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The Rural Voice, 1993-07, Page 20PROPERLY TILED FARM LAND IS A NECESSITY! OUR CREW IS READY AND WAITING FOR YOUR CALL A Good Drainage System • Allows fields to be worked earlier • Improves soil conditions to promote plant growth • Improves fertilizer efficiency • Aerates the soil • Promotes deeper root systems • Faster soil warming • Extends harvesting • Minimizes erosion • Allows better crop rotation and planting of higher yielding crops • Increases land value Ron McCallum 519-887-6428 2 "We install (aRIIC_ •drainage tubing" %TA�,E �hmm�ro� CALL THE EXPERTS! KMM FARM DRAINAGE 519-887-6428 WALTON FAST — COURTEOUS SERVICE DELIVER YOUR CEREAL CROPS TO THE MITCHELL CO-OP LET US SERVE YOU MITCHELL CO-OPERATIVE Mitchell, Ontario WITH 3 LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU Country Elevator Uptown Elevator Monkton Satellite Elevator 16 THE RURAL VOICE Grain Markets KJ, Time will tell about crops Corn and soybean planting in Ontario is complete as of mid-June. However, there has been great concern about the lack of heat so far and the resulting delayed crop progress. Remember, though, that last year we saw fairly good growth in May before the cold weather arrived about June 20. Forecasts for this area in the corning weeks call for somewhat warmer temperatures than last year. In travelling north of London, I did notice that crop emergence was further advanced than in the southwest and in fact, spring grain crops looked great. CORN Corn futures prices have fallen over the past month to a low of $2.11 on July futures basically due to slow demand in the U.S. However, an acreage report due out on June 30 will tell the tate of 1993 production. Several analysts feel corn acreage will be lower than USDA originally predicted in the early spring. Parts of Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri still have some corn to plant with a half million acres in Iowa needing to be replanted. These states have been quite wet over the past month and time is running out to get planting completed. Even if the last four per cent of the corn gets planted, yield will suffer. In Ontario, demand has not changed and there is still plenty of corn being offered. Presently, the supply/demand for Ontario indicates that there will be plenty of corn