d-Lmcastar Fanning, Saturday, Dacambar 12,1987 Mid-Atlantic No-Till Conference Scheduled Will the hilling U.S. dollar boost export sales of American agricul tural commodities abroad? Or. will protective hum programs by fore ign governments stifle an oppor tunity for U.S. producers to reduce the nation’sprice-depressing grain surpluses? And, could it be that U.S. farm programs become the “sacrificial lamb” as government officials attempt to reduce the huge national debt? Alan R. Tank, an assistant vice president of the National Com Growers Association, will address these and other political issues as keynote speaker on Dec. 16 for the Mid-Atlantic No-Till Conference. As a registered lobbyist in Washington, D.C., for the nation’s com producers. Tank will have up to-the-minute information to pre sent. He points out that Dec. 16 is the date on which Congress is due to adjourn for the Holiday season. This also is the last day for Con gress to pass its continuing resolu tion to fund U.S. government programs. The fourteenth annual Mid- Atlantic No-Till Conference will be held at the Maryland State Fair ground in Timonium. It is spon sored each year by the Cooperative Extension Service at land-grant universities in six states, dong with interested agribusiness Corn Borer Populations Up In Univ. Of Delaware Survey Overwintering com bora’ popu- borers per 100 plants compared to lations are up in Delaware this an average of 326 in Sussex and year, according to a survey con- 241 in New Castle counties. The ducted earlier this fall by Universi- percentage of plants infested was ty of Delaware entomologists. high in all three coundes-96 per- The stale average of 370 Euro- cent in both Kent and Sussex, and pean com borers per 100 plants is 80 percent in New Castle County, the highest it’s been since 1981,” says survey supervisor Dr. Charles Entomologists at the University E. Mason. ‘The average then was of Delaware Agricultural Expcri -474 borers. The drought this year menl Station have surveyed Euro may have contributed to the pean com borer populations in the increase, since com is more sus- state each fall for the past SO years, ceptible to insect attack during per- This information helps scientists iods of stress. Some growers may determine population trends of the have decided not to apply insecti- borer, a major crop post in Dela cides to com that was already ware. The figures give a rough idea doomed by the drought, so higher of what to expect the following populations could have survived in spring from emerging moths, these fields.” The average number of borers “High overwintering counts per 100 plants varied widely usually mean we should keep a among fields, ranging from 44 at closer watch for problems from Bay View in New Castle County to first generation borers,” Mason 1,220 at Felton in Kent County, explains. These locations had the respective Copies of the report, “European low and high counts last year, too. Com Borer Fall Survey for 1987,” The five fields with the highest are available from county Exten com borer abundance were all in sion offices in Newark Kent County, the entomologist (451-8934), Dover (697-4000) and says. That county averaged 543 Georgetown (856-7303). ATTENTION FARMERS Call Clack’s for quick removal of dead & disabled animals. Free of charge. Located in Mifflintown, PA 717-436-8272 I > > r-^TT-fci —> Also Serving Lancaster, Carlisle, York, Millersburg & Eastern Pa. Areas < 215-367-6259 if no answer 215-369-1625 supporters. Farmers from all six states are invited to attend. This year’s con ference theme is “No-Tillage- Making It Profitable.” In line with that theme, six land-grant college specialists from four states will make presentations during the morning program in the Home Arts & 4-H Building. Their topics will include cutting no-till production costs with Call seeded legumes, residue-handling for reduced tillage crops, grain marketing, soybean weed control, alternative crops, and optimizing equipment costs. The keynote speaker will round out the fore noon educational activities. After lunch, there will be a “Quiz the Experts” session with morning program speakers. The keynote speaker will be on the podium first Early arrivals at the fairground on Dec. 16 will have opportunity for visiting commercial exhibits in Exhibition Hall, beginning at 8 a.m., before the morning program session begins at 9 o’clock in the Home Arts & 4-H Building. Free coffee, milk and doughnuts will be available. The Maryland State Fairground, site of this year’s no-till confer ence, is located in the 2200 block of York Road in Timonium, north of Baltimore. For easy access from southern points, drive three miles north of the Baltimore Beltway on U.S. Highway 1-83. 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