Page B—Foraging Around, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 11, 1999
ULTIMATE REPORT CARD
Donald C. Fretts
Washington County
Extension Agent
One of the great frustrations of
being an agronomy agent has been the
inability of really helping producers
get an accurate measurement of crop
yields. I believe before one can aspire
to greater accomplishment, one must
know where they are starting from.
The ultimate report card for crop pro
ducers is quality yield per acre.
There are different measures of
quality crops net energy, protein,
TDN, fiber, etc. and they all need
to be related to per acre yield.
It is important to know that local
producers can produce 150 bushels of
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com per acre, or six tons of high qual
ity hay per acre. etc. Unfortunately,
most producers only can guess as to
actual yields and also most producers
guess high.
The point I am making is that to
adequately measure the return on in
puts applied to crop production, some
actual yields need to be measured.
Well, after four and one half years
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PA ROUTE 516
MASSEY, MD
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12667 MASSEY ROAD
of trying, I have actually acquired a set
of portable scales that can be used to
measure yields of all crops, including
forages and grains. I will be using the
scales for measuring yields of agro
nomic plots that are established in the
southwest Pennsylvania area cluster,
and I would like to work with farmers
who want to do some yield measure
ment of their crops.
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Right with Doug High Sr. (Not
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All you need to do is call me, with
as much advanced notice as possible,
and I will do my best to be available to
work with you on the actual harvest
day.
By actually determining true yield,
fanners can do a better job of deci
sion-making relative to crop inputs
and field management.