Page 4— Com Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 14, 2000
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The Freedom to Farm Act of 1996 gave More the opportunity to break out of
continuous corn and diversify into soybean production.
First-Time Five-Acre Corn
(Continued from Pago 1)
The original prop
erty was purchased
by More’s grandfa
ther in 1923. More’s h
father added to the I
property in 1949 I
and, today, More I
rents additional I
acres. He also pur
chased another farm
in the Hughesville
area. Since his farm
is located in an area
that is zoned heavy
industrial, the Clean
and Green program
is vital to keeping
his farm in produc
tion.
“If it weren’t for
the Clean and Green
Program to get pref
erential treatment
with the taxes, we
could not farm, not
in today’s farming
market with the
very small margins
we have now,” More
said.
Prior to 1996,
More grew continu
ous corn on his acre
age, giving him a
100 percent corn
More grew continu
ous corn on his acre
age, giving him a
100 percent corn
production base.
When the Freedom
to Farm act was
passed, More grab
bed his chance to
add soybeans to his
list of crops, allow
ing him to plan a
crop rotation.
“That helps break
up the insect resist
ance and the weed
resistance cycle,”
said More.
More’s choice of
hybrids come from
Pioneer and he
favors the geneti
cally altered varie
ties. This year he has
planted both Bt corn
and Roundup
Ready corn and uses
Roundup Ready Soybeans,
“I used a very small
amount of Roundup Ready
against decay or insect attack on preservative
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lem. That was the easiest way
to take it out,” he said.
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