Page 28—Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 10, 1998
Sharpen Your Corn
Management With
The Five Acre Club
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) - Are you interested in
improving your corn manage
ment skills? Are you interest
ed m comparing your corn
production practices with
more than 100 other corn pro
ducers in the state?
If the answer to either of
these question is yes, consider
entering the Pennsylvania
Five Acre Corn Club.
The Five Acre Corn Club is
a program that provides you
with a report on the produc
tion ’practices and yields of
over a hundred other produc
ers around the state. In addi
tion, you'll receive an accu
rate yield estimate from one
of your production fields and
be able to compete for one of
twenty one awards made
annually. You'll also have an
opportunity to sharpen your
farm management skills by
participating in our farm
management exercise.
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Spot or contract prices available
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Rollermills & feed equipment also available
Last year, 100 growers par
ticipated in the program.
Each participant receives a
detailed 22-page report at the
end of the year showing
hybrids, plant populations,
nitrogen rates, and yields of
all the entrants.
The entry fee is $lO and
registration information and
a more complete set of rules
can be obtained from partici
pating county extension
offices. This program is
cosponsored by The
Pennsylvania Master Corn
Growers Association and the
hybrid seed corn industry in
Pennsylvania.
Contact your local exten
sion office for details
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Marietta, PA
17547
AKRON (Lancaster Co.) More sweet corn growers than ever before are
using plastic mulch to speed up the growth of sweet corn for early production.
In May 1998, a Corn Talk photographer spotted this field on Akron Road near
here, with corn plants making a head start on the season.
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