< • <*r.r' Jf n (V v« i >i( aT ftyO Page 26—Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 16, 1995 pennState Pennsylvania Commercial Hybrid Corn Tests Report Table 1 Early medium-season hybrid performances (Matunty Zone 2) Combined Penn State Commercial Advanced Entries (average of five locations) Data under Location Means indicate counties where values were obtained BRAND-HYBRID MUNCY CHIEF ESXS6O DEKALB DK524 DEKALB DKS6O NORTHROP KING N 4545 DOEBLER’S 57XPA NORTHROP KING N 5220 CARGILL 6269 PIONEER 3525 HY PERFORMER HY9424 PIONEER 3527 CARGILL 6677 DOEBLER'S 64XP AGWAY AG 578 HYTEST HTSI2 MYCOGEN AG5660 DOEBLER’S 62XP ASGROW RX7O7 FUNK’S G-4394 NORTHROP KING N 6622 DOEBLER'S 66XP DEKALB DKSBB NORTHRUP KING N 5901 AGWAY AG 626 NC+ 4616 MUNCY CHIEF XAS6O FUNK’S G-4494 EASTLAND ES99 ANDERSONS PSX4OS WETSEL PXIOB GREENLAND GL223 MEANS LSD ( 05) LOCATION MEANS Centre Lycoming Columbia Mercer Clinton Table 2 medium season hyena pertormance (Maturity Zone 2) Combined Penn State Commercial New Entries (average ol five locations) Data under Location Means indicate counties where values were obtained BRAND HYBRID ICI 8751 GOLDEN HARVEST EX7O2 DOEBLER S 52XP GOLDEN HARVEST H 2331 GOLDEN HARVEST H 2390 STINE 1033 DEKALB DK527 DEKALB DKS6O STINE 993 DYNAGRO 5245 HV PERFORMER HY9385 GRIES GSF4IOO DYNAGRO 5248 GOLDEN HARVEST H 2485 NC+ 3604 NORTHROP KING N 4545 PIONEER 3769 DOEBLER S 585XP AGWAY EXPS4I CARGILL 5677 CHEMQRO 5995 TERRA TRIO3I ASGROW RX623 HY PERFORMER HY9475 TERRA TRIO7O FUNK’S G*4394 EXPERIMENTAL MYCOGEN 6690 WETSEL SlOO CHEMGRO 6695 OOEBLER'S 62XP PIONEER 3525 MYCOGEN 6440 CARGILL 6303 CARGILL 6327 NC+ 4521 MYCOGEN 6220 BEACHLEY HARDY 8H4644 GREENLAND GL226 DOEBLER S6O6XP EASTLAND E 599 CHEMGRO 6795 MEANS LSD ( 05) LOCATION MEANS Centre Lycoming Columbia Mercer Clinton . NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Agricultural trade with Mexico is setting records, thanks to the free-trade provi sions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAF TA), and com producers have been a major beneficiary, far mers were told during a session at the National Com Growers Association’s (NCGA) 1995 Com Classic. (Continued from Pago 21) ADVANCED ENTRIES PERCEWT-OF-CHECK ERECT YIELD 99 2 97 4 99 4 101 0 99 4 NEW ENTRIES 98 0 94 3 94 7 100 0 1006 91 2 95 2 89 2 133 8 90 1 PERCENT-OF-CHECK ERECT YIELD 104 6 28 93 8 87 5 80 2 132 4 90 5 92 5 1120 74 3 97 5 1094 99 6 109 7 99 5 100 3 1138 NAFTA Success Silences Critics Government, agribusiness, and NCGA representatives praised the early performance of the innovative agreement, during a breakout session entitled “How Is NAFTA Impacting You?” which fea tured Stephen P. Dees, director general, Farmland Industries: Ken Roberts, assistant-deputy administrator of USDA’s Fore ign Agricultural Service: and College of Agricultural Sciences Cooperative Extension Early medium-season hybrids (Maturity Zone 2) 1994 results LEAF %HjG lU/A % DISEASE GRAIN GRAIN ERECT RATING 162 9 85 24 5 25 6 24 0 36 0 24 2 97 7 95 9 97 9 99 5 97 9 163 7 1575 158 2 167 0 168 0 LEAF •/ o H ? 0 BU/A • % DISEASE GRAIN GRAIN ERECT RATING 153 5 109 148 1 159 1 146 9 156 2 155 3 24 0 21 9 22 3 33 9 22 6 98 2 94 0 96 2 98 7 97 5 Table 3 Early-medium Mason hybrids mean performance. 1993-1994 (Maturity Zone 2) KRAND-MYIRID MUNCY CHIEF ESXS6O 92 0 GOBBLER'S 57XPA 94.0 DEKALB DK524 94.4 NORTHRUP KING N 4545 96 4 NORTHRUP KING NS22O 97 6 PIONEER 3525 98 0 DEKALB DKSBO 96 6 AQWAY AGS7B 96.6 FUNK’S 0-4394 99.2 PIONEER 3527 99 2 MYCOQEN A 05660 1004 DOEBLER’S 62XP 100 8 NORTHRUP KING N 5901 101.6 CARGILL 6269 102.0 DOEBLER'S 64XP 103.2 CARGILL 6677 103 6 ASGROW RX7O7 103 6 HYTESTHTSI2 104 0 GOBBLER’S 66XP 104 0 EASTLAND ES99 104 6 NC+ 4616 105.6 AGWAY AG626 106 8 GREENLAND QL223 107 6 WETSELPXIO6 107.6 MUNCY CHIEF XAS6O 108 6 ANDERSONS PSX4OS 112 0 MEANS ISO (.OS) Late Medium-season hybrids (Maturity Zone 3) 1994 results Table 1 Late medium-season hybrid performances (Maturity Zone 3) Combined Penn State Commercial Advanced Entries (average of four locations) Data under Location Means indicate counties where values were obtained BRAND-HYIRID MUNCY CHIEF XAS6O HUBNER H 3107 DOEBLER’S 73XP PIONEER 3394 HUBNER H 3213 FUNK’S G-4543 EASTLAND E 799 AGWAY AG 723 GREENLAND GL262 DEKALB DK623 WETSEL PXIIO HUBNER H3lll DOEBLER'S 66XP PIONEER 3295 NORTHRUP KING N 6022 HUBNER H 3405 FUNK’S G-4473 NC+ 6485 HY PERFORMER HY9610 MYCOQEN 7660 TERRA TRIIOI WETSEL PXIIS GOBBLER’S 7SX DOEBLER’S 69XP AGWAY AQ 797 DEKALB DK646 CARGILL 6127 PIONEER 3293 ASQROW RX775 FUNK’S G-4554 DEKALB 0K676 MYCOQEN 8240 CARGILL 7997 FUNK'S G-4564 DOEBLER'S 75X2 CARGILL 7897 MEANS LSD (05) LOCATION MEANS Juniata Lycoming Lawrence Clinton Keith Heard, NCGA executive vice president of government and public affairs. Farmland Industries made an early commitment to the Mexican market and began expansion prior to the signing of NAFTA, Dees said. “It became obvious to us that this market was going to be too important to ignore even without NAFTA, so we opened wßiw&h €®lM IPMI NIWO TWO-YEAR AVERAGE PERFORMANCE SNT-OF-CHECKS "AHiO SU/A % HjO YIELD ERECT GRAIN GRAIN ERECT 101 7 40 PEBCENT-OF-CHECK 100 6 30 951 91 2 121 4 94 5 our Mexico office in 1993. In our first year, our sales of grain and soybeans grew from 350 million metric tons to more than 1 million metric tons,” Dees said. Roberts of FAS concurred that NAFTA has lived up to its billing as a necessary agree ment that would break down barriers and act as a catalyst for trade with our neighbor to the PENNSYLVANIA MASTER CORN GROWERS ASSOC,, INC. Table 4 Silage performance of earfy medium' season hybrids (Maturity Zone 2) YIELD %H 2 0 DRY MAT BRAND-HYBRID (T/A) PLANT PLANT(T/A) EASTLAND E 599 DEKALB DKSB6, AGWAY AQ 626 AQWAV AQ 723 PIONEER 3525 WETSEL Sl2O HY PERFORMER HY9424 HYTEST HT525 COBBLER'S 75M0D2 PIONEER 3394 DOEBLER'S 73XP CARGILL 7557 MEANS LSD (.01) 1461 11 0 ADVANCED ENTRIES LEAF %H Z 0 BU/A % DISEASE GRAIN GRAIN ERECT RATING ERECT YIELD 92 3 99 5 1133 94 3 97 6 1006 101 1 99 8 27 3 26 2 349 27 1 (Turn to Pago 27) SILAGE ENTRIES 69 7 6 5 67.8 6 6 67.9 6 7 665 73 71 8 7 3 701 7 4 165 19.0 19.1 209 20.9 21 1 213 224 22.5 226 227 &2 6 62.6 7 5 65 6 7.8 70 8 7 9 66.1 7 9 660 79 67 4 6 0 682 74 29 1 5 187 9 11 5 173 6 187 3 2133 177 4 96 5 99 5 1000 98 7 south “Mexico, once a market for only 10 million bushels of com, has imported 100 million bushels of U.S. com since the inception of NAFTA. Meat exports have soared as well, which is another key to keep ing the com industry profit able,” Heard said.