Page 19—Com Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 9,1993 Here we go, double clutch ing, and finding another gear as we move from silage harvest to grain harvest. Sandwiched between the two is cover crop planting, manure hauling, and small grain establishment. I’ve recently visited a good portion of the state and the com crop still looks quite variable, but on average bigger and ear lier than last year. Where yields arc highest, rainfalls were most timely. High yield fields are show ing considerable stalk quality problems. Leaf diseases are widespread and European com borer damage is significant. This coupled with the fact that the com plant put so much of itself into filling ears has left us with weak stalks susceptible to lodging via stalk rot. A large number of fields are already exhibiting European com borer (second generation) damage as stalks are breaking just above or just below the ear. Field harvest losses could be very high if harvest is not time ly or a major wind storm hits before harvest. 11 TTVfTT TO SUIT | YOURSELF! • We Deliver by Dump Truck • You pick up or • Use our spreaders! Rohrer’s Quality Hi-Cai Damp Lime 92% CCE Calcium Oxide ENP 69 Magnesium Oxide 55% passing 100 mesh 65% passing 60 mesh 98% passing 20 mesh NOW ONLY $ 5 50 Per Ton (Plcked-Up) (^uocn\;«c. Registered with PA Department of Agriculture YLVANIA MASTER 'RN GROWERS SSOCIATION President’s Message H. Grant Troop President, PMCGA Soil moisture is adequate to surplus, so we better be ready to drop everything else to get com out of low lying or poorly drained fields or we may have to wait until the ground freezes. We’ve done some yield assessment, especially on sil age com. There arc differences and we’re working at determin ing why they occurred and how best to use the information we’ve gathered. Hybrid selection seems to be a constant low-end hybrids are dropped, high yield ones are placed on larger acreages, and new, promising hybrids replace the low-end drops. Finally, we’ll look at the “big picture” to try to determine how each management “move” has effected the “chess game” of com production we are involved in. I encourage you to join the Pennsylvania Master Com Growers Association so we can woric together for the com growers and com users of Pen nsylvania. I firmly believe we can give valuable input for your com production enterprise, and Lltttz, PA • (717) 626*9760 I am sure we would benefit from your membership involvement. In the next issue of “Com Talk,” we’ll be announcing our new membership program and we’ll give more details con cerning the 1994 PMCGA Com Conference scheduled Febru ary 4, 1994 at Lancaster Host Resort, along Rt. 30 East of Lancaster, Pa. May You Be Blessed With A Safe And Profitable Harvest Season H. Grant Troop 43% 6% You don’t have to look far to find high marks for HyPerformer. The 1993 field test results are in! Yes, we’re pleased. Almost as pleased as the growers who planted HyPerformer com hybrids this year. In fact, throughout corn country, the yields of HyPerformer HS corn hybrids were consistently above average... regardless of the weather and soil type... in irrigated and non-irrigated com. They earned the name — HyPerformers. ■ Stable High Yield Potential! ■ Consistent yield record in hot or cool seasons ■ Very good heat and drought stress tolerance ■ Excellent response to top management ■ Fast seedling growth, lots of stay green through the growing season l!BBf ' ■ Exceptional heat and drought stress tolerance! ■ Big healthy plant with wide dark green leaves on a healthy stalk ■ Very rapid drydown on a green, healthy plant ■ Widely adapted, silage and grain potential ■ With either high stress or maximum yield conditions, this hybrid is the KING! Ask us for the area results on these high performing hybrids. (HELENA) P O Box 159 • Onion Blvd Shrewsbury, PA 17361-0159 717-235-7961 « Fax 717-235-7479 Performance of seed may be adversely affected by environmental conditions, cultural practices, diseases, Insects and other factors beyond HyPerformer Seed Company’s control The limitations of warranty and liability on each bag of HyPerformer Seed Company s seed sold are part of their terms of sale thereof €(DIM mi BJIWO Inks Made From Corn Get USDA Boost ST. LOUIS, Mo. Nation al Com Growers Association (NCGA) is praising U.S. Sec retary of Agriculture Mike Espy’s recent announcement that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin using vegetable oil-based inks for all of its printing needs. Espy’s announcement not only includes in-house print operations, which currently use vegetable-based inks, but also all contract printing. Each year USDA spends about $26 mil lion on print operations. “These home-grown inks arc safer for the environment and reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil,” said Randy (HELENA) PO Box 204 • Route 339 Mlffllnvllle, PA 11631 717-759-1311 ‘Fax 717-759-1394 The vegetable oil-based inks, including ones made from com and soybeans, will replace petroleum-based inks. Cruise, a com grower near Pleasanton, Neb., and NCGA president. “Com growers are extremely pleased that the USDA has chosen to commit to inks derived from crops grown by U.S. farmers.” ■ Widely adapted hybrid throughout the Northeast and southern Cornbelt ■ Attractive, showy appearance ■ Long flex ear with high test weight grain ■ Consistent, stable yields ■ Best performance at mid population levels ■ New! Constantly topping yield trials over a wide areal ■ Very healthy plants with dark maroon stalks at maturity ■ Exceptional heat & drought stress tolerance ■ Consistent, stable performance ■ Responds very well to high input manage ment, maximum yield conditions (JffiLENft} P O Box 131'550 Mile Long Hill Warriors Mark, PA 16677 614-632-5177 • Fax 814-632-5197
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