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30 THE RURAL VOICE
NEWS
FARMERS ENCOURAGED TO REDUCE
PESTICIDE USE AT HCSCIA ANNUAL
With well over 400 in attendance, the Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement
Association had a record turnout at its recent annual meeting in Holmesville.
Pesticide use is likely to decline by
50 per cent, according to OMAF farm
business advisor Colin Reesor, who was
guest speaker at the recent annual meet-
ing of the Huron Soil and Crop Improve-
ment Association.
And, Reesor said, he hopes to see
soil and crop associations "up there with
environmentalists and vegetarian
groups" advocating a reduced depend-
ence on pesticides.
Research has shown that a quarter of
the label rate on some herbicides is suf-
ficient if applied the first week after
emergence, Reesor said, but prompt ac-
tion requires that a farmer have his own
sprayer and not rely on someone else.
Colin Reesor, farm business advisor
Farmers must be aware of what "baby
weeds" look like, he added, noting that
the new weed to watch for is cocklebur.
Reesor also commented on his re-
cent trip to a trade show in St. Louis. To
date, he said, computer programs have
been mainly for accounting, but he sees
more programs that "walk you through
the steps" — programs that help farmers
choose a herbicide or identify a weed.
The University of Guelph, he added, has
a Dairy Feed Advisor program for $25,
and budget programs for $75.
Farmers at the trade show offered a
number of ideas to promote efficiency,
Ressor said. One farmer remarked that
he "farms the books and gets someone
else to farm the farm." Another buys
everything possible on volume dis-
count, grows his own seed, and uses ma-
chinery that is about five to seven years
old. Another farmer carries a hoe on his
tractor and agarbage bag on his combine
to catch single weeds at the outset.
Also at the meeting, weed inspector
Joe Gibson announced that Don Lobb of
R.R.2, Clinton has received a Soil Con-
servation Society of America award for
his help in developing the Huron Soil
and Water Conservation District.
Don Pullen, Huron agricultural rep-
resentative, noted record corn yields of
160 to 170 bushels per acre. He added
that the Huron Soil and Crop Improve-
ment Association is one of the largest
such associations in existence.OSG