Page 20-Com Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 19,1994
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Option 3: Apply Buctril at 1
to 1.5 pint per acre to lambs
quarters less than 6 inches tall.
Buctril is fair on vclvctleaf, but
Pluses
Cost
Low drift
Velvetleaf
Option 1: Apply 1 to 1.6 qi
atrazine plus 1.5 to 3 qt Bladex
per acre preemergence. This
combination is effective on
most annual grasses and broad
leaves with the exception of
triazine-resistant weeds. The
cost of this program is $8 to 25
Pluses Minuses
Grass & broadleaf Slight injury risk
Single trip Favors triazine resistance
atrazine restrictions
Option 2: Apply 2.4 to 3.6
pint Prowl 3.3 E plus 1.25 to 1.6
qt atrazine before com reaches
the 4-leaf stage. This combina
tion will control a number of
annual broadleaves and may be
Pluses
Cost
Residual control
Grass & broadleaf
Kids’ Lives Depend
On Safety Awareness
DENVER, Colo. Quality
time has a special meaning for
farm families.
“The most important time
you can spend with your child
ren is when you train them to
do a farm task and then super
vise them the first time they do
it alone," said Lynne Yontz,
program coordinator for Farm
Safety 4 Just Kids.
Yontz told a break-out ses
sion at the National Com
Growers Association’s Com
Classic that 5,000 farm child
ren are seriously injured each
year and 300 are killed in pre
ventable on-farm accidents.
The session, sponsored by ICI
Seeds, was offered to the near
ly 2,000 Corn Classic
attendees.
‘Two-thirds of the fatalities
occur to children under thir
teen, but even more shocking,”
said Yontz, "is the fact that half
of the deaths are children under
five.”
The most critical ages are
four, when curious and fearless
children are first allowed out
side alone, and 14, when teena-
poor on pigweed. Buctril costs
between $7 and $lO per acre.
Buctril is also available in a
premix called Buctril +
atrazine.
Minuses
Slight injury risk
Additional trip?
Weak on pigweed/no grass/
nutsedge
per acre. Use the higher rates of
atrazine if heavy broadleaf
weed pressure or quackgrass is
a problem. Cool wet growing
conditions early in the season
favor Bladex injury. Atrazine
plus Bladex is available in the
premix Extrazine 11.
sufficient for control of lighter
grass populations. The cost of
this treatment will range from
$lO to 18 per acre. See the pre
cautions under Prowl for
lambsquarters above.
Minuses
Injury risk
Application timing
May need additional grass/
nutsedge
atrazine restrictions
gers, especially boys, are first
given solo farm tasks.
She listed, in order of dan
ger, the most common farm
hazards. They arc tractors with
extra riders, keys left in the
ignition, no ROPs (roll-over
protection) and no seat belts;
augers and power takeoffs
when unshielded and unat
tended; livestock; removal of
protective shields on engines;
lack of supervision; children
too young for assigned tasks;
and exposure to hazardous
materials, especially
insecticides.
In general. Yontz urged
attendees to undertake family
or community education prog
rams which would cover the
following rules:
• No Seat, No Rider
• No play on idle machinery
• Leave implements in the
down position
• Put the brakes on and take
the keys out
• Leave the PTO in neutral
• Replace protective shields
after repairs
(Turn to Pago 26)
Option 3; Apply one of the
following products post
emergence to com. Apply 2 to 3
pint per acre Buctril + atrazinc
or 2.5 to 3.5 pint Laddok up
until com is 12 inches tall.
Include crop oil concentrate at
1 qt per acre or nitrogen fertiliz
er solution at 1 gal per acre with
Pluses
Broadleaves
Laddok controls nutsedge
Triazine-Resistant
Pigweed
Option 1: Use Prowl herbi
cide delayed preemergence or
early postemergence in con
ventional, reduced or no-till
com. Apply 2.4 to 3.6 pint
Prowl 3.3 E per acre a few days
after planting up until the com
reaches the 4-leaf stage.
Prowl will also help on pig
weed, velvetleaf, and most
Pluses
Cost
Residual control
Grass & some broadleaf
Option 2; Apply Banvel ear
ly postemergence in com. App
ly 1 pint/acre from spike to the
5-leaf stage of com. Banvel is
also active on most annual
broadleaves, plus it will sup
press broadleaf perennials.
Including a nonionic surfactant
at 0.125 percent will increase
activity, but may also increase
the potential for injury. Do not
Pluses
Cost
Other broadleaves
Option 3: Apply 0.38 ounces
Beacon plus 0.125 to 0.25 pint
Banvel or 2,4-D postemergence
in com. Apply to com less than
10 inches tall for greatest crop
Pluses
Broadspectrum
Grass suppression
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Laddok. As an alternative, app
ly 2 to 3.5 pint Marksman up to
the 5-leaf stage of com. All
three products are good on vel
vctleaf and will control most
other annual broadleaves. The
cost of each product will range
from $6 to $l2 per acre.
Minuses
Slight injury risk
Additional trip?
No grass
atrazine restrictions
annual grasses. Prowl by itself
will not control emerged
weeds. The cost of Prowl is
approximately $8 to $l2 per
acre. To avoid injury problems
with Prowl, do not apply at
planting. Delay application
until com reaches the spike
stage. Also, be sure the seed
furrow is completely closed
before applying.
Minuses
Injury risk
Application timing
May need additional grass/
nutsedge/broadleaf
apply 1 pint to com greater than
8 inches tall and do not use
preemergence on soils with less
than 2 percent organic matter or
on coarse-textured soils. The
one pint rate of Banvel costs
about $8 per acre. Dicamba, the
active ingredient in Banvel, is
also available in the premix
Marksman (dicamba + atra
zine) and in Clarity.
Minuses
Slight injury risk
Additional trip
Vapor drift
No grass/nutsedge
safety and weed activity.
Include a nonionic surfactant at
1 quart per 100 gal. The cost of
this program will be $ll to $l5
per acre.
Minuses
Slight injury risk
Additional trip
Vapor drift (j um fo Pafl4 22)
PMCGA Supporters
Make
Conference
Possible
The 1994 Pennsylvania
Com Conference is now his
tory, Plenty of good fellow
ship, learning and recognition
of top producers took place.
Our conference is made possi
ble in part by all of the industry
supporters who were exhibitors
and also those who made spe
cial contributions. We’d like to
thank all of those who exhi
bited at the conference this
year for their support. We’d
also like to thank those groups
who made contributions to the
program in other ways.
First, we appreciate the cof
fee and donuts that were sup
plied by Hoffman Seeds- they
were a welcome addition to the
morning program. We’d also
like to thank the Ohio Coro
Growers Association for shar
ing some of the expenses for
their executive director to meet
with us and Pioneer Hi-bred
and Hoffman Seeds for spon
soring two excellent speakers.
Without this industry sup
port, it would be more difficult
to bring in the quality speakers
that our Com Conference is
known for.
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