Page 2—Com Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 22, 1997
Moisture, Soil Fertility
Corn Growers A Top
(Continued from Pago 1)
with a disc. At plowing, nitro
gen is worked in. At planting
time, a 46 percent urea is used.
Planting date was May 4 for
Gary’s field. Clarence planted
April 26 and Stephen’s went in
on May 10.
Sidedressing takes place
when the com height reaches
18 to 20 inches. The 46 percent
urea for sidedressing is spread
and then,cultivated in
The Fehnels make use of the
Lehigh Crop Management
Association, which provides
scouting for pest pressure,
including weeds and insects.
Clarence Felmel attributes the
use of a moldboard plow to
helping control insects and
weed pressure.
This year was particularly
good for yields for the whole
operation because the condi
tions were near ideal, according
to Clarence. “We had a lot of
moisture out there to push the
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crop," he said.
“Nutrients and moisture
combined to give us a good
crop.”
Topdressing occurring twice
this year, early and late put
there when the com needed it,
according to Gary Felmel.
The Fehnels also manage a
small Holstein herd consisting
of 30 head on the home farm.
The milk is sold to a local
bottler.
The family also grows about
2-3 acres of white sweet com
each year, which is sold on a
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Harvest began for the early
com the first week of October
They use a com picker. What
is not stored in the many com
cribs is put in a shed and piled
up and sold to local elevators
and some to the area fanners.
The harvest was completed by
Thanksgiving.
Altogether, the Fehnels
believe that keeping an eye on
the soils and making sure fertil
ity programs work together
with moisture contribute to a
better-yielding com crop.
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