CiO-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 24, 1993
Adams
GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.)
The Adams County Conserva
tion District held its annual ban
quet on March 18 at the York
Springs Fire Company Communi
ty Center.
Nearly 120, ranging from farm
ers and contractors to DER and
SCS representatives, enjoyed a
family style dinner and good com
pany. District chairman John Lott
served as master of ceremonies.
The evening meal started with
the invocation by district farm
director Bill Oyler. Following the
meal, Dr. Les Lanyon, Penn State
professor of soil fertility, served as
guest speaker.
In his speech, “Why Nutrient
Management Now?”, Lanyon ex
plained why nutrient management
has become such a high priority.
He illustrated this point most not
ably by distributing Hershey Kiss
es to the audience. “As you eat
that Hershey kiss . . . remember
the phosphorus that is in that Her-
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Representative
LEOLA (Lancaster
Co.) Richard Mel
chert of Elmer, NJ. has
been named new sales
representative for Gro-
Mor Plant Food Com
pany, headquartered in
Lancaster County.
Mclchert will be mar
keting high yield yet
economical, true solu
tion liquid fertilizers to
growers in southern
New Jersey, and can be
reached at (609)
358-0574. He will com
bine his personal farm
ing experience (current
ly farming 300 acres)
with the more than 140
years of success shared
by the Gro-Mor Man
agement Team.
Gro-Mor Plant Food
Company, (800)
322-0060) offers starter
and foliar fertilizers de
signed to maximize
plant yields in harmony
with the environment
and the soil’s inherent
fertility levels Soil
sampling is a regular
part of the complete ler
tihty program. This pro
gram includes the use of
highly recoverable nu
trients m a truc-solution
phase that will not set
tlc-out or corrode equip
ment. These fertilizers
arc also near neutral in
pH, so they are not acid
ic or caustic, making
them safe to handle.
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shey kiss is 14 million years old.”
Lanyon explained that the nutri
ents that are applied in the form of
fertilizers to fields in the com belt
are from a different time (10 - 15
million years ago) and a different
place (Florida, South America,
etc.). This com is then shipped to a
dairy farm in southern Pennsylva
nia. He went on to explain that on
ly a small percentage of the nutri
ents from the imported com leave
the farm in the form of milk. The
rest become concentrated on the
farm.
To more vividly illustrate this
point, Lanyon gave a brief history
of the problems that have occurred
in Lake Okeechobee, Fla. This re
gion had problems similar to those
we are seeing in the Chesapeake
Bay watershed. Nutrient runoff
from intense dairy operations
were the cause of a 120 square
mile algal bloom in the lake. Lan
yon pointed out that the answers
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quet. Chesapeake Bay Program Farms are working to improve water quality in
Adams County and, ultimately, the Chesapeake Bay through soil conservation and
nutrient management. Pictured left to right are Mike Smith, Adams Lobaugh (accept
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