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What do fanners, agriculture
students, cooperative extension
agents, conservation experts and
agricultural industry managers
have in common, besides their
love for the land? According to O.
Elwood Hatley, professor of agro
nomy at Penn State, they’re all
liable to consult the Penn State
“Agronomy Guide 1989-1990” on
a regular basis.
“Just about everything you need
to know about managing a crop is
right here,” Hatley says. “There
are sections on storing seed and
grain, raising com, grain sorghum,
soybeans, small grains and for
ages. We have sections on soil fer
tility management and erosion
control. There’s a lot covered in
these 135 pages.”
The “Agronomy Guide” is a
survey of the most important
issues relevant to crop production.
Hatley and seven other faculty
members in the College of Agri
culture were responsible for pre
paring the guide, with the assis
tance of county extension agents;
representatives of the fertilizer,
lime, pesticide and seed indus
tries; and state agriculture and
environmental agencies person
nel. ‘This information has to be
updated regularly,” Hatley says.
“Particularly the information on
pest management-major changes
occur quickly in that field.”
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The “Agronomy Guide” has was involved in the production of
been published, first annually, the guide for 26 years until his
then once every two years, since retirement, saw the guide evolve
the 19505. “It is one of the most from a manual providing tips and
valuable publications available to recommendations about farming
those in the agriculture industry,” into a comprehensive handbook of
says John Baylor, professor emer- crop management. “Penn State
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PASS Forecasts Drops In Corn, Potato, Tobacco Crops
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nia’s 1988 production figures for
com, potatoes and tobacco are
expected to fall below last year,
based on November 1 conditions,
according to the Pennsylvania
Agricultural Statistics Service.
PASS forecast com for grain
production at 61.4 million
bushels, 36 percent below last
year. Acreage for harvest is esti
mated at 990,000 acres with an
average yield of 62 bushels per
acre.
Maryland-type tobacco grown
in Pennsylvania is forecast at 6.S
million pounds, down 13 percent
from 1987. Acreage for harvest is
expected to be 3,500 and average
yield is 1,850 pounds per acre.
Production of Pennsylvania
type tobacco was placed at 13 mil
lion pounds, 2 percent below
1987. Acreage for harvest is
expected to be 6,500 with an aver
age yield of 2,000 pounds per
acre.
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Potato production is forecast at
3.7 million cwt., down 22 percent
from 1987. An average yield of
180 cwt. is expected from 20,500
acres.
Nationally, com for grain is
forecast at 4.67 billion bushels, up
3 percent from the Oct. 1 forecast
but down 34 percent from last
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the first university to produce a
guide, and since then other univer
sities have produced imitations of
it”
The guide is used by students in
vocational agriculture classes, it is
the primary textbook used in two
agronomy courses at Penn State.
The guides are available for $5.00
year. Acreage for harvest is set at
56.7 million with an average yield
of 82.3 bushels.
The soybean forecast of 1.51
billion bushels is up 1 percent
from Oct. 1 but down 21 percent
from 1987. Harvest acreage is
expected to total 56.8 million with
Committee Named
NPPC president-elect Don
Gingerich, a Parnell, lowa, pork
producer, will serve as chairman
of the transition committee. Other
members are former NPPC presi
dent Ron Kahle of Kearney, NE,
former Illinois state association
president Jerry King of Victoria,
111., Bill Adams, a member of the
NPPC Board of Directors from
Metier, Ga., and Lowell Gemar of
Fullerton, N.D. who will serve as
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an average yield of 26.6 bushels.
All tobacco production is fore
cast at 1.33 billion pounds, down
fractionally from Oct. 1 but 12
percent above the 1987 output.
Acres for harvest is expected to be
629,900 with an average yield per
acre of 2,114 pounds.
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Gingerich said, “The committee
will select and recommend to the
Executive Committee the best
qualified candidate available to
carry NPPC into the next cen
tury.” He set no firm deadline but
the Executive Committee has indi
cated it expects to announce the
new chief executive officer at the
1989 Pork Industry Forum, March
1-3 at Kansas City.