It is summer and the heat is
on. In the Midwest, It is raining
a flooding rain weeks on end.
The mighty Mississippi River
has been far from the confines
of its banks and flexing its
muscles.
Some com in the Northwest
Com Belt is devastated. In the
Southeast, the talk is about rain
—very little has fallen. In Pen
nsylvania, we have a mixed
bag on precipitation some a
little dry and a few areas are
getting enough. Overall, at this
point, the Pennsylvania com
crop looks good. Nationwide,
com prices to mid July are
down from a year ago and
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President’s Message
H. Grant Troop
President, PMCGA
somewhat flat.
Our concerns about the com
crop are turning from the estab
lishment phase toward harvest
and crop handling. We have
been changing hats alot
nothing new to us. Our engi
neer hats are in place as we
evaluate the job our planters
and sprayers did for us and as
we make mental notes about
our harvest and crop handling
systems.
Our agronomists hats are
worn as we check for nutrient
problems, soil PH, weed con
trol (what did the job, what
didn’t, and what is still doing
it), and soil problems (compac-
tion, crusting, erosion controk
etc.) We checked for com
injury from our various herbi
cide programs. Fortunately, the
weeds get a lot sicker than the
com.
The entomologist’s cap
keeps showing up on our heads
as we evaluate the insect pres
sures in our fields and calculate
thresholds for treatment. Most
fields had some insect pests
eating away at the bottom line.
We identified our enemy and
took the most profitable course
of action. We will wear the hat
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Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 17,1993-Page
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again as we assess the second
brood of European com borer
and com rootworm adult
populations.
We will also wear the patho
logist’s hat as we diagnose
com diseases and determine
their effects on our various
com hybrids. We are on the
lookout for a high-yielding,
disease-resistant hybrid.
And of course there is the
economist’s hat, which more
often than not is worn just
before and just after all the
other hats. We wear it to
improve the bottom line, to
sharpen our marketing skills
whether we are maiketing our
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crop as grain, milk, meat, or
eggs, and to influence (for the
better profit) our course of
action when we are wearing
each of the other hats we wear
as we are involved in com
production.
Our next board of directors
meeting will be Wednesday,
August 18 at Ag Progress
Days. The 1994 Pennsylvania
Com Conference will happen
the first week of March, most
likely in Southeast Pennsylva
nia. Please join us.
YOU SHOULD BE PLANTING TOP
QUALITY VTTAVAX 200 TREATED
SEED FROM GREEN LAND SEEDS!
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Sincerely,
H. Grant Troop
President, PMCGA
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