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JANUARY 12,2001
First- Time Five-A ere
spot In tho 1009 Flvo-Acrs Com contost and socond
in tho National Com Qrowar’s Association contest
for Pennsylvania.
Photo by Carolyn N. Moyr, Tioga Co. eorroapondant
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Mark Goodson
CCA Extension Agent
York County
I adapted the following ar
ticle from “Managing Cover
. 2000 COMMERCIAL HYBRID
" epob :* BEN ce PREVIEW
. CROPS COHS' BEI*
„_ M , V s. flint CORN
■. SoW IMPCTS AFFEC
. FARM calendar
and can be planted later in
the fall than other cover
crops
Benefits growers can count
on from planting rye include
• Considerable drv matter
production
• An extensive soil-holding
root system
• Significant reduction of
nitrate leaching
• Exceptional weed sup-
pression
• A moisture-holding snow
trap over winter
On infertile, shaiey, acidic,
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VANIA MASTER CORN GROWERS ASSOC., INC.
icaster Farming, Saturday, October 14, 2000
orn Contest Entry Yields Top Spot
CAROLYN N, MOYER spot in the 1999 Five-Acre time can make considerable
Ttoga Co, Correspondent Corn contest and second in bushels of com difference *’
MONTGOMERY (Lycom- the National Com Grower’s Although More has been
ing Co) For many farmers, Association (NCGA) contest farming for 35 years, this is
the 1999 com crop yields f or Pennsylvania the first time he entered the
contest
died dis-
aster, but for
the com crop
planted by
Robert More,
Montgom
cry. the rains
came at crit*
(The farmer wants to farm, but also he
wants to receive a return on bis investment.
He’s not received that for a number of years.
When I look forward, 1 don’t see anything
different happening. I have a daughter and a
son, and 1 don't see them being involved in
this business. 9
ical times, and one-third
giving him . soybeans
an excellent I 'When I
crop Robert More I graduated
In fact, --81-M-Bii>g-llii-iIBBIII-— J from high
More's yields school in the
were almost twice as high as “When you're talking early 60s, my father and I
others’ com yields in sur- about rain showers, one area worked together.” More said
rounding areas can get just a trace and anolh- “At that time, we just farmed
His high yields of 218 3 er area can get a half of an the home farm, which was
bushels of dry shell com per inch,” said More “That half about 90 acres "
acre earned him a first-place an inch at the most critical (Turn io Pag* *)
Management Strategies Essential When Planting
Root worm-, Corn Borer-Resistant Varieties
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
LANDISVILLE (Lancaster
Co) New transgenic com
varieties with rootworm con
trol are available to growers
on a limited basis now, and
will continue to grow.
But just tike varieties with
the Bt gene to control Europe
an com borer (ECB), some
kind of resistance manage
ment will also have to be In
place, according to a crop en
tomology specialist
Dennis Calvin. Penn State
entomologist, spoke about
evolving strategies to deal
with the new transgenic com.
some with “stackable” genes
that have traits to fight com
rootworm (CRW) and ECB
Calvin spoke to about 70
crop consultants and agnpro
duct representatives in mid-
July during the Penn State
sponsored Field Crop Pest
Management Field Day at the
Landisville Research Center
About 1 percent of the corn Dennis Calvin, Penn State entomologist, spoke
in the U S planted this year about evolving strategies to deal with the new
had CRW control characters- transgenic com, some with “stackable" genes that
tics, noted Calvin For 2001. have traits to fight com rootworm (CRW) and ECB.
that number is certain to Calvin spoke to about 70 crop consultants and agrl
grow product representatives In mid-July during the Penn
Those strategies for dealing Stato-sponsorad Field Crop Past Management Field
Day at the Landisville Research Center.
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Currently
he has slightly
more than 300
acres in pro
duction,
growing two
thirds corn