Page 30—Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 10, 1998
Balanced Diet Is Essential For Corn Plant Development
NORCROSS, Ga. -
Potassium, just like nitrogen
and phosphorus, is essential
for developing corn's genetic
yield potential. Plant physiol
ogists have set the yield
potential well in excess of 500
bushes of grain per acre, yet,
the national average for all
U.S. corn producers have not
reached one third of that
President Signs Bill
Extending Ethanol Incentive
WASHINGTON, D.C.
President Clinton signed into
law an omnibus transporta
tion bill that extends the
excise tax exemption for
ethanol-blended gasoline
through 2007. The
Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century (TEA 21)
was overwhelmingly approved
by the House and Senate in
May.
“Today’s signing of TEA 21 marks
the culmination of a hard-fought battle
by farmers and other ethanol support
ers. Now we can move ahead with the
business of building the domestic
ethanol industry - an industry that
generates jobs, revitalizes rural com
munities and provides an important
market for home-grown corn,” said
National Corn Growers Association
(NCGA) President Ryland Utlaut, who
attended the White House signing cer
emony.
Utlaut, who raises corn, soybeans
and wheat in Grand Pass, Mo., empha
sized the significance of the ethanol
market to U.S. farmers. “We’re operat
ing in an environment of extreme
uncertainty right now. Com prices are
down and agricultural export projec
tions have dropped significantly due to
the Asian financial crisis, weak foreign
currencies and other factors. This
makes value-added domestic markets
such as ethanol increasingly impor
tant.”
Consuming approximately seven
percent of the U.S. com crop, ethanol is
one of the largest industrial Uses for
com. In addition, many farmers and
rural communities have invested in
ethanol-producing cooperatives. More
than 80 percent of U.S. ethanol plants
are owned by small producers. These
small-scale facilities, with more than
25,000 members and about $1.3 billion
in capital investment, are the fastest
growing sources of ethanol production,
according to the U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
“Obviously, farmers and rural citi
zens have a vested economic interest in
ethanol,” said Utlaut. “But the benefits
of this home-grown, renewable fuel
extend far beyond farm country.
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potential.
Some yield can be lost due
to disease, crop injury by
pests, competition by weeds,
stress from inadequate mois
ture or high temperature,
timeliness of operations, or
perhaps due to inadequate
nutrition. Potassium nutri
tion could be one of those fac
tors in need of attention for
Ethanol cleans
the air, lowers fuel costs, and
reduces U.S. dependence on
foreign oil. By supporting the
extension of the ethanol tax
incentive, Congress and the
Clinton administration have
done right by all Americans.”
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com yield improvements.
Corn must absorb its
potassium from soil reserves
and/or from applied fertilizer
potassium sources.
Regardless of source, a com
crop yielding int eh 180
bushel per acre range will
require nearly 240 pounds of
potassium to produce the
roots, stems, leaves, and
grain. The nutrient reservoir
of many soils is inadequate to
supply the total potassium
needs of high yielding com,
especially during the critical
peak demand period just
prior to silking.
The functions of potassium
in corn growth are well
known. Research by universi
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for com.
Effective and efficient use
of nitrogen. Potassium teams
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produce protein essential for
plant growth. It helps to
improve protein level and
quality of corn silage for opti
mum feed value and forage
digestibility by livestock.
Environmentally, it helps put
more of the available nitro
gen into the plant where it
belongs.
Optimum rate of photosyn
thesis. Potassium, nitrogen,
phosphorus and magnesium
are team members in this
process of converting sun
light, water, and carbon diox
ide into sugars and forms of
stored energy for plant
growth. Potassium helps to
regulate the supply of carbon
dioxide available for photo
synthesis, the rate of sugar
use by plants during respira
tion, and more than 60
enzymes systems associated
with plant growth.
Movement of sugars from
leaves to grain. Potassium is
needed for efficient move-
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ment of sugars from leaves,
conversion of sugars into
starch, and optimum grain
fill. A severe shortage of
potassium in corn can delay
silk emergence, create polli
nation problems, and result
in poorly filled grain on the
tip-end of ears.
Corn, whether grown in
Kansas, Illinois, or Georgia,
performs best when plant
nutrition is removed as a
yield limiting factor.
Potassium is essential for
best use of nitrogen, phospho
rous and all other production
inputs. It helps growers put
more high-quality grain in
the bin at harvest time, gen
erate optimum profits and do
it in an environmentally
sound manner.
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