MT. JOY (Lancaster Co.) A
large crowd gathered at the com
and soybean research plots of
Hoffman Seeds, Inc., along Route
772 between Ml Joy and Man
heim Thursday. Of special interest
to the visitors was the bt com that
kills com bores Mien they eat the
leaves and stalks. With 40,000
acres of this new type com in the
fields this year, farmers have also
seen better standability and higher
yields. George Ewing, Jr., Hoff
man, CEO, said it is incredible
how effective this bt com is. “You
can walk the fields and not see a
com bore,” Ewing said.
“And this is only the tip of the
iceberg. What we will see in the
next five or six years will put the
present com and soybeans to
shame.
Another test plot showed the
first stages of a new high oil com
that will result in kernels with 12 to
IS percent protein where normal
com has 6 percent protein. The
male pollinators were mixed in the
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plot among sterile female plants to
develop the line.
Barry Hoke, key accounts man
ager, said that later the bt gene will
be added to the line and within sev
eral years this new com will start to
be available. In poultry, dairy, or
swine, the new high protein com
will save input costs. Documented
research shows that in com silage
this new com will return $248
more per acre. This com also has
softer kernel covers, better diges
tability, little pass through in
cattle, and no need for roller mills.
“Really it is the first new tech
nology in 75 years in our indus
try,” Ewing said. “The last new
technology was hybrid com. And
that really started at the turn of the
centery. But it was 1935 before it
was accepted and in the 40’s
before it was used everywhere.
Now in 1996 it is fun to be in cm the
start of something new again.
A catered lunch was served to
everyone who attended.
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At Field Day
At the Hoffman field day are from left, Barry Hoke, key accounts manager;
Neff, manager, product testing and evaluation; George Ewing, Jr., CEO, and
Smith, products manager.
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