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28 THE RURAL VOICE
Intensive cereal management, with
its production of higher yields and
opportunities for more profitable
rotations, is an idea whose time has
come. That was the message delivered
to 70 members of the Ontario Seed
Growers' Association who recently
attended their annual meeting at Lon-
don's Ramada Inn.
The two-day conference opened
Thursday night with a panel discus-
sion on the advantages of intensive
cereal management, known simply as
ICM.
Pat L'Ecuyer of King Agro Inc.
told the growers that ICM offers less
cost per unit produced, uniform
ripening, harvestability, and improv-
ed seed quality. A film he showed on
the new technique advised farmers
practising ICM to pay special atten-
tion to soil management, to put more
emphasis on spring nitrogen applica-
tions, and to establish field tramlines
early. L'Ecuyer advised the growers
that ICM requires the farmer to walk
his fields regularly, watching for
mildew, rust, and other diseases.
He concluded by noting that if On-
tario growers are to practise ICM on
a wide scale, more licensed plant
regulators are needed as well as new
licensed crop varieties to fit ICM re-
quirements.
Rick Upfold of the University of
Guelph's crop science department
said that in the past growers often
didn't spend a lot of time on cereal
management. "We'd plant it in May,
spray it in June, and harvest it in
August." But a switch to ICM tech-
niques requires that certain things be
done at certain times, Upfold noted.
For example, he said, university
research has shown that better cereal
management requires higher rates of
nitrogen application. While many
ICM proponents recommend going to
narrower rows, university research
has found only a five per cent yield
benefit from narrower rows in cereal
crops, Upfold said.
J.D. Cameron, a Harriston-area
grower and president of the Ontario
Red Wheat Association, said ICM
shouldn't be thought of as "the scary