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cents a bushel cheaper. This
will help reduce the overall
com production cost on your
farm.
3. Fertilizer programs. Take
full advantage of soil testing
and manure and legume N cre
dits in your (fertilizer program.
The N soil test can also be very
profitable—particularly if you
apply lots of manure and are
also applying substantial
amounts of N. Prioritize your
fertilizer usage if you find your
self short of cash. On optimum
to high testing soils, the greatest
returns come first from N, then
P (in the starter), and then K.
Yield responses to more than
100-150 pounds of starter fer
tilizer are rare. Higher rates are
necessary only to meet soil test
recommendations and maintain
fertility.
4. Seoul your Fields. If you
do no other scouting on your
com this year, plan to visit each
field at least once two to
three weeks after planting. This
will give you an opportunity to
assess the stand, weed control
effectiveness, and insect activi
ty while you still have time to
do something. If you can, make
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a couple of additional trips one
to two weeks apart to monitor
weeds and insects early in the
season. Failure to diagnose an
early season problem can
quickly eliminate any profit
from that field.
5. Select top yielding
hybrids. Top performing
hybrids don’t cost a whole lot
more than others. Pay attention
to yield performance data and
your own production records to
put the best hybrids available to
work for you. Consider hybrid
traits when you place them in
different fields. Monitor hybrid
performance this year so you
have some information next
year.
6. Pay attention to weed con
trol details. Weed control is one
area where profits are often
limited by applying too much,
too little, or the wrong chemical
for weed control. Stan by learn
ing to identify your problem
weeds and then developing an
appropriate herbicide program
to control those weeds. The
Penn Stale Agronomy Guide is
a great reference for this.
7. Timeliness. Do what you
can to improve timeliness.
Plan, organize, and have equip
ment and labor ready to go
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A team of poultry producers
from Brazil will' purchase $44
million of U.S. com because of
a U.S. Feed Grains Council
trade servicing effort that
brought Brazilian buyers and
U.S. sellers together.
In December, the first
25.000 metric tons (984,000
bushels) of a possible $44 mil
lion in no. 2 yellow com was
sold to the Ceara State Poultry
Association, with an additional
200.000 metric tons (7.8 mil
lion bushels) expected to be
purchased by Brazil during
1994.
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when the planting season
arrives. Make your sacrifices
early in the season to get the
crop in. Too often we wait until
the end of the planting season to
get into high gear, but then the
return from our efforts isn’t as
great.
8. Manage your equipment
effectively. Our small fields
and animal production require
ments mean that we often need
a larger equipment complement
compared to our midwest coun
terparts. To maximize our
return from this equipment
investment, we need to leam to
adjust, maintain, and operate it
as effectively as possible. If you
don’t have time or care to do the
adequate maintenance or
adjustment, pay some else to do
it. This will result in more con
sistent stands and less harvest
losses.
Feed Delivery Systems
are known world wide for their reliability and long laiting performance. Continually the concept of utilizing flexible
auger for feed tranifer hat proven to be the clear leader for over two decadei. Designed for easy installation and trouble
free operation, Flex-Flo can drastically cut your time, labor and management costs. (A.) Flex-Flo systems are available
in 5 different capacities. Manufactured in our facility, PVC tubing is formulated with special compounds to reduce wear
and provide ultraviolet protection. Flex-Ho coreless auger is manufactured with advanced computer-controlled equip
ment in one continuous length.
FEATURES: (B.) Direct power drive with gearhead connection to the auger makes for minimal maintenance. (C) The
more economical belt power drive it available for the Flex-Flo systems. (D.) Molded .
polypropylene drop kits have a slide shut-off controlled by a pull cord. (E.) A flexible '“V#
drop tube is available for off-center feeder installations. (F.) Formed elbows, with an
increased wall thickness.
arc used in Flex-Flo
systems when turns are
necessary. (G.) A hopper
level switch turns off the
Flex-Flo system when
the list feeder is filled.
(H.) An extension hopper
is used when a standard
length Flex-Flo system
is not long enough.
The Flex-Flo system is a completely flexible system. Unlimited variations of the
fyttem am be utilized to accommodate any housing plan. Installations of unlimited
numbers of successful hog, dairy, and poultry operations assure dependability and
guarantee the Flex-Flo system can help you build efficiency and profitability in
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The idea to bring a team of
Brazilian poultry producers to
the United States originated
during a market assessment
trip to Latin America in Octob
er, where Council staff saw an
opportunity to sell U.S. com.
The Council brought the team
to the United States to expose
them to all aspects of grain pro
duction and feed ration sys
tems. The Brazilian team made
the decision to buy U.S. com at
the end of their trip.
Pigchamp Introduced
In Japan
Because of the technical
assistance efforts of the U.S.
Feed Grains Council, Pig-
Champ, the most widely used
record-keeping database sys
tem in the United States for the
swine industry, will be intro
duced for the first time in
Japan.
Japan’s interest in Pig-
Champ arose during a Council
sponsored swine industry
workshop in 1991. By using
the database system. Japan will
be able to improve its efficien
cy and profitability in swine
production, thereby increasing
the need for feed grains.
A consultant from the Uni
versity of Minnesota traveled
to Japan in January in another
Council-sponsored swine
industry woikshop to introduce
the Japanese version of the
program.
Korea Buys U.S. Corn
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U.S. Corn
Industry Association recently
purchased 50,000 metric tons
(1.97 million bushels) of U.S.
no. 2 yellow com.
The association excluded
Chinese com in order to buy
U.S. com for the production of
quality dry milling products.
Cora processors in Korea
imported approximately 1.56
million metric tons (61.4 mil
lion bushels) of com in 1993,
with 418,600 metric tons (16.5
million bushels) from the
United States.
Thailand To Import Corn
U.S. Feed Grains Council
trade servicing visits to Thai
land indicate that Thailand
may become a significant
importer of com in 1994.
Several feedmilling and
trade sources stated that
domestic production of com is
once again insufficient to meet
demand. Imports are expected
to begin in March and continue
through the summer.
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