Spring planting
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field, according to the moisture
holding characteristics of the soil.
Ironically, added Yocum, no-till
crops are doing much better this
year, because of the moisture
retaining qualities of limited
cultivation practices. Last year,
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however, heavy rains gave
problems to no-till farmers, he
said.
Planting is still significantly
ahead of schedule, the crop
reporting service said. In the week
ending last Sunday, it said, six
days were rated suitable for
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plowing.
The meant that 43 percent of
spring plowing was complete by
week’s end, while last year, only
five percent was repdPted done.
The five-year average for this date
is 29 percent, the agency said.
Statewide, topsoil moisture was
rated inadequate by 38 percent ol
those reporting to the state ser
vice, while 56 percent said it was
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adequate and 6 percent indicated a
surplus. In the northern regions, 42
percent found too little moisture,
while in the south, the figure
reached 50 percent.
So though the lack of rainfall
isn’t as critical now as it might be
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in the crop-maturing months of
June, July and August, it clearly is
a growing consideration.
“We need at least a half inch of
rainfall over the next two weeks to
bring us up to where we should
be,” added Yocum.
CREAMERY A meeting to
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Thursday, at the Montgomery
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Skippack on Route 113.
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instruments to measure and
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The 1:30 p.m. afternoon field
session will be held at a woodlot
near Creamery and provide
“hands-on” experience using the
information gained from the
morning session.
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