Page 26—Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 8,1994 (O®lN miLl N®WO Stats Sh Of Plan WASHINGTON, D.C. USDA’s Soil Conservation Service reports that approxi mately 92 percent of the compliance plans required on highly erodible cropland are on schedule to be fully in place at the beginning of 1995. As the nation’s most intensive con servation effort heads into the homestretch, an overwhelming num ber of farmers are meeting the deadline for protecting highly erodible croplands. A U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Con servation Service (SCS) survey shows 92 percent of conser vation plans for high ly erodible croplands are on schedule with 50 percent complete as of 1993. SCS says the statis tically reliable survey sample came from on-site reviews of 53,000 conservation plans covering 8 mil- lion acres. In addition to the 92 percent of plans on schedule, another 4.7 percent of the plans reviewed had been granted one year extensions, or variances. Extensions are granted when producers have made the best effort possi ble to keep on sched ule but could not due to uncontrollable cir cumstances, such as hardship or weather, or factors which had minimal impact on accomplishing the erosion reduction goals. SCS estimates that soil erosion on cfUr most highly credi ble lands will be less than half what it was in 1985 reduced about 66 percent — if plans are fully implemented by the December 31, 1994 deadline. That esti mate is based on esti mated national ero sion averages going from 17.5 tons of soil annually lost per acre in 1985 when com pliance was mandat ed in the 1985 farm act to six tons per acre by the end of this year. In all, plans are required on about 144 million acres of highly-erodible crop land. ow 92 Percent s On Schedule SCS Chief Paul Johnson says that agriculture is well on its way in carrying out “the most intensive conservation effort ever undertaken on pri vate lands. 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RESURFACES INTERIORS: • Coats the silo's interior 9 Protects feed in storage 9 Durable tough acid resistant 9 Increases usefuN^ 9 Economical REPAIRS HOLES: 9 Repairs even large holes 9 Up to twice the strength of the original stave 9 Rapid application 9 Durable surface EXTENDS USEFUL LIFE: 9 Support for old foundations 9 Special repairs can be made quickly and nconomically 9 Little or no forming needed 9 Stronger than the original Shotcrete la also good for repairing atone walla When you think your silo Is beyond repair Lancaster Silo Co., Inc. 2008 Horaaahoa fid. • Lancaalor, PA • (717) 299-3721 example, the weather forecas ter says the high today was 80 degrees and the low was 58. Now, to get the average temp erature simply add the high and low and divide by two. So, 80+58 = 138 divide by two = 69. Now that you have the average, subtract it from 50. 69 was the average and we sub tract 50 and get 19. That’s it! 19 is the amount of GDD for that day. You would do this everyday after you plant and add the days together. For example it takes com 119 GDD to come out of the ground. So, after you plant you, note the days like this. •JBRv *JB Before The eilo • interior After The surface it with platter damaged and slave reconditioned, and a new, thick exposed Before A hole b worn After With the hole repaired completely through the eile well by ShotCretc end • new •urfacc applied, the alio w ready for years of use ff * Before The bottom part of After The ShotCrcte the stayps are completely worn System repairs and replaces away the missing structure THINK OF SHOTCRETE! tough surface wiN protect stored feed
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