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for broadleaves and grassy weeds.
Yocum told growers to be aware of
crop rotational restrictions.
He noted some harvest aids to
help with late control of weeds
before harvest. They include
Roundup Ultra 45 from Monsanto
and Gramoxone Extra 2.5 S from
Seneca.
Some growers noted troubles
with controlling burcucumber. For
treatment, Yocum recommended
using a no-dll strategy with appli
cations of Exceed and Atrazine
postemergence to give season
long control
Sludge As A
Nutrient Tool
Dr. Rick Stehouwer, agronom
ist with Penn State, said that qual
ity sewage sludge has more
nutrient value for field crops than
ordinary manure if people can
just get past their preconceived
notions of what sludge really is.
In one example, sewage sludge
can be applied based on an agro
nomic need value of 135 pounds of
nitrogen per acre. The sludge has a
value of 70 pounds of nitrogen per
ton (seven pounds inorganic, 63
pounds organic, with 40 percent
mineralization the first year).
Sludge supplies SO pounds of
phosphorous per ton and has a cal
cium carbonate equivalent value of
SO percent (treatment plants apply
a lime slurry).
Savings can amount to about
$ll7 per acre in combined value of
all nutrients, including micronutri
ents, for die soil, if a producer
wants to apply the material. Prob-
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lem is, there are tight regulations
about the official quality of the
sludge, how it is applied, when it
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There are three designated val
ues to sludge: first. Exceptional
Quality Sludge, which is pasteur
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disease vectors (it can be “bagged
and sold in K-Mart,” noted Stc
houwer). Second is the Non-
Exceptional Quality Sludge,
which is sanitized, has reduced
disease vector, and has low patho
gen levels. The third type is May
Not Be Land Applied Sludge,
which must be landfilled or
incinerated.
Sludge is carefully examined at
treatment sites and records are kept
regularly regarding the sludge’s
nutrient value. It is checked for 10
trace metal and materials: arsenic,
cadmium, copper, lead, mercury,
molybdenum, nickel, selenium,
zinc, and PCBs.
When using sludge for field
applications, producers need to
understand the phosphorous load
in the soil, because sludge has a lot
of it
“Phosphorous will be a nutrient
and environmental problem long
before die trace metals will,” said
Stehouwer. However, it will lake
“400 years of annual applications
at agronomic need rates to reach
the cumulative loading limits,” he
said.
There are certain restrictions as
to what kinds of crops can be
grown and when after application.
These were examined at the Crops
Day.
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Chester County Crops Day speakers, from left, Nathan Rettig, site manager of Car
gill In Marietta; Greg Roth, Penn State com specialist; John Yocum, manager of the
Penn State Landlsvllle research station; Rick Stehouwer, Penn State agronomist; and
John Berry, extension agent, martceting.
Corn Types,
Technologies
Also at the Crops Day, Greg
Roth, com specialist from Penn
State, spoke about emerging types
of com, including Bt com, high oil
com, herbicide-resistant varieties,
brown midrib com, and leafy com
hybrids.
Roth also spoke about the use of
precision yield monitoring equip
ment, narrow-row com trials, and
other types of com.
Nathan Rettig, site manager at
Cargill in Marietta, spoke about
the need to increase the quality of
com and keeping field matter out
of the com supplied to the elevator.
Inc.
He said the wave of the Allure is
specialty grains and the grown
should consider strategies neces
sary to grow them.
Lou Middleton, horticulture
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