E6-Lancasf«r Farming, Saturday, June 1,1985
BUSINESS NE
Silo-Matic 9200 Unloader
The Silo-Matic 9200 Unloader provides high-volume forage
discharge for modern feed lot efficiency. The main drive has
no collector ring to short out and rotates at only 110 RPM to
give longer running life. On the outer end of the heavy duty
16-inch auger is a 12-inch stub auger with knives and a heavy
duty five-bladed cast chipper wheel with reversible hardened
knives. A floating drive socket with a friction disk slip clutch
moves the unloader around the large 9-foot.diameter ring.
The 16-inch, heavy-duty auger is powered by a 60-pound
gearbox which brings forage to the center for the delivery
chain. A heavy duty hook chain with hardened cutters con
veys the high volume of forage from the sweep auger to the
inside chute. For more information, contact Fickes Silo Co.,
Inc., Newville.
ABS names vice president
DeFOREST, WI - Jacqueline L.
Cochran has joined American
Breeders Service as Vice
President, Finance according to an
announcement by Dr. Robert E.
Walton, President and General
Manger of ABS.
Cochran was bom in Franklin,
Indiana, then moved to Mount
Vernon, lowa. She earned a B.A. in
Economics in 1975 from uePauw
University graduating with High
Honors and Honors in Major Field
and then studied at the University
of Chicago Graduate School of
Business where she obtained a
Masters in Finance in 1977.
Following graduation, Cochran
was employed for two years as
Financial Analyst for Pan
American World Airways. She
then joined W.R. Grace & Co.,
parent company of ABS, as
Financial Analyst for the General
Business Group (GBG) based in
New York.
Cochran was named Sr.
Agway’s new horse feed
A new horse feed in “nugget" form has been introduced by
Agway. Designed to reduce digestive disorders, it also
promotes more complete utilization of feed nutrients.
Financial Analyst (GBG) in 1980,
Manager of Financial Planning
(GBG) in 1981, and Director of
Financial Planning & Analysis
(GBG) in 1982. She held this
position until her recent ap
pointment with ABS.
Jacqueline L. Cochran
9/90
Piggybacking sulphur with sidedressed nitrogen will help avert a mid-season S
deficiency and maintain an optimum N:S ratio within the crop. Here, corn grower bands
both nutrients in one application during cultivation.
Trivia Quiz; Name two common
.raits of the following fertilizers
area, anhydrous ammonia, N
solution, ammonium nitrate,
ammonium phosphate, triple
superphosphate and muriate of
potash.
Aiuwur; They’re all popular, high
analysis grades that let farmers
and dealers apply more N, P and K
per payload, and they all share the
dubious distinction of not con
taining any sulphur - or what
many agronomists now call the
fourth major nutrient.
As a result, crops grown m fields
treated with these concentrated
fertilizers could run short of
sulphur this summer and suffer
reductions in yield, quality and
protein content, says Bob Morris,
agronomist at The Sulphur In
stitute.
The need for sulphur in
profitable, high-yield crop
production is not something new,
but its benefits weren’t fully ap
preciated until farmers unin
tentionally stopped using it in their
fertilizer programs.
“Years ago, when farmers used
lower analysis N-P-K fertilizers
such as normal superphosphate,
low-grade potash salts and am
monium sulfate, they
automatically applied significant
amounts of sulphur to their fields,
often without realizing it,” Morris
explains.
“But now, with farmers con
sistently applying high rates of
concentrated N-P-K fertilizers,
Lehigh distributes cash dividend
Lehigh Valley Farmers president Alpheus Ruth made a "special delivery” to
Plushanski Farms in Kutztown. Charles Plushanski and more than 1300 other Lehigh
producers received dividend checks this week.
Part of an overall cash dividend payment of nearly $600,000, the checks accompanied
patrons' certificates of equity in the organization that totalled more than $3 million.
During the past year Lehigh Valley Farmers also paid out nearly a million dollars in
premiums and quality bonuses. The cooperative's members produced 894 million
pounds of milk last year.
In some soils, sulfur is
“fourth major nutrient”
crops aren’t getting as much S as
they used to and we’re seeing
sulphur deficiencies appear where
we have not before.”
More than 20 years ago, crop
responses to sulphur had been
officially recorded in 13 states.
Today the number is up to 35, and it
is likely that S deficiency will
continue to spread unless farmers
take steps to reverse the trend.
Higher crop yields naturally
require higher rates of all
nutrients, Morris adds. A 200-
bushel com crop, for example,
removes 33 pounds of sulphur from
each acre of soil.
More Prevalent
This Season
Morris suggests that sulphur
deficiencies could be even more
prevalent this season because
some grain farmers, in an effort to
reduce crop-production costs and
improve cash flow at plantmg
time, may have decided to
“economize” with only a basic N-
P-K program in areas where
sulphur is needed.
“You have to remember that if a
crop has a significant shortage of
any one nutnent-whether it be
sulphur, zinc, magnesium or
whatever-it’s not going to be able
to make efficient use of N, P, K or
other nutrients,” Morris says.
“Economizing on well-balanced
fertility could end up costing you
money instead of saving you
money.”
Morris warns that heavy rainfall
in some regions of the country may
increase the probablity of a mid-
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season sulphur deficiency. Lake
nitrogen, sulphur is a mobile
nutrient and, in coarse-textured
soils, is easily leached from the
topsoil, beyond the reach of crop
roots.
“If you think excess moisture
leached some nitrogen from your
soils, you probably lost some
sulphur as well,” he says. “If you
are sidedressing or topdressing
nitrogen, you might consider in
cluding some sulphur.”
Morris says tissue testing will
provide a good indication of a
crop’s sulphur status, especially if
results are cross checked with
recent soil-test results and field
history.
“If the N:S ratio is wider than 15
to one, your crop may benefit from
sidedressing sulphur,” Morns
says. Because sulphur is not as
readily absorbed from the soil as
nitrogen, a narrower ratio of ap
plied N and S is recommended to
maintain a 15-to-one ratio within
the crop.
Farmers should be selective
when buying a sulphur fertilizer
for mid-season applications.
Morris recommends a fertilizer
containing sulphur m a soluble
form to ensure faster crop uptake.
Other nutrient needs should also be
considered, as many sulphur
sources also contain nitrogen,
phosphorus and zinc.
For more information on
sulphur’s role in profitable, high
yield crop production, write to The
Sulphur Institute, 1725 K Street
NW, Washington, D.C. 20006.
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