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take any more beans. Instead, he said,
"you must effectively expand the de-
mand," both domestically and for export.
Mr. Frasier recommended tile drainage
for fields where beans are being grown,
keeping the soil as loose as possible and
said "beans always grow better if they're
in a field within eyesight of silos." The
researcher said he feels bean yields have
dropped since they were removed from
farms where alfalfa was grown and cattle
were pastured.
Mr. Frasier said June 1 to 15 seems to be
the best planting time for the crop with the
third week in June the optimum time in
Michigan.
Mr. Frasier said American researchers
are trying to develop taller, narrower bean
plants with higher pods. He warned the
growers to watch wind and water erosion
and said he liked to see fields fall
ploughed, but not if they are sloped.
He told the growers, "I don't think we
had any anthracnose in Michigan in the
last year. I also don't think we had any
Ontario seed." The delta strain of
anthracnose has been kept out of Michigan
to date.
PAYMENT
Charles Broadwell, manager of the
Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board
in London, told growers they will be
receiving an interim payment on April 16.
Mr. Broadwell told the growers the
board is expecting something over $15 per
hundredweight for the 1978 crop. He also
predicted a drop in bean production which
he said will depnd "on the April payment
and the kind of spring we have."
Michigan production
down 20 to 25
He said the reduction in Michigan white
bean production is predicted as high as 20
to 25 per cent of last year's crop. Mr.
Broadwell also told the grawer the price for
beans isn't strong this year. He said it
looks like a one million bag carryover for
beans on the world market.
Mr. Broadwell told the growers the
domestic consumption of white beans "is
nothing to write home about." In 1976-77,
the average Canadian ate 1.9 pounds of
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beans per year. Consumption of the crop is
decreasing in both Canada and the United
States.
Although white bean production has
doubled since the 1960's, markets haven't
kept pace. Right now, Michigan bean
growers sell 75 per cent of their crop to the
domestic market, while Ontario growers
sell the same amount ouside the country.
Dr. Gerry Hofstra, of OAC, the
University of Guelph, told the growers that
ozone levels in southern Ontario haven't
been as severe in the past few years. The
ozone level in the atmosphere has
damaged bean crops in the past by causing
bronzing on the beans. Dr. Hofstra told the
growers an entire field can turn yellow in
48 hours follcwinghigh ozone levels.
Dr. Hofstra told the growers the higher
ozone levels are adjacent to the lakes, and
decrease as you move inland. His
department is now researching what
predisposes beans to bronzing and if there
are any chemicals which can prevent the
crop damage.
He said 1978 wasn't a bad bronzing year
for beans due to the dryness. If there are
high levels of ozone in the atmosphere just
as the bean plants are flowering, then 40 to
50 per cent of a crop can be damaged.
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