AlB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 6,1984 Penn State studying mushroom canning techniques UNIVERSITY PARK - The Penn State Department of Food Science recently received a cash grant and in kind contributions totaling $161,562 to evaluate new mushroom canning techniques. The money is available through the Ben Franklin program aimed at saving Pennsylvania jobs. Under this partnership agreement with the state, grants are awarded by the Ben Franklin fund only if local SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. - Telling a farmer to use the least expensive herbicides that will do the job right is like telling him to plant the first day after the last hard frost. It’s good advice, but you need more information to make it work. The last hard frost may be tough to predict, but experience and detailed herbicide label directions can help you decide which her bicide tank mix will do the best job at the least cost on your no-till soybean crop. Paraquat-I- Plus, a fast-acting, contact herbicide, is the standard treatment of emerged weeds at planting time m no-till systems. Another herbicide with some burndown capability is Bronco, a premixed combination of Roundup and Lasso i Roundup without the Ijasso is not generally recom mended as a contact herbicide, because perennial weeds may not be at the proper stage of growth for control at normal application rates in minimum tillage and no-tillage systems.) Paraquat+ Plus and Bronco, in combination with other labeled herbicides, will control most emerged annual weeds, suppress many emerged perennial weeds and give pre-emergence control of many annual weeds when soybeans are planted directly into a cover crop, stale seedbed, or in previous crop residues such as wheat stubble But neither Bronco nor Paraquat + Plus will control regrowth of perennial weeds or unemerged perennial weeds When perennial weeds appear after soybean crop has emerged, directed or non directed postemergence treatments must be used In deciding on a pre-emergence Adams beef producers to meet GETTYSBURG - The Adams County Beef Producers will hold its next meeting on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Adams County Ex tension Office. The evening’s program presented by Fran Koch from the Soil Conservation District will be a slide presentation on the Chesapeake Bay and erosion control. All interested people are welcome to attend. The main business on the agenda will be the election of officers and directors for the coming year. All members are encouraged to attend and bring suggestions and ideas for next year’s activities. THE CLASSIFIED LIVESTOCK SECTION HAS BEASTLY SELECTIONS! industries provide matching cash support. According to Robert Beelman, Penn State professor of food science, the department received $70,000 in cash benefits. Ben Franklin allocated $40,000 for “Advances in Mushroom Processing Techniques,” and seven mushroom canning com panies supplied the additional $30,000. Herbicide economics requires study tank mix for no-till soybeans, keep in mind the following recom mendations, taken from the manufacturers’ labels. 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Versatility Is Here reduced the state’s canned mushroom industry.” The fresh versus canned market probably will not change. But through production efficiency, canning companies may be able to produce more product for less, thereby improving competition with foreign imports and saving the American industry from complete collapse. “At least 800 jobs are directly affected by the canned mushroom industry in this state,” says Beelman. “But if canning declines further, growers could also suf fer.” Under current production conditions, 20 to 25 percent of the mushroom crop is not suitable for fresh market sales. If these lower grade mushrooms can not be sold to the canning industry, grower profits will decline. “Penn State’s been developing new processing techniques for about 20 years,” says Beelman. “We’re going to continue to do all we can to keep the Pennsylvania canned mushroom industry intact. Right now we’re trying to provide techniques that can be im plemented within the next five to 10 years.”
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