Crops Day, ROBERT E. LEIBY AND DAVID L. DUNBAR Lehigh Co. Cooperative Extension Office This year’s Lehigh/Northampton Crops Day will run from 9:15 a.m. until 3 p.m., Tuesday, January 29 at the UGI Auditorium, 2121 City Line Road (just east of ABE Airport), Lehigh Valley Industrial Park, Bethlehem. Penn Slate extension specialists and county agents will present a program which will include the following subjects: • Forage Crop Establishment. • New Tillage Tools. • Alternative Field Crops. • Com Rootworm. • Farm Safety. • Forage Crop Cutting Management. • New Post-Emergence Corn Herbicides. You’ll be able to earn pesticide applicator recertification credits. No reservations are needed and there is no charge. Lunch will be on your own. Commercial exhi bits will also be a part of this event. Vegetable Conference Fruit and vegetable growers from across Pennsylvania will gather in Hershey for the annual Fruit and Vegetable Conference and Trade Show. The event, which usually attracts more than 1,500 people, will be held at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center, January 29 to 31. University specialists, industry representatives, and growers from Pennsylvania and other states will offer more than 42 presentations during the sessions. More than 100 exhibitors will display the lat est in equipment, supplies, pesti cides, and varieties for both fruit and vegetable growers at the trade show. The conference will feature concurrent educational sessions all three days. Tuesday’s sessions will cover processing and fresh market production methods, including disease' control, market ing, nutrient management, pro duction systems, and business INC. 148 Brick Church Road Leola, PA 717-656-2016 WE SPECIALIZE IN EARTHEN CONCRETE LINERS FOR MANURE STORAGE Our Sales Tool Is A Satisfied Customer - Call Us For Information! WE WORK HARD FOR CUSTOMER SATISFACTION Vegetable Conference Set management. Bedding plant pro duction and marketing will be the focus on Wednesday, along with a session on general vegetable culture. Thursday will be devoted to small fruit production and an inte grated crop management short course. In addition to the educational offerings at the conference, sever al fruit and vegetable growers* organizations will meet. The 132nd annual meeting of the State Horticultural Association of Penn sylvania, the annual Tomato Awards Luncheon and the Fruit and Vegetable Growers Banquet and annual membership meeting all will be held during the conference. Registration begins at 7:30 each morning in the main lobby of the Convention Center at West Cho colate Avenue and University Drive in Hershey. Registration fees, which provide admission to the educational sessions and the trade show exhibits, are $25 for all three days and $l5 for one day. Additional information on the program can be obtained from Penn State Cooperative Extension offices or the Pennsylvania Veget able Growers Association, Route 1, Box 392, Northumberland, PA 17857-9723. (717) 473-8468. Dairy Management Seminars Dairy farmers interested in improving the profitability of their businesses can find new ideas at the Penn State Dairy Management seminars. The seminars will be held at four locations throughout Pennsylvania in February. The program will examine sev eral facets of dairy production. Featured speakers will include experts from Penn State and Cor nell University. Thomas Maloney, farm labor specialist at Cornell University, will address the demands of dairy farm labor management. Dr. Wil liam Heald, Penn State professor of dairy science, will discuss the most accurate methods of analyz ing cow performance. Rod Martin, president of Martin LET OUR 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE WORK FOR YOU! 0"*™» SSSI rnwrob-rc CHESAPEAKE SmEM! I BAY FUNDING- Enterprises, a dairy systems plan ning engineering company in Spring Hill, Florida, will examine strategies to maintain cow com fort. Dr. Larry Hutchinson, pro fessor of veterinary science at Penn State, will discuss managing crises during calving. Other topics to be addressed at the seminars include dry cow management and early lactation nutritional management. Each seminar will close with a discus sion period. The seminars will be held February 5 in Tunkhannock, February 6 in New Oxford, Febru ary 7 in Dußois, and February 8 in Altoona. The $22 registration fee includes printed proceedings, lunch, and seminar expenses. Pre registration by January 29 is recommended. More information and registra tion forms are available from the Dairy Science Extension Office, 324 Henning Building, University Park. PA 16802, (814) 863-3913. Keystone Pork Congress The Pennsylvania Pork Produc ers Council will present the 13th Keystone Pork Congress, starting with registration and a trade show at 8 a.m. Wednesday, February 20, Penn Harris Inn, Camp Hill. Educational offerings will focus on human health risks in swine facilities, hog market out look, solving manure odor prob lems, Pseudorabies control, and the Pennsylvania PRV control program. There will also be speak ing contests and a Pork Bowl for 4-H and FFA members. The Con gress will conclude with a banquet at 6 p.m. Phone (215) 391-9840 to request registration information and forms. Atrazine Users Must Be Certified Farmers and other users of atra zine and products containing atra zine (Bicep, Prozine, etc.) who are not currently certified pesticide applicators will need to become certified if they wish to continue to purchase and apply these pro ducts. Under the changes made by the manufacturer and approved by IN GROUND MANURE STORAGE SYSTEM Lancaster Fanning Saturday, January 26, fMI-019 EPA, these products are now clas sified as “Restricted Use.” In order to become certified in Pennsylvania, a person needs to pass a written examination that is administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. In the Lehigh Valley, this exam may be taken at 9:30 a.m. the third Friday of each month at the Lehigh County Agricultural Cen ter, 4184 Dorney Park Road, Allentown. Pre-register for the exam by phoning (215) 489-1003. A study guide for the certifica tion exam is available from county extension offices for $l4. Applicators who are using atra zine products and are already cer tified should become aware of other changes in the label. Here’s a summary of major changes: • These products must not be applied through any irrigation system. * Maximum amount per year on com and sorghum is three pounds active ingredient. • Application to com and sorg hum exceeding 12 inches in height is prohibited. • Under “Storage and Dispos al,” the label recommends perma nent liquid bulk storage sites be diked and floored with an imper meable material to reduce the possibility of groundwater contamination. • The label includes protective clothing requirements. • These products may not be mixed, loaded, or used within 50 feet of all wells, including aban doned wells, drainage wells, and sink holes. • For non-selective weed con trol on non-crop land, the maxi mum rate is 10 pounds per acre. HCALTH KW* DISABLED & CRIPPLED COWS. BULLS & STEERS Competitive Prices Paid Slaughtered under government inspection Call: Frank Fillippo - Residence - 215-666-0725 Elam Cinder - 717-367-3824 Commodity loans disbursed in January by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) will carry a 7-1/8 percent interest rate, accord ing to Keith Bjerke, executive vice president of the CCC. The 7-1/8 percent interest rate is down from December’s 7-3/8 percent and reflects the interest rate charged CCC by the U.S. Treasury in January. Any outstanding 1981 loans and subsequent crop commodity loans and any outstanding facility loans approved and disbursed on or after April 1, 1981 and before January 1, 1991 will accrue inter est at a rate of 7-1/8 percent per year during 1991. This interest rate is subject to adjustment each January 1. Both high temperature and high relative humidity will reduce seed germination and vigor. Do not store seeds in areas that have a combined temperature and humid ity value greater than 100 (i.e., 55 F + 60 percent relative humidity). Ideal temperature/moisture condi tions for most seeds are 32 F and 40 percent relative humidity. In addition, primed seed do store well after shipment to the buyer. Do not cany over-primed seed to the following year. Com, pea, and bean seed are especially susceptible to mechani cal damage due to rough handling. Bags of these seed should not be dropped or thrown, since the seed coats and embryos can crack, resulting in a nonviable seed. If you plan to treat these seeds with a fungicide, inoculum, or other coating, use only gentle agitation to avoid seed damage. Need Your Farm Buildings Painted? Let us give you a price! Write: Daniel’s Painting 637-A Georgetown Rd. Ronks, PA 17572 (or leave message) (717) 687-8262 Spray on and Brush in Painting FRANK A. FILLIPPO, INC. - WANTED - CCC Interest Rate Lowered Vegetable Seed Storage
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