ADA Holds Local Elections
WILLIAMSPORT - Daniel
Baker has been re-elected director
for District 16 of the American
Dairy Association and Dairy
Council. The elections were held as
part of the district’s annual
meeting held last week in Alba.
As district director, Baker will
serve on the board of directors of
the ADADC, voting on behalf of
local dairy farmers. He will
represent producers from the
counties of Potter, Tioga, Brad
ford, Sullivan and McKean.
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produced by dairy farmers.
At the meeting, elections were
also held for local committeemen.
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As farmers plan fall
field work and continue
to examine ways to cut
costs, more are shifting
to reduced tillage. Herb
Brown, Regional
Agronomist for Dekalb-
Pfizer Genetics says
weed control is not a
problem in making a
tillage change.
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Committee representatives for the
coming year are: Willys Hamilton,
Millerton; Robert Fowler,
Galeton; Donald H ill is,
Reduced Tillage Weed Control
situations, a farmer
may experience more
perennial weeds, but he
doesn’t necessarily
experience more annual
grasses and broadleaf
weeds,” Brown ob
serves. “He may need to
adjust rates and
techniques to cohtrol the
annuals in the heavier
residue. And, for-
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Wyalusmg; Elwyn Roberts,
Canton; Frank Herman, Canton;
and Vernard Watkins, Little
Marsh.
tunately, the technology
is available to do so.”
Problem weeds in
conventional tillage
usually consist of an
nual grasses and annual
broadleaf weeds with an
occasional sprinkling of
perennial weeds, the
agronomist adds.
Brown states
chemical
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mechanical weed
control methods are
basically the same for
conventional and
reduced tillage. “The
only exception is that
repeated cultivation or
tillage is not an option
with reduced tillage.”
For example, the
agronomist cites, hemp
dogbane is present in
both types of tillage.
The best method of
control is a fall ap
plication of translocated
herbicide that will kill
the overwintering un
derground tubers. Fall
application takes ad
vantage of the over
wintering method of this
weed which is to pump
carbohydrates into the
tubers so they are
strong enough to sur
vive winter conditions.
that
and
Johnsongrass, Jeru
salem artichoke,
Canada thistle,
quackgrass, yellow
nutsedge, and milkweed
have similar over
wintering systems
according to Brown.
"Obviously, there is
still a need to control
new seedlings each year
and this is usually ac
complished by pre-plant
or post-emerge
chemical methods,” the
Dekalb-Pfizer specialist
advises.
The agronomist ad
vises farmers to un
derstand the weeds
present in order to
control them. “Know
which weeds are
present and their im
pact on yield. Study
their reproductive and
overwintering methods
as well as how deep
seeds can germinate.
And finally know when
weeds are most
vulnerable to chemical
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