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MEADVILLE T’.k ibtti An
nual Crawford County Com and
Forage Day was held on Tuesday
at the Meadville Holiday Inn. This
program is sponsored by the
Crawford County Extension Office
in cooperation with .14 seed, feed,
fertilizer, chemical and equipment
dealers.
Educational displays showed
what is available in supplies and
services for local farmers, as well
as answering many agronomic
questions.
In addition, educational
programs were presented
throughout the day-long event.
Fred Hughes, Penn State Farm
Management Specialist, discussed
the economic considerations of
crop production.
Sprayer operation, calibration,
and maintenance was presented by
Donald Daum, Penn State Ex
tension Engineer. He stressed the
importance of calibrating spraying
equipment to be able to know the
correct rate of the spray mix to be
used on the field to control weeds
or insects and having the proper
nozzle size and spacing.
Crawford County Agent Joseph
Beard was master of ceremonies
for the event and presented the
recognition awards for the 1983
Five Acre Com Club participants.
The recipients included: Robert
Campbell, Saegertown, 151.9
bushels of shelled com per acre;
John Greene, Jr., Springboro, 143.8
bushels of shelled com per acre
with no-till com; George and
Timothv Greig, Linesville, 137.4
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Corn winners
bushels of shelled corn per acre;
Joe Urbamck, Jr., Conneautville,
133.9 bushels of shelled corn per
acre; Joe Livingston, Hartstown,
121.9 bushels of shelled corn per
acre; and Robert Infield, Town
ville, 98.1 bushels of shelled com
per acre. The average costs for
producing an acre of corn in
Crawford County was $243.40 or
$1.90 per bushel. For Penn
sylvania, the average cost of
producing an acre of com is $239.22
or $2.35 per bushel, according to
costs accounts of the Five Acre
Com Club participants.
Penn State Extension
Agronomist, Joseph McGahen,
talked on back to basics in com
production. Farmers must take a
close look at such items as short
season varieties of com for our
area, the time of planting and seed
depth, weed control, soil pH, plant
nutrients, disease control and
tillage practices. Any one of these
factors can limit com yields.
The highlight of the program
was a growers’ panel discussing
alfalfa, corn and soybean
production. These growers told
what their successes and pitfalls
have been over the years in
growing these crops and answered
questions from the audience. The
panel members were John Tautin,
Sr., Conneautville who discussed
his alfalfa program; John Greene,
Sr., Springboro, who talked in no
till vs. conventional production of
com; and Mike Wilcox, Carlton,
who reviewed his experiences on
producing soybeans.
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