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FLEMINGTON, N.J. - National
Corn Grower Association (NCGA)
yield winners are setting good
examples for the balance of com
producers in New Jersey, repor
ting yields consistently 78 to 80
bushels per acre over state
averages.
In 1982, the average yield of the
top three finishers in the Garden
State’s non-irrigated division of the
NCGA contest was 198.3 bushels
per acre, while the average in the
no-till division was 164.27 bushels
per acre. The state’s overall
average yield for the same year
was 102 bushels per acre, the best
ever but still short of the NCGA
averages by over 60 bushels. As a
result of the drought, average
NCGA contest yields were down
over 20 bushels per acre in 1983 and
statewide corn production
averages followed suit.
For the majority of the NCGA
entrants, raising corn is one way to
supplement their dairying
business, and each employs dif
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ferent production methods in
search of a program right for
them. They all agree, however,
that there’s no secret to producing
high yields. It’s just a matter of
fine-tuning each cropping practice
to best meet individual needs.
First-time NCGA entrant
Thomas Kanach, of Flemington,
N.J. placed second in the 1982 non
irrigated division with a 195.70
bushel per acre yield. On his
second try in 1983, Kanach cap
tured first place in the contest with
a yield of 182.29 bushels per acre in
spite of severe drought. Kanach,
who milks 100 cows and farms 600
acres with his two sons, says most
of his cropping is done to help
support his dairy.
Although the com produced on
his 300 acres is consumed by his
dairy herd either in the form of
silage or grain, high yields are just
as important to him as if he were to
market the grain as a cash crop.
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feed costs. “The better the yield,
the less it costs to feed the cows.
And better yields are well within
the grasp of any farmer willing to
invest time and effort in a total
crop management program,” he
emphasizes.
Having farmed for 25 years,
Kanach says it’s important to keep
soil fertility at the proper levels in
order to maximize production. Soil
tests are taken every year on his
farm.
“We fertilize to meet the
capability of the field,” Kanach
explains. His 1982 contest plot, for
example, received two tons of lime
in 1981.
Later, he applied 190 pounds of
nitrogen, 120 pounds of potash and
120 pounds of potassium. Fer
tilizing for maximum production is
the common practice among
NCGA winners. Kanach’s use of a
chisel plow instead of. a moldboard
plow also is indicative of the state
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and national trend toward con
servation tillage.
May-planted corn was another
point of agreement for all but one
of the 1982 NCGA winners.
However, plant populations ranged
from 19,000-28,000, which proves
that high seed rates aren’t always
the key to maximum yields.
More than a third of the farmers,
including Kanach, planted DeKalb
XL7I. Other varieties included
Northrup King’s PXB3, PX76,
PXB7, and PX74, Custom Feed
Seed 4000, DeKalb XL6I and
Pioneer 3382.
Three-fourths of the farmers
planted in 30-mch rows, as did
Kanach. More than half of the
farmers used Puradan as their
insecticide, which indicates their
concern over increased insect
problems in fields not moldboard
plowed.
Just as important as fertilizing
for high yields is controlling weeds
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so crop performance isn’t ham
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the 1982 NCGA winners depended
on Lasso herbicide for weed
control.
The three winners m the non
irrigated division Rustin Farms
of Trenton, Kanach and Sam
Santini of Stewartsville all used
a Lasso plus atrazine tank mix.
“We like the control Lasso
gives,” explains Kanach. He used
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of atrazine to successfully control
his main weed problems of foxtail
and fall panicum on his com
acreage. “We’ve had good luck
with it, so why change?” he adds.
Gary Donaldson of Hackettstown
and Rovin Acres of Crosswicks,
first- and third-place finishers in
the no-till division, applied a Lasso
plus atrazine tank mix as well.
Paraquat was the growers’ choice
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Cropping strategies do vary
among NCGA contestants, but all
agree a thorough management
program geared to maximize
production is an essential
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