Page 30-Corn Talk, Uncarter Farming, Saturday, February 10, 1996
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) —Pennsylvania com pro
ducers entered fields in five of
the classes in the 1995 Com
Yield Contest sponsored by the
National Com Growers Associ
ation (NCGA).
The contest results were
announced on Jan. IS. The state
winners are listed here. Nine of
the fields entered yielded more
than 200 bushels/acre. This was
a significant achievement con
sidering the late season weather
condition* last year.
Note the comparison of Pen
nsylvania yields with some of
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Oldfields Seed Company
Presents
Baldridge Grazing Maize
Baldridge High Protein Silage Hybrids
Beat summer slump with corn
Grazing Maize is a selectively bred composite of high protein yellow and white dent
germplasm designed specifically for grazing. This forage plant is the result of a 20 year
breeding program targeted at high protein and high digestibility in silage corn.
Matua Prairiegrass - High
performance. Sweet eating. A top
grass for hay and grazing. In wide use
from the Gulf to the Great Lakes.
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Ask for free newsletter and catalogue 1-800-448-5145
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• PUNA CHICORY - Add zest to
pasture salad. High protein. Drought
tolerant. Puna is the only USA
approved chicory.
• Oldfields Clover Blend - Two white
clovers for full season production.
Nf.GA Corn Yield Contest
Names State Winners
those from the Com Belt this
year. Pennsylvania is a class
RAS state in the NCGA con
test. This class comprises most
of the non-Com Belt states in
the U.S. The class RAAS
includes many of the states
from the Cora Belt.
This year, yields in most
classes were higher in the TAU
classes compared to the RAAS
classes. The top yield this year
in the Class A Non-Irrigated
Class in Pennsylvania was
227.78 bushels/acre, grown by
Jack Coleman of Ronks. If Pen
nsylvania were competing with
CONTESTANTS IN THE IMS CORN VIFLD CONTEST
CONDUCTED BV THE NATIONAL COHN OROWE RS ASSOCIATION
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CONTESTANTS IN THE IMS CORN YIELD CONTEST
CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION
CLASS: A Riilgc-Till Non-lrrigalcd Class
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CONTESTANTS IN THE IMS CORN YIELD CONTEST
CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION
CLASS: Irrigated Class
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Manheim
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CONTFSTANTS IN THE 1995 CORN YIELD CONTEST
CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION
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the Com Belt states this year in
the Gass AA, Coleman’s entry
would have come in second
place nationally, yielding about
0.08 bushels less than the first
place entrant, Melvin Johnston
of Smithland, lowa, whose crop
yielded 227.86 bushels/acre.
In the class RAS competi
tion, the top yield was 250.15
bushels/acre, grown by J M
Souza Farms Inc. in Lodi, Calif.
Apparently, the poor weather
conditions in the Com Belt lim
ited the yields for growers in
the usually high yielding class
RAAS this year.
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soybeans. This program should
provide broad spectrum control
of broadleaves and grasses of
low to moderate pressure.
Sequential applications may be
required. Liberty Link com and
soybeans are expected to have
full registration by 1997 and
1998, respectively.
• Raptor (imazamox
AC299.263) is a POST soybean
herbicide being developed by
American Cyanamid which a
shorter residual Pursuit. It pro
vides good control of annual
grasses and broadleaves espe
cially giant foxtail, pigweed,
and lambsquarters.
• Roundup Ready com is
still being refined and isn’t
expected to be marketed until
1998 or later. It will allow
POST applications of
Roundup.
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• Alfalfa The Pursuit
alfalfa label includes some
noteworthy additions. The first
revision includes alfalfa inter
seeded with oats. Pursuit may
be applied to alfalfa-oat mix
tures to reduce oat growth or
competition and to provide
postemergence and residual
control of annual weeds. The
second label revision includes
the use of Pursuit on alfalfa
grass mixtures. Pursuit may be
applied to established alfalfa
grass mixtures for weed control
and suppression of the peren
nial forage grass including
orchardgrass, fescues, bromes,
and timothy. Keep in mind the
30 day harvest restriction.
• Roundup has a preharvest
label that allows application of
up to 1 quart/acre prior to the
last cutting in the crop rotation.
It will mainly be used to control
quackgrass.
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RESEARCH
UPDATE
(Contlnutd from Pag* 25)
Triazine Special
Review Update
The Special Review of tria
zine herbicides continues by
the EPA. The EPA received
80,000 letters in response to the
review, of which 98. S percent
were favorable.
The EPA plans to conclude
the process and have their own
response by the fall of 1996. An
early result of the review is the
cancellation of the cyanazine
containing products, Bladex
and Extrazine 11.
DuPont will no longer sell
cyanazine after 1999, yet deal
ers will be permitted to sell
existing stocks until 2002,
when these products will be
completely phased out. During
the next few years, maximum
application rates of cyanazine
will be reduced as follows:
1996 —6. S ai/acre;
1997 5.0 pounds; 1998
3.0 pounds; 1999-2002 1.0
pound.
Weeds On
The Rise
Several weeds are becoming
more prevalent in conservation
tillage systems. These include
eastern black nightshade, bur
cucumber, giant ragweed, jim
sonweed, shattercane, johnson
grass, cocklebur, pokeweed,
and burdock.
Steps should be taken to pre
vent these emerging weed
problems. Spot spraying small
infestations, cleaning machin
ery between fields, and using
IPM practices that include her
bicide mixtures and crop rota
tions are a few examples of pre
ventative actions.