Corn Featured In National
Greg Roth
An excellent article entitled
“Com. the Golden Grain” was
recently published in the June
1993 issue of National Geo
graphic magazine.
The article provides a history
of the development of modem
com and traces its history back
to Native Americans in Mex
ico. It also touches on some ot
the most recent research
advances being made with the
crop, including plant breeding
for European Com Borer resis
tance and the development of
new products being made with
com.
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the one of the Com Palace—an
attraction in Mitchell, S.D. The
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good reading. I’d recommend
getting a copy of the article.
The issue also contains an arti
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some interesting comments
about the effects of Pennsylva
nia agriculture.
It would take 373,134,320
pick-up truck loads to deliver
SO-billion bushels of com. End
to end they would reach to the
moon and back 3.5 times,
reports the U.S. Feed Grains
Council.
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Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 17,1993—Page
NEWARK, Del. Efficient
nitrogen management is criti
cal to optimize economic
yields and avoid nitrate conta
mination of groundwater when
growing com in Delaware.
But maximizing crop recov
ery of fertilizer and manure nit
rogen can be challenging
because of the state’s unpre
dictable weather conditions,
varied cropping practices and
sandy, teachable soils.
Com farmers should find the
task easier this year, with the
help of an improved nitrogen
management program that has
been developed by researchers
and extension professionals in
the University of Delaware’s
department of plant and soil
sciences.
Details of the program are
explained in three new fact
sheets: “Advances in Nitrogen
Management for Com in Dela
ware,” “Use of the Leaf Chlor
ophyll Meter for Nitrogen
Management of Com,” and soil
test note 14 on “Prc-Sidedress
Soil Nitrate Test for Com.”
“The recommendations out
lined in these fact sheets have
the potential to greatly improve
the profitability and environ
mental efficiency of nitrogen
management of com in Dela
ware," said Dr. Tom Sims, a
professor of soil fertility and
soil chemistry.
The recommendations are
the result of five years of field
trials in experimental plots at
the university’s Research and
Education Center and more
than SO on-farm studies.
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rogen management program
include the use of realistic
yield goals based on actual on
farm records and results from
university corn-hybrid trials,
use of the appropriate nitrogen
rate for com, and avoiding
unnecessary preplant nitrogen
applications.
In-season nitrogen applica
tions are guided by new soil
and plant nitrogen tests and
revised yield goals are deter
mined by actual plant popula
tions, weather, and insect and
disease pressures. Two other
components of the program are
field-scale trip-trial experi
ments and accurate yield
records relative to the nitrogen
applied.
The fact sheets describing
this program are available at
county extension offices in
Newark (302) 831-2506, Driv
er (302) 697-4000 and George
town (302) 856-7303.
The United States is the
world leader in com produc
tion, producing 9.3 billion
bushels, or, 46 percent of the
world total in 1992. In 1993,
the United States will export its
50-billionth bushel of com,
reports the U.S. Feed Grains
Council.
How many kernels are there
in 50 billion bushels of com?
According to the U.S. Feed
Grains Council, there are 5.02
quadrillion kernels. In 1993,
the United States will export its
50-billionth bushel of com.
In 1993 the U.S. will export
its 50-billionth bushel of com,
reports the U.S. Feed Grains
Council. 50-billion bushels of
com loaded in 100-unit trains,
would make 47 trips the length
of the Mississippi River.
Twenty-eight percent of the
1992 U.S. corn crop was
exported, leading all agricul
tural export commodities in
value and volume. The U.S.
Feed Grains Council reports
that in 1993 the United States
will export its 50-billienth
bushel of com.
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