HARRISBURG Warm dry
weather which continued across
the commonwealth during week
ending May 12 provided five days
suitable for farm fieldwork, ac
cording to the Pennsylvania Crop
Reporting Service. The average
temperature was 61 degrees, four
degrees above normal, and the
average precipitation was .19 mch,
.63 inches below normal.
Farm activities included har
Maryland to revise regs
on pesticide application
ANNAPOLIS, MD - The
Maryland Department of
Agriculture has announced plans
to revise and update its current
regulations pertaining to the
Pesticide Applicators Law. The
actual proposal calls for the repeal
in their entirety of Regulations .01-
.22 and to replace them with new
regulations.
Significant revisions include:
• Licensing of pest control
consultants.
• Record-keeping by all dealers
who sell restricted-use pesticides.
• Establishment of a new cer
tification category - Miscellaneous
Pest Control.
• Modification of private ap
plicator certification fees and
effective certificate period.
Changes will also require all
places of business applying
pesticides to obtain a pesticide
business license; require cor
porations who apply pesticides to
their property to obtain a license;
and establish of standards and
guidelines for inspections for
pests.
An announcement of the
proposed change, in its entirety,
was published in the Maryland
Register, Vol. 12, Issue 9 on
Friday, April 26th. Concerned
parties have until May 31, 1985 to
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Good weather allows early planting
vesting ryelage and small amounts
of alfalfa for silage and hay;
plowing; planting oats, com and
potatoes, spreading manure; and
spraying herbicides for no-till
com.
Statewide, topsoil moisture
supplies were rated short by 42
percent of the farm reporters and
adequate by 58 percent. The
northern region showed no un-
comment on the proposed actions.
Comments should be submitted
in writing to David Shnver, Chief,
Pesticide Applicator’s Law Sec
tion, Maryland Department of
Agriculture, 50 Harry S. Truman
Parkway, Annapolis, Maryland
21401.
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provement over last week with
moisture supplies virtually the
same at 70 percent short and 30
percent adequate. Southern
reporters rated soil moisture as 33
percent short and 67 percent
adequate. Central reporters rated
it 25 percent short and 75 percent
adequate.
All stations reporting across the
state showed rainfall levels below
normal since April 1, ranging from
.18 inch below normal in Blairsville
to 3.60 inches below normal in
Emporium.
Statewide, 96 percent of the oat
crop was seeded. This compares to
last year’s rate of 62 percent
seeded and the five-year average
of 79 percent sown. Seeding rates
of 92 and 97 percent were reported
for the northern and central region
respectively, while the southern
region indicated oat seeding was
virtually complete.
Statewide, 53 percent of the com
crop had been planted by week’s
end, 26 percent above last week.
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Last year at this tune only ten
percent of the crop was planted.
The five-year average stands at 27
percent planted by this date.
Pennsylvania’s spring plowing
was 86 percent complete by week’s
end. This compares to last year’s
rate of 48 percent and the five-year
average of 69 percent complete at
this time. The northern, central
and southern regions report
plowing completion rates of 86, 87
and 85 percent respectively.
Statewide, 78 percent of the
potato crop was planted, well
above the 40 percent planted at this
tune last year and the five-year
average of 53 percent planted.
Across the state, 32 percent of
the barley crop was in the boot
stage and 45 percent was heading
or headed. This compares to last
year’s progress of 16 percent in
boot and less than five percent in
head. Statewide 33 percent of the
wheat was in boot and six percent
in head, while last year less than
five percent was in boot and vir-
tually no wheat was headed.
Ryelage is still being harvested,
with most rye reported as heading
or headed.
Alfalfa stands were rated good
by 55 percent, fair by 41 percent
and poor by four percent of farm
reporters. Some indicated alfalfa
stands are short and suffering
insect damage. Qo-tim stands
were rated fair by 54 percent of
reporters and good by 46 percent.
Feed obtained from pastures was
rated above average by four
percent, average by 70 percent and
below average by 26 percent of the
reporters.
By the end of the week 86 percent
of the state’s peach trees were in
full bloom or past compared with
58 percent m full bloom or past last
year. Cherries were reported as 95
percent in full bloom or past
compared with 58 percent last
year. Statewide, 94 percent of the
apple trees were in full bloom or
past compared with only 13 per
cent at this time last year.
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