Dl6-Lancaster Farming Saturday, November 1,1986
Brockett's Ag Advice
' h By John E. Brocket!
Farm Management Agent
Lewistown Extension Office
Now is a good time to test your
fields. There is generally enough
moisture in the ground at this time
of the year to make soil sampling
fairly easy. Com silage is har
vested. Hay crop fields are going
or are already dormant. Fall
grains and/or cover crops are
planted and up. Finally there is
still time to apply lime before
winter freeze up in most of the
state. Even though soil testing has
increased in cost in the past few
years, it is still one of the great
bargains you have as a farmer.
Good use of a soil testing program
can save you more fertilizer
dollars than it will ever cost for the
testing.
While you are out there collect
ing those samples, check out the
weed situation so you can do a
better job of pinpointing your weed
control needs for next year. Jot the
weed problem down on the side of
your sample bag or carry a pocket
notebook with you to write down
observations.
LIME
Lime is the “great equalizer.” It
can correct a lot of management
mistakes by making weed control
materials more effective,
releasing soil nutrients, and
providing nutrients of its own.
Recently, I read a brief report by
PSU Agronomist Doug Beegle in
the “Agronomy Gleanings” about
lime. The main purpose of his
report was to discuss the im
portance of lime quality and the
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material specs. There is nothing
earthshattering in the report and
there is nothing in it you can not
read elsewhere. However, it is a
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something you could use as a
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Using Manure
There is a new ST 10 out. Those
of you who regularly soil test have
probably made extensive use of the
old ST 10. There are some revised
tables on the value of manure in
this leaflet. Of particular interest
would be the rapid loss of nitrogen
if manure is left on the ground for
various periods of time before
incorporation. For example, did
you realize that manure applied to
the ground then incorporated a
mere four days later loses about
half of its available nitrogen? That
means that for an average 20-ton
application of cow manure the loss
would be 40 pounds of nitrogen per
acre. If nitrogen was worth 15
cents per pound, that would be a $6
loss per acre.
You should make Use of the
tables from the ST 10 when you are
calculating fertilizer needs from
your soil test reports. It only
makes good economic sense to not
spend money on fertilizer you do
not need. In addition, excessive use
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Crop Records
While we are on agronomy and
crops, do not forget to keep some
crop records. Records of the
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particular field could help you do a
more uniform job of spreading
manure nutrients in the future. In
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