E4-Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 18, 2003 10 Years Of Com Talk (Continued from Page El) Since 1993, “a lot of compa nies have been bought out or gone out of business, or are working for someone else,” said Willard Jones, director of sales and marketing, Doebler’s, Inc., as he paged through that first issue of Com Talk at Ag Pro gress. The association, formerly the Pennsylvania Master Corn Growers Association (PMCGA) changed its name to simply the PCGA a couple of years ago simply because many members thought the name sounded too elite, and kept the small-scale or experimental farms out of the picture. The name “Com Talk” came about from a man named Wal ter Johnson, Julian, Centre County, when the association formed in the early 1980 s. The publication was first a member newsletter. A section was first printed in a different ag news paper than Lancaster Farming. According to Greg Roth, Penn state com specialist, John son simply “came up with the name,” he said. “It was simple and clean and to the point.” What began as a small mem ber newsletter evolved into a major agricultural newspaper insert. Roth replaced Joe McGahen as executive secretary of PMCGA/PCGA in 1990. Three Master’s Choice 61S A 115 day hybrid- Makes a sweet smelling, nutrient dense silage with high grain content, and excellent digestibility Plant health is also excellent Reports of 2002 and 2003 performance have been excellent. Comments made by fanners include: excellent yields, very few broken stalks, even after tropical storm Isabel went through, very high levels of sugar (typically 4 to 6%), and great packing characteristics. Note In extreme wind, leaves were shredded, and stalks blown over, but very few stalks were broken MC 615 has a dense, but shorter stalk - usually shorter than most silage hybnds King AgnS Helping the family farm prosper by specializing in high quality forages and grazing since 1993. 96 Paradise Lane, Ronks, PA 17572 / 717-687-6224 O^O Toll Free: 1-866-687-6224 CALL FOR A DEALER NEAR YOU / ' years later, Com Talk came to Lancaster Farming, which reaches more than 50,000 pro ducers and agri-industry repre sentatives by direct mail the largest circulation in its 48-year history and one of the largest ag newspapers in the world. The section allows “universi ty, industry, and farmers to form a closer relationship, some thing that is unique to this area,” Roth said. Jones noted the “even playing field” for all concerned, and a good forum, away from over bearing commercial influence, for news about the com industry to reach a wide segment of the farm population in the Mid-At lantic and Northeast. Grant Troop, a producer from Oxford and president of PMCGA/PCGA when Com Talk began in Lancaster Farming in 1993 (who was also featured on the cover of the first issue), noted that the timing of the articles in Com Talk has al ways been critical. Troop noted that in the early 19905, corn manufacturers started producing a higher yield grain. And other “quality com ponent” factors, Troop noted, such as high lycene or waxy com, started to become promi nent in planning, marketing, and finally growing the product. The factors that improve di (Turn to Page E 6) Need Combine Parts? We offer OEM quality repair parts at competitve prices from one convenient source. 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