Page 6—Com Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 8,1994
CORN REMAINS
BIG ON
DAIRY FARMS
IN PENNSYLVANIA
Greg W. Roth
Penn State Agronomy
Assistant Professor
A recent survey has shed
some interesting light on the
cropping systems used by Pen
nsylvania dairy fanners.
The telephone survey of
more than 1,200 dairy farms in
the state was conducted by a
group from the Department of
Ag Economics and Rural
Sociology at Penn State as part
of the Dairy Profitability
Project.
One aspect of the survey
focused on cropping systems
and showed that com silage
was grown by 77 percent of the
dairies who participated in the.
survey. About 50 percent of the
dairy farms grew com for grain.
This compares to 56 percent
that grew alfalfa and 51 percent
that reported growing grass
hay. Oats were grown on 26
percent of the farms and soy
beans on 12 percent.
More than 60 percent of
those survey described their
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forage system as either grass
hay, com silage and alfalfa,
com silage and alfalfa, or grass
hay and com silage. About 10
percent reported con silage
alone as their major forage sys
tem. About 29 percent of the
dairy farmers indicated that
pasture was the primary sum
mer forage source. More than
half of these farmers (56 per
cent) indicated that they were
using rotational grazing.
The survey also addressed
tillable acres and custom field
work. About 48 percent of the
operators reported having two
acres or less per milking cow,
while more than 20 percent had
more than four acres per cow.
On the average, operators had
3.1 acres/cow.
More than 47 percent of the
survey respondents do not use
custom fieldwork. Of those that
do, custom harvesting was the
most popular, used byjiearly 75
percent, and custom fertilizer
and chemical applications were
used by nearly 58 percent.
Much more information on
other aspects of Pennsylvania
dairy farms is available in the
report. The report (AE&RS
#245) should be available
through local extension offices.
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conditions, Pennsylvania’s
1994 production of com for
grain and Type 32 tobacco are
expected to be more than last
year. Type 41 tobacco produc
tion is expected to be less than
last year, according to the Pen
nsylvania Agricultural Statis
tics Service.
Yield of com for grain is
expected to be 116 bushels, up
20 bushels from last year.
Acreage for harvest is esti
mated at 1,000,000. Production
is expected to be 116.0 million
bushels, 25 percent more than
last year. Production of Pen
nsylvania seedleaf-type tobac
co by the commonwealth’s far
mers is forecast at 12.6 million
pounds, 8 percent less than
1993. The expected yield of
2,100 pounds per acre will be
harvested from 6,000 acres.
Production of southern
Maryland-type tobacco by Pen
nsylvania’s farmers is forecast
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Also included will be various
farmer roundtable sessions on
topics ranging from no-till
cropping systems to the use of
plastic-wrapped round bales.
Preregistration for the meet
ing is -highly recommended.
Registration information can be
obtained from county extension
offices.
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