The 1986 Keystone Tour visited the John Hess Farms on Wednesday. Test plots on
the farm were used to show the effectiveness of herbicide applicaitons.
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MAYTOWN - The John Hess
Farms at Maytown, Lancaster
County, was the site of the 1986
Keystone Tour sponsored by the ag
division of Ciba-Geigy. These
farms (86 acres in one and 103
acres in the other) produce
livestock, corn, barley, wheat,
tobacco and tomatoes, and were
used as the location of test plots to
show the effectiveness of herbicide
applications.
In the opening session at the
Rock Point Park, E.D. Kuhn told
the farmers and field represen
tatives gathered for the tour that
he is testing over 100 herbicide
treatments on triazine resistant,
pigweed and lambsquarter. “We
are committed to research and
development that will find new,
effective herbicides to control not
only triazine resistant weeds, but
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also other problem weeds such as
Shattercane,” Kuhn said. Kuhn
listed the following strategies for
managing herbicide resistant
weeds.
1. When using single site of
action herbicides with a history of
resistance, combine with other
herbicide chemistry to improve or
lengthen control.
2. Do not use higher than label
rates of residual herbicides or
more frequent applications of
postemergence and short residual
herbicides than needed.
3. Rotation of crops will tend to
reduce the favorable conditions for
problem weeds.
The participants of the tour were
guests of the company at an ox
roast back at the park.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
sixth weekly report on the buyout
was released by the USDA on
Wednesday.
USDA figures show an estimated
24,200 head of cattle in the program
were slaughtered during the week
ending June 2. This figure includes
all cows, heifers and calves in the
DTP, according to the USDA
spokesman.
An estimated cumulative total of
447,000 head have been slaughtered
since the beginning of the DTP on
April 1.
Meat purchases by the govern
ment reached 11.9 million pounds
for the week ending June 21. This
meat was purchased in the form of
3,529,764 pounds of canned beef,
and 8,354,500 pounds of bulk-frozen
ground beef.
The cumulative total meat
purchases is 148,718,852 pounds.
Cumulative total of dairy cows
that were reported for export since
April 1 is 11,675 head. This total is
expected to increase as foreign
countries are preparing to take
advantage of the Export Enhan
cement program.
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