Tillage Conference Looks At Soil Nitrate Test
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Fanning Staff
HAGERSTOWN, Md. New
developments in the presidedress
soil nitrate test (PSNT) and how it
can be used by farmers to save
money on the cost of sidedressilig
com will be addressed at the 20th
annual Mid-Atlantic Conservation
Tillage Conference on Thursday,
Dec. Ifihereattheßamadalnnand
Convention Center.
If used property, PSNT can save
fanners die cost of nitrogen sided
ressing for com when adequate
levels of residual fertilizer are prc-
Plans Need To Be
Implemented Now
CHAMBERSBURG (Franklin
Co.)—January 1, l99Sisthedate
for farmers who participate in
USDA programs to have their
conservation plans implemented
on their farm fields, said John
Akers, district conservationist
with the Chambenburg Field Of
fice of the USDA Soil Conserva
tion Service.
This date was established by
Congress in the 1985 Farm Bill to
fanners who take part in Federal
Crop Insurance, Farmers Home
Administration, and the Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conserva
tion Service commodity pro
grams.
These farmers should review
their conservation plans now and
make arrangements to implement
any remaining conservation prac
tices in the spring of 1994. lif the
fanning operation has changed
since the conservation plans were
developoed and a revision is need
ed, call the Soil Conservation Ser
vice (SCS) office in Chambers
burg at (717) 264-7013 to sche
dule an appointment to have your
plan updated.
Also, if technical assistance is
needed to establish strips, grassed
waterways, and other practices,
the SCS office should be contact
ed to schedule time with the indi
vidual farmers.
It is important for participating
farmers to have their conservation
plans fully implemented because
field checks are made on a select
ed percent of farms each year to
check on compliance.
“We hope to provide timely as
sistance to farmers who request
it,” said Akers, “but they need to
schedule ahead of time with our
office to meet these deadlines.”
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sent, according to Dr. Frank J.
Coale, extension agronomist. Uni
versity of Maryland at College
Park! and Dr. John J. Meisinger,
soil scientist, Agricultural
Research Service, USDA. Thus,
the PSNT can be a useful nutrient
management loot.
A way to farm profitability and
be safe on die environment forms
the backbone of much of the infor
mation available to those who
attend the conference, open free of
charge. The conference’s topic,
“Conservation Tillage: Facing
Change,” addresses this concern
through a variety of methods, from
the general session beginning at 9
a.m., “Innovations in Agricul
ture,’’ to be presented by Dr. Den
nis R. Keeney, director, Leopold
Day's Program
Donald M. Schwartz, presiding
REGISTRATION k EXHIBITS OPEN
Free Coffee & Donuts
8:00 a.m.
GENERAL SESSION A
Innovations in Agriculture
Dr. Dennis R. Keeney, Director
Leopold Center for Sustainable
Agriculture A Professor of Soil
Microbiology, lowa State University
9£oa.m.
CONCURRENT
BREAKOUT SESSIONS I
1020 a.m.
A. Weed Control Update
Dr. Ronald L. Ritter
Extension Agronomist
University of Maryland
B. Conservation Tillage &
Small Grains
Mr. F. Ronald Mulford
Poplar Hill Facility
Research & Education Center
University of Maryland
C. Crop Residue Management
Mr. Joel C. Myers
State Agronomist
Pennsylvania SCS
CONCURRENT
BREAKOUT SESSIONS D
(Repeat Session I topics, allowing
opportunity to hear two of the three
speakers)
1105 a.m.
Center for Sustainable Agriculture
and professor of soil microbiolo
gy, lowa State University through
water quality improvement prog
rams in the hut port of the concur
rent sessions in the afternoon.
Breakout sessions throughout
the morning cover such topics as
weed control, conservation tillage
and small grains, and crop residue
management Other sessions high
light fertility and nutrient manage
ment, forages in conservation til
lage programs, and water quality
improvement programs. The gen
eral session in the afternoon stu
dies the economic impacts of
environmental regulations on
agriculture.
The educational program will
start at 9 a.m. and hat until 3:4S
20th Annual Mid-Atlantic
Conservation Tillage Conference
11:45 a.m.
2:20 pjn.
3:05 p.m.
3:45 p.m.
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p.m. There will be a break for
lunch and a chance to visit exhibi
tors. A copy of the day’s schedule
is included in this issue of Laiteas-
Ur Farmiag.
Dr. Lester R. Vough, extension
agronomist, University of Mary
land at College Park, and Donald
M. Schwartz, extension agricultur
al agent, Washington County, Md.
will report on winter grazing of rye
and other small grains. Both
speakers report that farmers can
use this information to cut feed
costs, increase livestock income,
and qualify for federal cost
sharing payments for erosion
controlling cover crops.
According to Vough, Mid-
Altantic farmers have not capital
ized sufficiently on their regional
December 16,1993
LUNCH
Visit Exhibits
GENERAL SESSIONS
Economic Impacts of Environmental
Regulations on Agriculture
Dr. James S.Shortle
Agricultural Economics & Rural
Sociology Department
Pennsylvania State University
CONCURRENT SESSIONS IE
A. Fertility k Nutrient Mgmt.
Dr. Frank}. Coale
Extension Agronomist
University of Maryland
Dr.JohnJ.Meisinger
Soil Scientist, ARS-USDA
Beltsville Area
B. Forages in Conservation Tillage
Programs
Dr. Lester R.Vough
Extension Agronomist
University of Maryland
C. Water Quality Improvement
Programs
Norman A. Berg, Supervisor
Anne Arundel Soil Cons. District
(former Chief, SCS-USDA)
CONCURRENT SESSIONS IV
(Repeat Session in topics, allowing
opportunity to hear two of tire three
speakers)
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Printed summaries will be avail
able fine at the conference.
For more information, contact
planning committee chairman
Donald M. Schwartz, Cooperative
Extension Service. 1260 Md. Ave.,
Hagerstown, MD 21740, or call
him at (301) 791-1304. Also, more
information can be obtained from
Bob Anderson, Lancaster County
Extension Service. (717)
394-6851, or publicity director T.
Milton Nelson. (301) 40S-4596.
Planning Committee
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Secretary Wayne F. Marz
Extension Ag Agent
Cumberland County, PA
Treasurer Joel C. Myers
State Agronomist
Pennsylvania SCS
Committee Heads
Exhibits Craig W. Yohn
Extension Ag Agent
' Jefferson County, WV
Arrangements Donald M. Schwartz
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Spedalist-Ag Editor
University of Maryland
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Washington County, MD
Robert}. Anderson
Extension Ag Agent
Lancaster County, PA
Douglas W. Tregoning
Extension Ag Agent
Montgomery County, MD
Jeffrey R. Loser
Resource Conservationist
Maryland SCS
Karen E. Holloway
Extension Ag Agent
Howard County, MD