What Blight Means To Corn Farmers
A personal Indiana story on Southern Corn Leaf blight. Martin Silverthorn shows how moldy kernels and powdery dust ruin yields and harvest timing. The blight’s spread from Gulf states to the Great Lakes cut production, delay harvests, and push farmers toward resistant seeds and market shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe McGowan JR
Associated Press
Clinton
County
Ind
Martin Silverthorn
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
U.S. Agriculture Department
Martin
Alice
Indianapolis
Purdue University
Agricultural Extension Service
Indiana
Purdue
Hawaii
Mexico
South America
Clinton County
Farm Bureau Will Meet Next Week
Audram County Farm Bureau schedules its annual meeting for Thursday October 22 at 7:30 pm in the Courthouse Community Room Mexico. Board members and officers will be elected with by law changes on the agenda. Resolutions to guide state and county policy will be discussed and year end reports presented. Nominations via committee Jim Worstell Wayne Robertson Paul Primus Tom Talley Jr. Directors term expirations include Earl Cook Isidore Winkelman Elmer Johnson John Reidel. floor nominations allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audram County Farm Bureau
Com Tunity
Mexico
Jim Worstell
Wayne Robertson
Paul Primus
Tom Talley Jr
Earl Cook
Isidore Winkelman
Elmer Johnson
John Reidel
New Ways Of Selling Plant Food By Merle Vaughan
Area agronomy specialist notes shift from bagged to bulk fertilizer, as Pendleton plant in Warren County blends 60-60-120 per acre per soil test. Farmers compare results with Arthur wheat, hearing wives of neighbors and dealers explain spreader settings and 18-18-18 and 12-12-12 blends, with implications for soybean yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Vaughan
Montgomery City
Pendleton
Warren County
Henry Berentles
Warrenton
Henry
Arthur
Pourida
Acre
George Schultz
Marthas
Ville
Neelit
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Silverthorn
Accord
Lord's Acre
Bethel Methodist Church
API
William E. Snell
MFA Bulk
Centralia
Farm Bureau
Orton Buildings
Jack Cutforth
Ken Johnson
Randy Maguire
Morton Buildings
IEXC
CPR Uckt Carina
Bull Gates
Mexico Lumber CO
Page
Mgr
Frank Battles
Rush Hill
AMOCO
Amogas
Les Hiney
Nutrena
Ars
Heinold
Monroe City
Bowling Green
MFA
Laddenia
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