Poison and inoculation tips from area agronomy notes
Merle Vaughan details dangers of improper chemical use with cases in Lincoln and Montgomery counties. He urges masks and safety, discusses soybean inoculation benefits and atrazine carryover, and notes that well nodulated beans may not gain from inoculation but can yield 30 percent if nodulation is lacking. Also advises alfalfa weevil scouting and spraying guidance with Alfatox or Malathion mixtures.
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Merle Vaughan
Montgomery City
Lincoln County
Montgomery County
Warren County
Minnesota
Underplanting Best in Corn Growing Years
Harold A. Sterrett notes early spring planting helps dodge Southern Corn Blight with April 20 to May 10 as peak planting window. Dr. M S Zuber’s five year study shows April 20 and May 10 yields exceed June 1 and 20, with delays reducing output. nitrogen and population effects vary by conditions and test sites at Bradford farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.S. Zuber
North Missouri Experiment Station
Spickard
University of Missouri
Bradford Farm
House Advances Pesticide Bill in Missouri Legislature
Jefferson City AP report notes the Missouri House advanced a pesticide regulation bill. It would require the state agriculture commissioner to regulate sale and application, $10 annual dealer licenses, $25 applicator licenses with exams, and department inspectors to oversee activity. The chamber also sent to the governor a Senate bill with a House amendment and required podiatrists to show 12 hours of refresher study in the past year for license renewal or issuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri House
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
House
Senate
MFA Opposes USDA Split in Missouri
The 32 member Midcontinent Farmers Association board unanimously opposed reorganization of the U S Department of Agriculture and a so called revenue sharing plan. They called the proposal ridiculous and a serious threat to farmers and the public. They credited USDA and land grant colleges with developing productive agriculture and preventing hunger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Midcontinent Farmers Association
Department of Agriculture
Missouri
Congress
U. S. Department of Agriculture
MFA
Land Grant Colleges and Experiment Stations
Chance of More Exports to Europe
U S Department officials say expanding sales of livestock and meat to eastern Europe is possible though the region remains a limited market. Trade in meat products has risen over the past decade, with imports from areas like East Germany Czechoslovakia Poland Yugoslavia Hungary Bulgaria and Romania totaling more than 60 million last year. U S exports to these countries in 1970 were about 25.3 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
Europe
Foreign Agricultural Service
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
FAS
Blighted corn more prone to insect damage in storage
The Agriculture Department reports 1970 crop corn damaged by southern leaf blight is more susceptible to stored product insects than normal corn. Entomologist Harrison E. McGregor of Manhattan Kansas led tests showing blighted corn attracts certain insects more than non blighted corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Harrison E. Mc
Gregor
Agricultural Research Service
Manhattan
Kan
Menday
Corn Profit Contest Set For 1971 In Audrain County
The Acorn profit contest will be held in 1971 under University Extension Center supervision with Audrain County Farm Bureau sponsoring awards dinners. The rules require a 10 acre minimum field, a $5 entry fee, July 15 deadline, two year fertility history, detailed cost records, and final judging by a Farm Management panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acorn
University Extension Center
Audrain County Farm Bureau
St. Louis
Farm Management Committee
New Beetle Threat to Stored Grain Seen in U.S.
AP Farm Writer notes a possible khapra beetle invasion as beetles were found March 31 in grain at a Stanfield Kansas crossroads store that burned before fumigation. Officials hunt origins of all goods, citing beetles native to India and Ceylon and past U.S. eradication efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Kendall
Washington (Ap
Agriculture Department
United States
Stanfield
Agricultural Research Service
ARS
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Indiana
Harold A. Sterrett
USDA
C.M. Woodruff
Dekalb
Argentina
Carniaas
Carl Burchfield
Mexico
Laddonia
Auxvasse
Centralia
Vandalia
India
Ceylon
Asia
Department
Erdel Hardware Mexico
Mrs. Farmer
Cab
Farmer
Carroll
Iowa
Duane Mohr
Auburn
Mr. Mohr
Mrs. Mohr
Mike
Linus
Harold C. Moody
Arendam
Exes
Harold
Ye Co
Rigande Valley
International
Ford Tractors
Palmyra
Mr. Moody
Harald Pack
Audrain County
Case Tractors
Duane Mathews
Hiway
Duane
Quane
Case Power and Equipment
Bankson
Consolidated Electric Cooperative
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