Field Day Held At Hershey HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.) Roundup Ready com from Dekalb will available in some quantities for farmers next year and widely available in 1999, growers learned on Wednesday morning during the annual Reading Bone Agway Crop Day at the Milton Hershey School. Roundup Ready soybeans are here already and producers arc making use of them. However, these kinds of techno logical advances in herbicide resistant crops don’t come without a price. According to one seed sales rep resentative, because of the research and development dollars invested, companies “are going to charge tech fees for these enhanced products.” According to Matt Grajewski, territory sales manager, farm seed with Agway Agricultural Pro ducts, regular soybean crop spray programs to reduce weeds amount Petersheim’s Cow Mattresses Rubber Filled,Cow Mattresses 117 Christiana Pike (Route 372) Christiana, PA 1t509 The Golden Standard In Cow Comfort PastnreMat • Sewn Every 4” To Prevent Shifting • Easier For Cows To Get Up And Down •NEW! Non-wovensooz. Top Cover - Less Abrasive INSTALLAITo&AVAILABLE. CALL FOR DETAILS SAM PETERSHEIM 610-593-2242 FWttm* In Dairy Bams * Spray For Flies Monthly Or As Needed. Rotate 4 Treatments: • Permethrins • Cyfluthrin • Cyhalothrin • Cygon • For More Information Call: BEITZBL’S SPRAYING Witmer, PA 17585 717-392-7227 or Toll Free 1-800-727-7228 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM APPLICATORS LICENSED Spraying Since 1961 INSURED Radio Dispatched Trucks to about S2S per acre at a quart use rate, roughly. With the use of Roundup Ready soybeans, the cost amounts to about $l2-SIS to spray per application. Additional follow-up applications could add up to the same cost as a tegular program, according to the sales representative. But Roundup Ready beans pro vide total weed control, because growers can go back in and clean up. It’s especially useful in a “dry year like this,” said Grajewski. Although they could end up costing more per acre to use, in the long these products will save on long-term herbicide and insecti cide use on the fields, according to several experts who spoke during a rain-soaked Wednesday morning at the annual Crop Day. Grajewski showed nine diffe rent varieties of Roundup ready soybeans at the crop day, including five APK Agways and four •Fits Any Stall * Reduces Bedding Cosfs * Polypropylene Bag Filled with Rubber One plot showed the effects of using a preplant and starter fertilizer on corn. Others Included large equipment Inspections, a weed screen, a corn planting depth study, herbicide tests, and other Hems. Dckalbs. The varieties are mostly short season Group 3 to Group 4 varieties. Grajewski noted that Roundup Ready com will be available to growers in limited, trial amounts in 1998. Agway will have a plot of the com at the Milton Hershey Freedom To Choose Those of you currently covered by Catastrophic (CAT) crop insurance through your Farm Service Agency must now select a private crop insurance company for the 1998 crop year. With the FSA no longer selling crop insurance, you must select a local agent soon, or one will be assigned to you. Apni TTvrp Custom Built Farm Buildings Designed To Your Needs School test site next year. He noted that Dekalb will be the only com pany providing large quantities of the com for planting in 1999, although other companies will also sell the com. About 180 growers and agri industry representatives had a 1198 Division Hwy Ephrata, PA 17522 (717)355-2800 chance to see various demonstra tion plots covering forage and seed treatment. One plot showed the effects of using a preplant and star ter fertilizer on com. Others included large equipment inspec tions, a weed screen, a com plant ing depth study, herbicide tests, and other items. Various herbicide, insecticide, and fungicide compa nies were also present with their products. About 260 were registered for the crop day. % t Mark L. James Estate Planning for Farm Families • Wills, trusts and tax planning • Charitable giving Business Planning for Farm Families • Farm partnerships and corporations • Succession Planmng/Farm Transfers Real Estate • Tax-free exchanges of real estate • Real estate settlements • Tax planning for sale of conservation easement Estate Settlements • Prompt settlement (most completed in 3 months) • Tax planning during settlement James R. Clark
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