EMancniw Finning, Saturday, March 6 1993
Gro-Mor Offers Spring Planting Tips
LEOLA (Lancaster Co.) For
the past 37 years, Richard Breck
bill of Oxford, has run a dairy and
a grain farm. He owns 27S acres
and rents 1,250 acres, and grows
com, soybeans, alfalfa, barley,
and wheat.
For the past 15 years, he has
been using liquid fertilizer, and
Gro-Mor liquid fertilizer for the
past seven.
On spring planting, Breckbill
said, “We use 3-18-18 on the
sJfalfa and 9-18-9 on the com. We
foliage-feed our alfalfa when the
regrowth is two to five inches tall,
and then we put the insecticide
and boron in. We see very good
results with that, including
improved feed value for our dairy
cows.”
He said, “When we plant com,
we split the application. We put
three gallons on the seed and five
gallons on the side of the row. The
big thing I see is that it doesn’t
bum the seed.
“In the spring, it’s very impor-
PJCA
Sets Show
At Beef Expo
PORT ALLEGANY (McKean Co.) The
Pennsylvania Junior Cattlemen’s Association
(PJCA) will hold its third annual Junior Steer
and Heifer Preview Show at the 4th annual Pen
nsylvania Beef Expo, scheduled for March
25-28 at the Penn State Ag Arena in University
Park.
The Expo is an annual event sponsored by
Penn State Department of Dairy and Animal
Science, Pennsylvania Dept of Agriculture, Pen
nsylvania Beef Council, and Pennsylvania Cat
tlemen’s Association.
A Junior Heifer Show will be held Sunday,
March 28, at 8 a.m. Classes will be divided by
age within each breed. Minimum age of heifers
is November 30, 1992 (must be weaned) and
maximum age is September 1, 1990. Heifers
with calves at side will be shown in dam’s age
group as one entry unit
The Junior Steer Show is scheduled for Sun
day, March 28, at 1 p.m. Steer classes will be
broken by weight and all steers will be weighed
at 1 p.m. on Saturday March 27. Light middle,
and heavy-weight division champions will com
pete for grand champion. Premiums and ribbons
will be awarded to all participants and trophies
and banners will be awarded to champions.
In an incentive program started this year, an
added purse is being established for the supreme
champion female award with the intention of
rewarding any junior member who purchases a
superior heifer at one of the cooperating breed
sales at the Pennsylvania Beef Expo and shows
her at the Junior Heifer Show on March 28.
To be eligible for the added purse, the heifer
must be purchased at a breed sale held in con
junction with the Pennsylvania Beef Expo and
must be from a cooperating breed association. A
list of all cooperating weeds will be available at
the Expo prior to the b:ced sales and announce
ments will be made at individual breed sales
regarding eligibility.
Entries can be made on the attached form.
Any and all individuals under the age of 21 are
invited to show and participate in this event
Please direct all entries and any questions to J-
Bar Cattle Co.. Jeff Brown, RD#3 Box 184, Pon
Allegany, PA 16743, (814) 642-2564.
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tant to put the 9-18-9 on when you
plant early, because it gets the
com out of the ground and gets it
going early. It also has strong root
development”
Dick Said he prefers Gro-Mor
liquid fertilizer because it’s easy
to handle and noncorrosive.
According to Matty Campfield,
director of agronomic services for
Nutrient Solutions in Agriculture
(a division of Gro-Mor Plant Food
Co.), “Spring always seems to
‘spring on us’ just when we start
thinking about calibrating the
planter and manure spreader, get
ting the lime and fertilizer spread,
and figuring out which crops will
go where. Maybe this year you’re
actually prepared or maybe, once
again, you’re not”
Either way, here’s a checklist of
spring planting items to consider.
Manure
• Get a manure analysis done
to know your actual nutrient val
ues per ton or 100 gallons of
manure.
• Calibrate your manure
spreader for the type of manure
you use on your farm. You might
be surprised what you’re actually
applying per acre.
• Consider the benefits of
immediate incorporation of
spring-applied manure. This can
really boost the amount of recov
erable nitrogen.
• Decide if you should import
or export manure to or from your
farm.
Fertilizer:
• Consider the advantages of
true-solution liquid as a starter
fertilizer.
• Be sure to have soil testing
done on a three-year rotational
basis on all fields, including
rented ground.
• Plan on tissue testing a few of
your fields this spring and summer
to determine the effectiveness of
your fertility program.
• Do some nitrogen sidedress
soil testing to determine the
amount of nitrogen actually avail-
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• Consider the added value of
micronutrients in your fertilizer,
such as zinc for com, boron for
alfalfa, and manganese for
soybeans.
Crop Rotations:
• Are you thinking of trying
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be soybeans for the first time?
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needed for top yields.
• If you’re planting com in a
prior alfalfa field, don’t forget to
deduct the residual nitrogen from
your normal com nitrogen fertiliz
er rates. This can be as much as
100 pounds of nitrogen per acre or
more.
• If you plow in green manure
crops planted in the fall for com in
the spring, or rotate into com from
soybeans, you also get a nitrogen
credit.
Planter:
• Now is the time to check over
your planters) and drill(s). If they
are set up for dry fertilizer, check
to see that the moving parts and
the fertilizer hoppers are not
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• Think about your desired
plant populations, and calibrate
for the additional population
you’ll need to plant to achieve this
final population goal.
Field Maps:
• This is a good time to create
or update field maps.
• Think about new fields you
are renting or fields you may have
sold or are no longer renting.
• Be sure each map shows an
accurate representation of the
field, with landmarks noted
streams and roads as boundaries,
for instance.
• Each field should be marked
with a number that never changes,
and the acreage.
IPM:
• IPM, or integrated pest man
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improve the efficiency or effec
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the minimization of negative
effects from weeds, insects, and
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