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PMCGA’s First President
A ‘Student of Corn ’
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soil types that produce the
highest yields.
Another big change in corn
growing has been the trend
toward no-till land prepara
tion.
“I’ve been no-tilling for
quite a few years. It’s worked
out pretty good for me,”
Rumbaugh said.
He and his son have also
found success with a crop
rotation of three years of corn
followed by one year of oats,
using contour strips to arrest
soil erosion and doing what
ever has to be done to control
weeds
Rumbaugh’s interest in
com and general agriculture
issues has also kept him busy
Rumbaugh Works On Leading Edge
DAYTON, (Armstrong Co.)
Dr. Greg Roth, executive
secretary of the Pennsylvania
Master Corn Growers
Association (PMCGA),
described George Rumbaugh,
the organization’s first presi
dent, as the type of farmer
the association is interested
in having as members: He’s
progressive, willing to try
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outside of his farm. He has
traveled often to Washington,
D.C. as a member of the asso
ciation’s national legislative
committee, and he remains
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tees with the state Grange
and his local Dayton, Grange.
Rumbaugh also served as
the president of the
Armstrong County Agricultural
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1953-1955 and was on the
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