Agricultural chemicals aid Muscatine Island crops
Farmers increasingly rely on insecticides fungicides and herbicides to protect vegetable crops on Muscatine Island. Accurate mixing and calibration of spray equipment are essential to meet government tolerances and avoid residues. Mike Allen of Fruitland, summer worker at the Island Experimental Station, weighs Enide 50 W herbicide used on tomatoes.
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Muscatine Island
Mike Allen
Fruitland
Island Experimental Station
Journal
Dick Mittman
Weed Control Meeting slated at Fruitland June 12
A weed control meeting focusing on chemical weed control in vegetables is set for Monday June 12 at 7 p.m. at the Muscatine Island Field Station Fruitland. The program includes farm tours and talks by Gene Mathern ISU officials and extension staff plus display of spray equipment and herbicides.
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Fruitland
Muscatine Island
Gene Mathern
Muscatine County
Ervin Denison
Jack Weigle
Iowa State University
Question Farm Program Promotion By ASCS Committees
House Appropriations Committee reports questions about the legality of state and local Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service committees promoting federal farm programs. Committeemen, typically farmers, help administer price support, payments, crop control, conservation and other farm aid. Officials say committeemen were asked to work for continuation of present programs on their own time and not at government expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Committees
Department
Farmers Attend USDA Meetings Across Iowa
Fred R. McLain reports 2049 attendees at four large Iowa meetings. Attendance included 294 organization leaders and 1,755 farmers in Atlantic Storm Lake Oelwein and Ottumwa. Suggestions favored continuing the voluntary Feed Grain Program with flexible diversions and higher corn loan, while Curtis Bill proposals drew little support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Storm Lake
Oelwein
Ottumwa
USDA
Replant options from crop insurance director in Muscatine area
Crop Insurance Director John O Connor says farmers damaged by heavy rains may replant the same crop with no fall adjustment. Changing crops after June 15 earns half credit until June 30, full credit after June 30. If staying with current crop, adjustment occurs this fall.
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John O'Connor
Muscatine
O'Connor
West Jefferson Street
Washington
Pound and Hundredweight Replace Bushel in Crop Measures
The Agriculture Department shifts toward using pound and hundredweight over the bushel for crop estimates. Apples and peaches will be measured in pounds, pears in tons, with potential future use of hundredweights for wheat corn rye oats barley and sorghum. The change addresses bushel confusion and a shrinking bushel role in fruit markets.
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Ovid
Martin
Washington
Agriculture Department
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Lewis Peterson
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Muscatine Jounal Farm News
Fred R. McLain
Iowa Agricultural Stabilzation and Conservation Service
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National Farmers Organization
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AAA
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