Pl2—L«nC««Ur Farming, Saturday, September 22,1984
LANCASTER - New
postemergence herbicides such as
Poast and Fusilade, in com
bination with Paraquat+Plus and
other old-time industry standards,
are making no-till soybeans an
option for many new growers
across the country, according to
the experts.
“ For the first time, we’ve got a
no-till soybean herbicide program
that will control shattercane and
Johnsongrass,” says Nate Hart
wig, weed scientist at Penn State.
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takes a Butler dealer less than a blower speed from 1,200 r.p.m. (on
day. “The farmer shouldn’t miss a the Volumatic III) t 0950 r.p.m., we
feeding when the kit is installed,” increased the amount of hor-
Kapsner pointed out. sepower available to the auger,”
“By replacing worn parts found explained Gordon Foes, product
during the inspection, combined engineer. “The auger can move
with installation of a Re-New Kit, more feed to the blower and out the
farmers can get a high-capacity chute. The new chute’s deeper
unloader at a lower-than- design also improves feed flow
replacement price.” because it channels forage and air
According to Kapsner, these movement more efficiently,
savings are important in today’s Farmers can expect a 10% to 15%
economy where farmers are often increase in forage handling
forced to keep repairing old capacity.”
equipment, forestalling new
purchases. “With the Re-New Kit,
a farmer gets both,’’ explained
Kapsner. “he repairs his old
machine, while getting the
features of a new system.”
The kit’s design improvements
were tested during the past two
severe Wisconsin winters. Kapsner
reported that these new features
provide the higher capacity, less
maintenance and easier service of
the Volumaster silage
distributor/unloader.
One reason for the higher
unloader capacity is the reduced
blower speed. “By dropping
Weed control in no-till beans cited
Hartwig says these grasses, along
with triazine resistant pigweed and
other hard-to-control weeds, have
begun to move into the
southeastern section of the state
where most no-till soybeans are
grown. They were impeding the
growth of no-till soybeans and even
threatening corn yields, he says,
until tools were developed to .
control them.
Hartwig says a two-step
program to control these weeds
begins with an economical, at-
Re-new kit
Butler also made changes in
design details that improved
reliability and serviceability.
According to Foes, the new
fiberglass discharge chute, with a
stainless steel liner, helps prevent
wear for longer life. He added that
the new six-blade chipper wheel
shaves frozen silage off the wall
better. Furthermore, new wall
wheels, designed in one piece from
solid polyethylene, reduce wear
and improve longevity.
“All these small changes add up
to a big improvement in the
unloader’s everyday per
formance,” Foes concluded.
planting treatment of Paraquat
and common residuals, such as
Lorox, Sencor or Lexone tank
mixed with Dual or Lasso. After
the soybeans are up, Poast or
Fusilade is applied as a spot
treatment for escaping grasses.
"This program is the only
alternative we have for john
songrass or shattercane control,
unless farmers want to resort to
heavy tillage or incorporated
herbicides in corn,” Hartwig says.
Ellery Knake, Extension weed
scientist at the University of
Illinois, says in some cases, far
mers might omit their soil-applied
herbicide for grass control and use
post treatments instead. He says
farmers who want to “see the
enemy” might apply Paraquat and
a herbicide for broadleaf weeds at
planting and come back with a post
treatment as needed for control of
grass weeds.
Knake doesn’t expect farmers
will be giving up their Lasso, Dual
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