»44 FIELD CROP ACTIVITIES AT AG PROGRESS DAYS Greg Roth Assistant Professor Of Agronomy Penn State Have you been troubled by a new weed or poor spots in your com or other crops? If you have, make it a point to stop by the “Ask the Experts” booth in the Crops Tent at Ag Progress Days this year. The odds are that you’re not the only one who has this problem and New AT Find out more at the Pennsylvania Ag Days! Advanced innovations are always developing at Morton Buildings. A few of the industry leading innovations being announced at this years' shows are: New structural designs t New structural capabilities New color combinations New building styles New exterior applications New interior options New sliding door technology New gutter systems f New informative video tapes New corrosion protection i/klmlm huiHif tk '^KBUILDINGS See Us At Ag Progress Days Aug. 18 - 19 - 20 Loc. E. 6th St. , SPECIAL Report one of the crop specialists manning the booth may be able to help you solve that problem once and for all. This year, specialists from both agronomy and entomology will be on hand to deal with your Held crop questions and problems. Even if you don’t have crop problems, stop by and share some of your experiences from the year. You’ll find us discussing topics such as how the canola crop turned out this year, what wheat quality was like around the state, and what everyone’s projections are for the corn crop this year. A new feature this year in the tent will be the Agronomy Quiz THINGS ARE HAPPENING Morton Buildings! P.O. Box 361, 3368 York Rd., P.O. Box 126, Centre Hall, Gettysburg, Phllllpsburg, PA 16828 PA 17325 NJ 08865 814/364-9500 717/624-3331 908/454-7900 i mi. w of Jet. m * 4s Board, which will test your agro nomic knowledge with some chal lenging Held crop questions. Also in the tent will be the 1992 Pen nsylvania Hay Show and a display of more than 40 of some of the most troublesome weeds in Pennsylvania. If you're interested in seeing some of the crop, research that’s taking place, you may want to join the Field Crops Research Tour, which will leave the com crib at 10 ■ a.m. and 1:45 p.m. on Thursday,* August 20. On this tour you’ll visit some of the conservation tillage research on com being conducted by Dr. James Hamlett Hamlett is docu menting pesticide and soil losses from a variety of conservation til lage practices, including the slit til lage program developed by Lan caster county farmer Herb Myers. Another part of the tour will include a visit to soybean manage ment research being conducted by Dr. Elwood Hatley. This research has involved new varieties, plant ing dates, and plant populations. Morton Buildings has been providing excellence since 1903 and securing the family farm for many generations. 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Every six months prog ram participants fill out input forms based on production records. 800-447-7438 Lancaster farinTnfl,, Saturday, AugusMS, 1992-E3 Penn State Offers Swine Records Program ii "Doing what works for you. " SEE YOU AT AG PROGRESS DAYS SIGN UP FOR A FREE PLANTER FILL OF SEED CORN where we’ve been evaluating how varieties, harvest dates, and plant populations interact to influence the quality of com silage. We’ll also take a look at some tropical, open-pollinated, and flint varieties of com. Farm management specialists provide efficiency and profitabili ty measures which can point out problem areas in the farming operation. The records analysis program is not new, but interest declined after supporting faculty left Penn State. Livestock farm management specialist Steve Ford is available to support and educate swine pro ducers in thier farm financial management Interested producers can con tact Penn State Cooperative Extension in Blair County at (814)695-5541 ext 210 for more details on program participation. ASK US ABOUT OUR PALL ALFALFA SPECIAL ALFALFA Multi-plier Multi-plier alfalfa the multi-leaf that delivers what you need from your alfalfa. • Maximum yields • Disease resistance • High forage quality perfor mance in many state trials, it’s the multifoliate variety destined to become the “alfalfa of choice” among quality-conscious forage producers. HARRY R. FARLOW DSM 717-259-9002 ‘1
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