. ECTIBAN provides quick knock
down—you see results the same day you apply
the tape. ECTIBAN gives long residual effect
kills flies up to five months and is low in toxicity
to animals.
3.
To apply to,eartags
tape around neck
overlapping ends
adhesion
Can soybean oil induce an ag revolution?
applicators, chemical companies
and equipment manufacturers
agree on soy oil’s future as a
replacement for petroleum in crop
oil concentrates. There, soy oil
seems a cemtainty because it
lacks the toxicity and volatility of
petroleum. Result: Soy oil should
offer longer residual effects for the
herbicide.
Soy oil as a crop oil has another
plus. It can move into commercial
channels without undergoing EPA
scrutiny. “Unless it makes
pesticidal claims, we have no
authority,” explains C.E. Poin
dexter of the EPA office in Kansas
City, Mo. That means companies
selling soy crop oils don’t have to
spend months and dollars testing a
product in order to get EPA
clearance.
Use of soy oil as a crop oil is
probably closest to reality. Valley
Chemical of Greenville, Miss., has
been selling a vegetable oil-based
surfactant for three years. Stoller
Enterprises of Houston, Texas, has
for a year been selling product
' labeled as a surfactant to replace
petroleum crop oil, an anti
evgporant mixed with water and a
diluent for synthetic pyrethroids.
Major chemical companies are
researching crop oil additives, too.
BASF’s surfactant division is
. formulating a generic crop oil
concentrate using soy oil instead of
petroleum. Company and
university tests during 1983 will
decide label recommendations for
1984.
Part of the controversy over soy
oil swirls around its use to replace
water as a herbicide carrier. Even
though soy oil is cleared as a
carrier for some insecticides,
herbicides lack federal
registration to use it as a sole
carrier. That clearance would
solve only part of the problem.
Each chemical company would
have to apply for permission to
change each product’s label.
Also, EPA regulations still say
it’s illegal to apply herbicides with
You simply wrap the ECTIBAN Tape around an
existing eartag—either identification tag or last
year's insecticide tag. With one squeeze of the
thumb, the ECTIBAN is released, and the eartag
is reworked, as easy as one, two. three, four.
_ . IGI Americas Inc.
New
Ectibarr
Tape
4.
To activate tape, press
with thumb to break
ampules and release
insecticide.
Insecticide
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 5,1983—E21
less carrier than noted on each
product. Again, each company
would have to submit test results
showing the reduced carrier
volume wouldn’t harm the en
vironment.
The label amendment for less
volume is necessary for soy oil’s
use as a single carrier. At $2 per
gallon, once-refined soy oil is to
expensive to replace water on a
gallon per gallon basis. But it could
be an option in low volume and
ultra-low volume amounts of less
than five gallons and a gallon per
acre, respectively. These rates are
common with controlled droplet
applicators, the spinning cups or
cages.
That’s why equipment com
panies selling CD As and custom
applicators using CDAs are
prominent among those promoting
soy oil.
But another use for soy oil, says
Jerry Stoljer of Stoller En
terprises, is to mix it with her
bicide, then add the combination to
the labeled amount of water. Soy
oil added to a herbicide/water
mixture in the same way as a
petroleum crop oil has no chance to
absorb the herbicide, he says. But
mixing the herbicide in soy oil
before adding it to water lets the oil
surround the herbicide, reduce
evaporation and improve her
bicide effectiveness.
Stoller says the method works
with preplant, preemergence and
postemergence materials and
doesn’t require new sprayers. “We
can cut down chemical
volatilization and cut down on
rates without going to 100 percent
soy oil,” he says. “It can be used
with regular equipment. You use
smaller nozzle tips and higher
pressure.”
He claims the technique of
mixing herbicide with soy oil then
adding to regular water volumes
doesn’t violate EPA regulations.
“Labels say mix with so many
gallons of water. It doesn’t say
what you can or can’t put in the
water,” he notes.
NEED
MORE ROOM?
Read The
Classified
ovca/ Real Estate Ads
AUCTION
DAIRY CATTLE
100 HEAD OF HOLSTEIN DAIRY COWS 100
THURSDAY, MARCH 10th, 1983
At 11:30 A.M
DIRECTIONS: From Frederick take Rt.
15 North to Rt. 26 & turn left on Rt. 194
sale site is located approx. 1 mile North
of Keymar & approx. 3Vz miles South of
Taneytown, Carroll Co., MD.
All cows are recently fresh or close
springers. 40 head of real fancy Ist & 2nd calf
heifers from Monroe Co., NY. 25 head of out
standing springing & fresh Canadian cows.
Many cows are milking 70 to 80 lbs. of milk with
quality udders. Mostly grades with approx. 15
choice purebreds, some with records to be
announced at ringside.
SPECIAL MENTION
A 3 yr. old GOOD PLUS Sunny Maple King
ET daughter, due in March to A Hilltopper
Warden, potential high scoring V.G. cow. A 4
yr. old Almerson Rockman Lester daughter
fresh & milking over 80 lbs. of milk. A 2 yr. old
Vic-Ray Telstar Citation Jet daughter, due
before sale day. A 2 yr. old Sunnylodge Western
Rockman, just fresh & milking 60 lbs. of milk.
A GOOD PLUS Bond Haven Royalstar
daughter bred to Langstate Starmaker due in
April. A 5 yr. old 82 point Black Ace daughter
due sale day.
NOTE: This is a real group of hand picked
cows. Picked out of several top herds from New
York State, Canada & also some local known
herds showing lots of quality and milk. We
literaly drove thousands of miles to find these
cows. Please don’t miss this sale!!!
ALSO SELLING
The Complete Herd Dispersal of Ray & Flora
Lowe of Thurmont, MD. Consisting of 32 head.
5 Fresh Within the Last 30 Days
10 Due Within 45 Days
Balance are Summer & Base Cows
(5)4 Mos. Old Vaccinated Heifers
NOTE: This is a sharp group of cows that
haven’t been pushed.
HEALTH: Cattle will be tested for T.B. &
Interstate Shipment within 30 days of sale. All
cows are inoculated for Shipping Fever &
1.8. R.
TERMS: Cash/Check on day of sale. Not
responsible for accidents.
PRIVATE SALES DAILY
CONSIGNMENTS WELCOME
Sale Managed By:
TOM & DONNA KOLB
1516 Francis Scott Key Hwy.
Keymar, MO 21757
310-751-1244 or 301-775-7446
Randy Ruby,
James G. Trout
Martha Strawburg, Auctioneers
Sale In Heated Tent, Lunch Available