tesearcL
for Delmarva soybean
NEWARK, Del. Many irrigation, and what yields to conducted a long-term study of
Delmarva soils are sandy with expect. yields and evapotranspiration
very low moisture-holdHig Research has shown that water rates (total moisture loss from soil
capacity, so successful crop is often the primary factor limiting by evaporation and plant tran
production depends on frequent soybean yield and that plants are spiration) for both irrigated and
rainfall or irrigation. For area most sensitive to drought during nonirrigated full-season soybeans,
farmers, irrigation is often a form reproductive development—parti- Plants were grown for four years
of yield insurance. cularly pod fill. It is also known on a sandy loam soil at thr
Delaware irrigated crop acreage that irrigating soybeans too soon in university’s Georgetown sub
has more than doubled since 1974, their development can reduce station, and for one year on a silt
wil! most new sprinkler systems rather than i ncrease yields by loam at the Newark research
being installed for field corn. Since promoting early vegetative growth farm. Ritter measured rainfall and
many farmers use a corn/soybean which induces lodging. irrigation water application rates
rotation, some with center pivot To determine the effects of at both sites at regular intervals
systems or traveling guns have irrigation on soybeans produced on f ro m planting to maturity. Some
begun imgatmg their soybeans as Delmarva, Dr. William E. Ritter, plots were irrigated over the entire
well. Unti! recently producers an engineer specializing in soil and growing season; others received
lacked information on how much wa t er interactions at the wa ter only from flowering to
water to apply, and when, what University of Delaware maturity. Some received no
soybean varieties respond best to Agricultural Experiment Station, irrigation water at all.
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LANCASTER - One-half million
dollars has been approved by the
USDA Soil Conservation Service
(SCS) to restore streams damaged
by Hurricane Gloria in Luzerne,
Lackawanna, and Wayne Counties.
According to John Mank,
assistant state conservationist,
SCS will be clearing debris and
other blockages in stream chan
nels and stabilizing eroded
streambanks as authorized under
section 216 of the 1950 Flood
Control Act. The law permits the
restoration of the stream to a
stable pre-flood condition.
SCS emergency teams are
looking at damaged sites in the
three counties. “We’ve looked at
over 100 sites in Lackawanna
County alone,” declared Mank.
“However, we are beginning to
award contracts for the restoration
work.”
Emergency headquarters for
SCS has been established at the
SCS office in Clarks Summit,
Lackawanna County. Damage
evaluation teams, engineers, and
contracting specialists will work
out of the Clarks Summit office
until the cleanup and stabilization
is completed.
Mank noted that the damage to
atroamc occurred on the smaller
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tributaries. He added that the work
would be on streams such as
Roaring Brook and Wildcat Creek,
Lackawanna County, and Mill
Creek, Luzerne County. "It is
streams of this size and smaller
where the damage occurred and
where we will be working," said
Mank.
Vtt rales of Section 216
Stream Restoration Work, SCS
assesses damage, plans the
restoration work, awards con
tracts, and pays and supervises the
fieldwork. Landowners must agree
to have the work done on their
property. Local government is
responsible for contacting lan
downers and obtaining permission
for the work. All of the work will be
completed within two months of
the storm.
“Every effort will be made to
protect the environment during the
construction period,” said Mank.
“Work will be conducted from the
streambank wherever possible;
however, it is necessary to work in
the channel to remove debris and
blockages. The contractors will be
working under rigid guidelines to
minimize pollution and
sedimentation, and SCS will see
that they are followed," promised
Mank.
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