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critical with wheat than with corn,
said Dr. Greg Roth. A Penn State
research assistant, Roth’s
research involves timing and
application rates of nitrogen on
printer wheat. “The best thing to do
is manage each field separately,”
he advises.
As a general rule, said
researcher, fields that receive
regular annual manure ap- ■
plications should get from zero to
30 pounds of additional nitrogen,
fields manured every two to three '
years will need from 30 to 60
pounds, and fields that receive no
manure will benefit from 60 to 90
pounds of nitrogen.
In general, splitting applications
is most beneficial on fields that are
normally low in nitrogen. It doesn’t
pay to split nitrogen applications
on fields previously used for
legumes or receiving heavy
manure applications. Where split
applications are used, Roth
recommends one-third at green-up
and two-thirds in April.
Roth also evaluated single ap
plications of nitrogen at different
growth stages and found that
applications at growth stage 3
increased yields about 5 bushels
per acre over plots receiving
nitrogen at growth stage 5. Late
applications are risky, said the
researcher, since evidence of
nitrogen deficiency may show up
before application and wet
weather could cause further delays
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Saudi Grains as Forage
Why use winter cereal grains for
forages? In addition to providing
erosion control, they increase your
total livestock feed production per
acre and serve as a hedge against
running out of feed in the summer,
said Extension agronomist Sidney
Bosworth.
Bosworth’s research involves
the effects of different seeding
rates and nitrogen applications on
rye, wheat and triticale. He found
that seeding three bushels per acre
resulted in a six-tenths to nine
tenths yield advantage over the
1.6-pound rate on all three crops.
In this year’s trials triticale
topped silage yields at 9.6 tons
using 135 pounds of nitrogen.
Wheat followed, with 8.8 tons at the
same nitrogen rate and rye
registered its top yield of 6 tons
after receiving 90 pounds of
nitrogen.
From a quality standpoint, the
rye was 16.3 percent crude protein,
triticale came in at 9.6 percent and
the wheat was 9.3 percent CP, with
a 135-pound nitrogen rate for all
three crops.
Vanning the nitrogen rate made
no significant difference in the
amount of total digestible nutrients
in any of the grains. Wheat
registered the highest TDN,
followed by rye and triticale.
Bosworth says his experiments
indicate a good return on the
nitrogen investment for both wheat
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and rye up to the 90-pound level.
Triticale, on the other hand,
continued to respond up to the 135-
pound level.
The agronomist noted that
double cropping wheat or triticale
with com may hurt com yields,
since both grains are harvested
later than rye. “I still think rye is
the best and cheapest way to go in
a double-crop situation,” he said.
Growth Regulators and Barley
Extension small grains
specialist Dr. Elwood Hatley
outlined research investigating the
Pa. Senate Approves RCMA Resolution
HARRISBURG With a vote of
48 to 0, the Pennsylvania Senate
unanimously adopted a resolution
encouraging dairy farmers to
become members of the Regional
Cooperative Marketing Agency
Inc. The resolution was adopted on
Tuesday evening, reported Senator
Edward W. Helfrick, R-27,
chairman of the Senate
Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Committee and prime sponsor of
the resolution.
“It is our concern as legislators
that farmers be given every op
portunity to improve their
economic situation,” commented
Helfrick. “With RCMA, dairy
farmers can work together to
better their financial position by
improving their milk marketing
capabilities. “Helfrick noted it is
up to each individual dairy farmer
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effects of Cerone and Modown on
winter barley. A growth regulator,
Cerone retards growth in the
barley stem to help prevent
lodging. Modown is a pre
emergent herbicide. Experiments
at Landisville involve in
vestigating the effects of these two
materials with respect to seeding
rates and different nitrogen ap
plication rates. ‘Tt appears that
barley may respond to increased
seeding rate and increased
nitrogen rate if we can control
lodging,” said Hatley.
to decide whether becoming a
member of RCMA is in his or her
best interest.
RCMA was organized in 1973.
Until recently, only dairy
cooperatives could become
members of RCMA. Now,
following a restructuring of
RCMA, any dairy farmer located
in the Northeast can join.
RCMA’s purpose is to obtain
over-order prices. Members of
RCMA will still receive milk
checks from handlers for milk
shipped at the blend price. Once
over-order pricing is instituted,
milk processors will pay the dif
ference of blend price and over
order price to RCMA and the
members will receive the
premium on an equal basis.
Only RCMA members can
benefit from the over-order
system. Those dairy farmers who
do not join, do not receive the
premium. It is estimated that 95
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Plant breeder Harold Marshall
reviewed the characteristics of
numerous varieties of spring oats
on test.
A new variety called Hercules
has shown good resistance to
lodging, according to Marshall
who estimates that the variety will
probably experience 10-percent or
less lodging under the same
conditions that would lodge 40- to
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Ogle’s consistently high yields,
though, said Marshall.
percent of the milk producers in
the Northeast are needed as RCMA
members for the system to be most
successful.
An RCMA marketing agreement
is an annual contract with a Jan. 1
withdrawal date. However, until
the first of January following a full
year membership, a member may
withdraw with ninety days notice,
the Republican Senator noted.
There are 35 areas in the United
States with provisions for over
order pricing. In the eleven state
northeast region, roughly 91
percent of the dairy farmers have
signed an RCMA agreement. In
Pennsylvania, there have been
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