iiiHjncistir farming, Saturday, July 26,1986 Two-State Tour Shows Crop Research Information ATLANTA, Ga. - “Those maximum yields in research are okay, but the real test is how well the technology can be put to use in a field on my farm.” That com ment from a North Carolina grower echoes the thoughts of thousands of farmers across the country. Farmers need in formation and systems that will match the agronomic and economic needs of today. More than 100 agriculture leaders, agribusiness executives, university administrators, and innovators recently participated in a two-state tour organized to show how maximum yield research information is being implemented on farms. The event was sponsored by the Foundation for Agronomic Research (FAR) in cooperation with North Carolina State University (NC State) and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). “The implementation phase, including field-scale demon strations, represents an essential link from maximum yield research to maximum economic yields (MEY) for farmers. Focus on low unit cost of production is key. The interdisciplinary research and extension teams at NC State and Christophe A.G. Tulou, (center), Legislative Director for Delaware Congressman Thomas R. Carper, meets with William T. Sammons, Jr. (left), Marketing Manager for the Delaware Department of Agriculture, and W. Robert Smallwood, International Trade Marketing Specialist, Delaware Department of Agriculture at the Ag Export 86 Symposium in Washington, DC recently. Delaware was one of 22 states to participate in the symposium sponsored by the President's Commission on Agricultural Trade and Foreign Policy. 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Dr. John Anderson, NC State extension agronomist, described the evolution from maximum yield research (beginning in 1980) to on-farm efforts now. “Our efforts have centered on irrigated com production. Pest 'control was an early concern. Then it became clear that ample water application is needed at critical crop growth stages. We saw the need for crop monitoring so that the additional inputs used in pursuit of high yields would not be wasted by management error,” Dr. Anderson explained. In 1985, an on-farm demon stration field produced a two-acre average of 214 bushels per acre, the highest recorded irrigated com yield in North Carolina for the year. The comparable commercial com yielded 171 bushels per acre. The FAR tour visited demon stration fields on the J.F. Scott Farm near Kenly, and the Hassel Thigpen farm in the Tar River Valley. In Virginia, the FAR tour learned about work by the Virginia Tech Wheat Research group, headed by Dr. Mark M. Alley, Research Agronomist, and Dr. Dan Brann, Extension Agronomist. The team is com posed of agronomists, plant pathologists, an entomologist, a plant breeder, and weed scientist, all working toward the goal of managing resources to produce wheat at the least cost per bushel. This approach, which requires more management time in crop scouting and critical decision making in the use of inputs, is referred to as Intensive Wheat Mangement. Research plots in eastern Virginia which used intensive management practices produced non-irrigated winter wheat yields of 105,123,103, and 101 bushels per acre from 1982 through 1985, respectively. These yields, which exceed the state average by nearly threefold, clearly demonstrate that a package of practices is needed to boost yields and lower I MVDBXLE SDPHV MOST TRACTORS IN STOCK ')jKk. 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