PIK-idled acres (Continued from Page D 2) Barley /oats County Allegheny Beaver Butler Clarion Crawford Elk Erie Jefferson Lawrence McKean Mercer Potter Venango Warren Bradford NEWARK, Del. - No Tillage has many advantages over farming with a moldboard plow, but warmer soil is not one of than. Early in the season soil in a no-till cornfield is often wet and cold. Ground covered with a crop residue or cover crop mulch may be even colder. “It is well known that soil phosphorus is poorly absorbed from cold soils, so.it’s not sur prising that com makes a slow start in many no-tillage fields,” says University of Delaware ex tension agronomist William Mitchell. “This has led to the general practice of delaying no-till plantings several days beyond the optimum planting date for plowed fields. The cost of this delay is usually several bushels of com.” Tests conducted by Mitchell at the University of Delaware ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM OF INFLATION... You've always known that if you could store grain and supplement, and mix it on the farm, you could increase profits. Now, in the face of inflation, on the farm feed processing might be the answer to showing any profit at all! ask the systems people , COUNTY I understand there is no obligation to buy. Centre Clinton Columbia Luzerne Lycoming Montour Northumberland Snyder of Sullivan Acres Enrolled 7.'°® a . Base Union 14 19.7 Wyoming 85 20 1 Berks 102 201 Bucks 10 213 Carbon 54 19.8 H£^ h Wanna 180 20.0 K® h '® k 170 20.0 M° n r°e i oc on n Montgomery 12 | lao Northampton 404 20 O Pike 200 201 Schuylkill 9 4nn Susquehanna 4OO Wayne 180 20.1 Planter fertilizer helps no-till corn Agricultural Experiment Station have shown that planter fertilizer— especially a nitrogen-phosphorus combination-can stimulate growth in cold soils and actually beat conventionally tilled com in a race to the silking date. A fast start also gives com an advantage in its struggle against weeds, the agronomist says. Broadcast fertilizers serve weeds as well as com. Banded fertilizers are less likely to do so. The improved nutrition provided by a planter fertilizer may also help young com seedlings through a heavy mulch cover. It may result in a better survival rate and produce a higher, more uniform plant population. A sound fertility program for no till com also requires careful liming, Mitchell says. The top one or two inches of soil often becomes NOW TAM AGRI OFFERS A SENSIBLE Controlled Feed Costs With No Initial Investment A modest increase In your current operating budget will cover the cost off your new Mix Mill and every monthly payment is completely tax deductible. Every farmer, regardless of size, will profit. STATE PHONE quite acid under no-tillage. It may be considerably more acid than indicated by the pH of a soil sample taken to a 6-inch depth. An acid layer at the surface can in terfere with herbicide activity and lead to weed control problems. For this reason, he recommends liming to achieve a pH of 6.0 or higher. Broadcast potash during late winter or early spring if diagnostic tests indicate the need for more K than can be safely applied with the planter. Use a planter fertilizer to supply about 20 pounds of nitrogen and the total phosphorus requirement. Ammonium sulfate can be mixed with DAP or MAP if the amount of phosphorus needs to be reduced. The phosphorus rate can also be reduced by adding 30% UAN solution to liquid 10-34-0. If manganese or zinc are required. m<os> R.D. 1 Mountain Road, Oillsburg, Pa. 17019 • 717-432-9738 112 1 20.0 20.0 18.9 19.9 20.0 19.9 20.4 558 14 132 614 158 40 19.9 19.9 19.5 96 220 20.0 20.1 20.0 20.2 20.1 20.0 20.3 19.8 20.0 21.4 28.8 438 12 the agronomist recommends adding them to the planter fer tilizer and considering the use of ammonium sulfate for pH ad justment, since this material reacts quickly and will acidify the soil more, in the short run, than other nitrogen sources. Grape Assn, to LANCASTER - The Southeast Grape Industry Assn, will meet at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 17, at the Lancaster Farm and Home Center. Among topics of discussion will be a news letter for growers and consideration of appropriate group naming to indicate the geographical limits of the TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS FROM TAM-AGRI ABOUT A SMART, MODERN WAY TO HAVE YOUR VERY OWN MIX MILL FEED FACTORY WITHOUT BORROWING MONEY OR AFFECTING YOUR WORKING CAPITAL Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 9,1983—03 Armstrong - Bedford Blair Cambria Clearfield Fayette Fulton Greene Indiana Somerset Washington Westmoreland Adams Chester Cumberland Dauphin Delaware Franklin Huntingdon Juniata Lancaster Lebanon Mifflin Perry York State-Total THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME 798 456 146 430 178 282 200 578 38 482 176 40 134 228 22 510 22 28 52 504 240 10,322 As the corn develops, apply additional nitrogen in keeping with yield goals. Add at least 30 pounds more N to provide for a 10 percent increase in plant population and build-up of organic matter under notill. meet April 17 organization. Officers of the Association in clude Lynn Hunter, Winwood, president; Stephen Bahn, Brogue, vice president; Alice Weygandt, Coatesville, secretary; Jouko Savolainen, Brogue, treasurer; and directors, Arthur K. Freas, York; Jack Kosko, Woodstock, Md.; and Jim Witmyer, Lititz. 20.0 20.0 19.9 20.0 19.9 18.6 20.1 20.1 20.0 19.7 20.0 20.0 20.0 19.9
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