A22-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 9, 1995
Satellite Teleconference Looks At Critical Aspects
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Principles of no-till not
only work well with com, soy
beans, and alfalfa with proper
planning and management, but
also with vegetable crops.
Nearly any crop that can be
transplanted can benefit from no
till technology as long as the grow
er understands and applies the bas
ics of no-till management, accord
ing to experts during the
Mid-Atlantic Tillage Teleconfer
ence on Wednesday evening.
Broadcast throughout the reg
ion, the teleconference, originating
from Penn State, was connected by
satellite to many extension and
other downlink sites in Pennsylva
nia and surrounding states. This
year, the teleconference replaced
the annual conference attended in
person by speakers and company
representatives at annual sites
either in Pennsylvania or
Maryland.
Accoring to Joel Myers, state
agronomist with the Pennsylvania
Natural Resource Conservation
Service (NRCS), work with no-dll
vegetable transplanting began
about five years ago. At that dme,
‘ ‘We recognized some of the prob
lems that we were having with soil
erosion control in vegetable pro
duction,” said Myers.
Field research began three years
ago with a single-row planter. In
1994, a grant was provided to
obtain three double-row no-till
planters.
The planters will “do a good job
of getting these plants into the
ground and maintaining cover,"
said Myers.
The planters are available in the
Lackawanna County area, the
Bloomsburg, Columbia County
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No-Till Vegetable Transplanting Shows Promise
area, and in Lancaster and York
counties through the NRCS. Hoff
man indicated that “probably the
newest innovation in no-till crop
production is moving no-till into
the vegetable crops,” especially
into the greenwrap tomato produc
tion areas of northeastern
Pennsylvania.
Steve Groff, tomato grower in
Holtwood, Lancaster County, said,
‘ T was really impressed in my first
use of this planter, how well it was
able to cut through the residue and
be able to do the job.”
Groff indicated that his farm is
contoured and didn’t encounter
any problems using the transplant
er. It is important, he advised, that
there is enough weights on the
press wheels to provide an excel
lent job of penetrating the cover
crop.
Myers said that when using no
till for vegetables, it is important to
achieve the right kind of weed
control.
Another portion of the telecon
ference examined the importance
of planning when using no-till for
age and pasture renovation.
Dr. Harlan White, Virginia
Polytechnical Institute, and Dr.
Lynn Hoffman, Penn State exten
sion tillage specialist, explained to
growers how no-till seeding is the
preferred way to make new forage
and pasture seedings.
Key factors, according to White,
are:
• Fertility. Soil pH and fertility
through soil testing must be correct
for seedings to be successful.
• Killed sod. All competitive
sod and weeds must be taken care
in advance by the appropriate
herbicide.
• Depth of seeding. This is vital.
The biggest problem Hoffman
encounters is that the seed is
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placed in the ground too deep and
germination doesn’t occur. Hoff
man indicated that seed depth is
critical for successful forage estab
lishment. “Do whatever it takes to
get good soil-to-seed contact,”
said Hoffman.
* Inspection of seeding. The
grower must get down off the trac
tor and inspect the seedbed to
make sure the seed is at the correct
depth and the soil contact is firm.
• Planning is vital. Better man
agement is needed in most no-till
operations.
Hoffman also conducted a pre
sentation on making sure the right
kind of maintenance on no-till
Select Sires Names Marketing Coordinator
PLAIN CITY, Ohio—Chris
Sayers has been named marketing
coordinator for Select Sires Inc.,
Plain City, Ohio.
In her new role, Sayers will
publish all of Select’s domestic
dairy sire directories and produce
other promotional pieces on
Select’s newly proven dairy bulls
after each sire summary.
Futhermore, Sayers will coordi
nate the domestic tour program
and supervise student interns who
help conduct the tours through the
Select Sires’ facilities. In addition,
Sayers will facilitate international
semen orders and assist with the
development of semen bid orders
for international distributors.
Sayers is no stranger to the
Select Sires family. Before joining
Select’s headquarters staff, she
served as director of promotional
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equipment is done at the right time.
He emphasized the importance of
not waiting until March or April to
do the necessary equipment
inspections and repair when the
equipment needs to be in the field,
planting. Growers should make
use of winter months to perform
the maintenance.
Dr. Bill Curran, Penn State
weed expert, spoke about some of
the new herbicides available for
no-till systems. Curran noted that
Roundup Ready soybeans will be
available on a limited basis in
1996.
During the live portion of the
teleconference, Hoffman and
guests answered questions from
programs for COBA/Select Sires
Inc., one of Select’s 11 member
co-ops.
While at COBA, Sayers was
editor of the bi-monthly newslet
ter which was sent to all the co
op’s patrons and designed the
monthly staff newsletter which
was distributed to all COBA
employees. Sayers also coordi
nated all dairy and beef advertis
ing efforts, wrote press releases
and prepared visual aids for use at
membership meetings.
A former Select Sires student
intern, Sayers began her A.I.
career while attending The Ohio
State University. Upon graduation
in 1988, she joined COBA as
member and public relations coor
dinator. Sayers continued her edu
cation while working full-time
and received her master of science
degree in agriculture from OSU in
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the audience through a toll-free
telephone number. Hoffman and
Penn State Extension speakers
fielded calls on the pasture renova
tion segment from Washington
County, Md. and Washington
County, Pa. They answered ques
tions regarding new herbicides
from Lebanon County, Montgom
ery County, the state of Maryland,
and Lehigh County. Questions on
the no-dll vegetable equipment
were handled from Lehigh Coun
ty, Dauphin County, and Washing
ton County. Additional questions
were answered on a variety of con
ference topics from Tioga and
Northampton counties.
1990. She was promoted to direc
tor of promotional programs in
July of that year.
Sayers resides in Marysville,
Ohio with her husband, Mark, and
their infant son, John. She is an
active member of The Ohio Hol
stein Association, having served
as secretary and an elected dele
gate to the National Holstein Con
vention. Sayers has been a trustee
for the Ohio Council of Coopera
tives and served on the Council’s
Public Relations Committee. She
is also a member of the Ohio Agri
culture Communicators Associa
tion.
Select Sires is a family of 11
farmer-owned and controlled
cooperatives, serving the largest
number of co-op members in the
U.S. The federation’s basic objec
tive is to supply livestock breeders
with America’s best genetics.
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at Rt. 30 at Vintage Sales Barn
and go east 5 miles,
cross 3 crossroads and 1 Y.
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at 8961 mile west of Nine Points
and go north 2 miles.
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