Growers Believe Com
Production Might
Go Lower
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Na
tional Com Growers Associa
tion (NCGA) members think
com production could go even
lower than a USDA re
port indicates, according to an
informal poll taken at a recent
meeting.
But, said NCGA 'President
Ryland Utlaut, com demand is
good, and farmers can expect
to see it improve. “In the past,
when we saw a large crop, it
would depress the market, but
we now have more new uses
and demand for our crop.”
USDA lowered its Septem
ber com production estimate to
9.267 billion bushels, down
from 9.276 billion bushels in
August. NCGA member farm
ers put the crop at 9.108 billion
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bushels, with average yields of
124 bushels per acre compared
to the 125.2 bushels per acre
estimated by USDA.
USDA decreased yield pros
pects in Indiana and Wiscon
sin, but left yields in Illinois,
lowa, Minnesota and Nebraska
unchanged.
“It’s really hard to get a true
picture of this year’s crop be
cause we see so much varia
bility,” said Utlaut.
Wisconsin is a case in point.
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Cieekland Farm. About 600
acres are in no-till and another
600 are in minimum till (chisel
plowed). Kimmel plants about
100 acres of wheat and 150 in
barley.
Com is planted the last week
of April, “early for this area,”
said Kimmel, using a six-row
planter on 30-inch rows. Soy
beans are planted by June 1 on
15-inch rows.
Kimmel soil tests regularly.
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planting.
For herbicide control. Kim
mel uses Bicep and comes back
in with Permit and Clarity to
control nutsedge and velvet
leaf, a challenge on the creek
land ground.
Harvest begins the first week
of October. Last year, some
land produced about 140
bushels per acre of com, for an
average of 123 bushels per acre.
This year it’s “not so hot,” Kim
mel noted, with the statewide
drought. They should average
about 70 bushels per acre of
com, Kimmel said.
About 120-125 acres of com
are stored as silage in the five
silos on the farm. They’re feed
ing about 10 pounds of grain
per head per day.
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Farms in the area continue to feel the
pressure of urbanization, particularly near
large cities such as Pittsburgh.
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community.
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to be,” said Kimmel, with increasing con
cerns about herbicides, pesticides, and
other matters.
“We have to live in the communities,
too,” he noted.
Chris farms with wife Judith and sons
Andrew, 27 and Peter, 25. Chris’ father,
Willard, remains active on the farm.
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