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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1993-01-27, Page 101 Page 10 Times -r Ivg e4 fllrwltrY 21, 11163 Nbrssall Alba Cealg 282-2527 2834223 848-5433 525-7135 545-2545 225-2980 Mkerhall Tort Alban • retorth Mento W.G. Thompson & Sons -Ltd. has been serving the agricultural community/or over 60 years with.top quality products and exceptional ser- mvice.. Contact sus/or your 5893 crop Input _SILEILCORN_ HL -2241 HL,<2272 LG=2409 fiL'2334 HL -2342 sEED BOYS Baron Apache Marathon Crusader T-8508 Talon T-8902 �d1SIMLBARLEIC Midland Rodeo Centralia Lester Stinger .Etienne OAC .Gryphon -7X.3i4Rtco Anita We also handle a complete line of Agri -chemicals andlertitizer application. Discuss your needs with usi Batch for our Farmer information Meetings Hyland Sees::... A Growin=" 1 raditlori Jistiack, Attach r -d ?'Iant NarOW afWet the canopy advantages of adrill tiillith the accuracy and precision of planter • 9- u, 1 I -row att. our 12 -row planter. • interchangeable seed discs available for soybeans. corn. sweetcorn, popcorn. sorghum, milo, acid delinied cotton. sugar beets and --- others --others ■ 'Ask about competitive financing plans. • Go from wide (40' to 30' i rows to narrow rows (20" to 15-) simply b) adding otuaanrow row attachment. • Just a fewyoa're ready toOmtt. _ ■ 1_asy-to-fill. big. 2 -Mittel seed hoppers • Uses the same ume-proven positis c air metering system as our base planters for accurate seed spacing and precise depth control • Select solid or skip row, mounted or • semi -mounted for White pull -type air planters ■ Choose 3-, 5-, 7-. 9 -air l I -rot attachments to fit your base planter. .ents fold like ..si.: w vs. 55 W ipi A J 4 New research rncct The vegetable research program at Centralia College is relatively new (five years old) and focuses on local fresh market and processing vegeta- bles. Agricultural researcher Bruce Brolley says, "Most of our vegetable re- search work is grower oriented with the trials dealing directly with prob. lems that are currently affecting the local vegetable grower." Vegetable trials are supported by the Ontario Vegetable Grower's Mar- kering Board, the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association and I the Southwestern Ontario Rutabaga Growers' Association. ! CCAT researchers are working on control for black seed proso millet in fsweet corn and with the University of Guelph in developing a turnip mosa- is virus ressietant rutabaga. The rutabaga growers have a problem with ragweed in their fields. Work from our trials on the Centralia College Research Farm and in growers' fields where the weeds were a problem has resulted in the registration of Lontrel to control ragweed. The trials have evaluated many new sweet com cultivars with potential 1 for Western Ontario processing. • For thepast two years many new supersweet sweet corn cultivars were evaluated for processing in Western Ontario. The trials look for cultivars with good emergence from cool soils, eraliness and high yield. With urging of Nabisco Brands in Exeter, the evaluation of the finished product in the cultivar trial was included. Since the processors determine the cultivars that are grown, recommen- dations must be made on the basis of superior agronomic traits (beter mer- gene, higher yield) but these cultivars must have similar or better quality characteristics when jrocessed in the can or frozen as compared to what is being used now. To achieve the goal of similar or superior processed quality, CCAT , worked with the Exeter Nabisco plant to process each corn cultivar as close to commercial standards as possible in order to compare quality. After yield measurements were recorded, a commercial cutting machine was used to cut off the kernels, samples -were hand cleaned and packed into marked cans. The cans werefilled with a brine solution and placed in the commercial cooker at Nabisco. - Cans containing -test -cultivars were pulled off the line and stored at the College. Last week each can was opened and evaluated for visual and eat- ing qualityagainst a number of standards currently used in the industry. Gullivers with --good processed qualities will then be traced back to the field data to identify any superior cultivars for the "entire system" rather than just part of the system. .Frozen corn was also•processed using a cryogenic freezer and liquid CO2. A similar type of trial was done with peas this .past summer. Last summer we also initiated a fresh market sweet corn trial to evaluate the new "Peaches and Cream" cultivars being developed. It should be not- ed that Peaches and Cream is just a general term to describe bicolour (yel- low and white kernels) corn. Bicolour corn has captured around 75 percent of the fresh market corn sales and hence the interest in testing these =la- vars. Last summer we evaluated 30 supersweet bicolour sweet corn culti- vars. The term supersweet refers to a new type of sweet com that has been developed in the past five years or so. This supersweet typeof sweet corn contains three w four times the amount of sugar in the kernels than th normal sweet corn types that have been traditionally grown. As well, these supersweet types have a gene that prevents the conversion of sugars to; starches which results m the corn starting off sweeter and staying sweeter longer than the regular type of sweet corn. On the down side, these super- sweet types can have a tough skin, taste more like sugar pellets than corn and often have poor emergence in the spring. Another problem with -the supersweets is that they require isolation from all other types of corn (in- cluding field corn) or they will produce *achy kernels: However: a lot o corn eaters like this sweeter taste.and will look for these "supersweets" at roadside stands." This summer•. Brolley and his staff will evaluate a similar number of sug- ar enhanced bicolour sweet corn cultivars, which is another new type of sweet corn with their own strengths.and weaknesses. • LL UPCOMING tNFORMAIION DAV& 'egret Peeesot Day Feb. 3/93 (9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.) 'face:'°21.40• Topics Include: "Feeding Strategies for Adequate Finish-, "Enviro mental Farm Plan", 'Health Update", 'Marketing-Ftriward Contracting', 'and 'Genetic Issues and Challenges". Legal Rights for Farm Owners Feb. 10/93 (9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.) Fee: $21.4(1' Lawyers will.present topics on: • financing agreements • environme tat liability • secondary businesses on farms • expropriation of fa land • municipal assessments. Water Quality -Seminar Feb. 18/93 (9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; Fee: $21.40* A one day workshop covering topics on: • water quality problems • liq- uid manure spreading practices • surface and well water quality • cur- rent grants/ incentive programs • legislation affecting farmers. What'. Wrong with our Weather - Feb. 19/93 (9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.) Fee: $21.40• Instructor: Jay Campbell, Meteorologist,'1V40Y1don wlli,present the fol- lowing: do -weather patterns and systems • hoW`to ti a d1fafnmeter and weath- er forecast to establish,plans!(or farming • Individual weather issues. 'Sprayer Application Swab, Mar. 11/93 (9 a.m.-4 pip:) Fee: $32.10 Hands on course dealing4lith: sprayer components;•performance of spray nozzles; • sprayer ce ton; • weather effects on spray drop- lets; sprayer operation •tank mix.calculatlons. (Participants are asked to bring their sprayer nozzles from home). Farm Environmental Issues Mar. 11/93 (10:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.) Fee: $35.00 Feature speakers + expert panel Farming in the 90s: Mar. 30/93 (10:00 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.) Fee: $35.00 The Realities, The Risks and The Rewards Feature speaker: Dr. David Kohl - Virginia Polytech. " Includes lunch (All course fees Include GST) ., Early registration ensures the program will run To register or for more information phone (519) 228-6691, Ext. 285 nue Guarantee of Qualls 1993 Certified 6.R. TIME SERVICE INSPECTION >ia311: FARM EQUIPMENT Exeter, On ., This Value -Added seal on recon- ditioned equipment purchased from Becker Farm Equipment, assures you of the highest standard of performance Before the Seal goes on, 8 ftJl service inspection is performed by specialists (S.I.P.S.) to guar- antee you maximum up -time Each participant receives a free .C.U.P. (Certified Up -time Program) as a token and pledge that our service department provides quality withoutcollnpromise. Call_JOe full L SII EQUIPMENT - EXETER, ONTARIO (519) Sales, Service & Rentals since 1932 Fax (510) 235-2121 14110-245-2121 235-2791 ,Centro la Collage ag researcher Bruce Brolley and vegetable ' technician Cindy Bradley show samples of some of the many varieties of peas and corn they have researched. rIANIPINGIN When Your Planter Becomes Your Residue Management Tool - You're invited to our ![anter ksidue CCinic 'en Join us to learn more about planting in.residue. With residue compliance around the tomer, join us for in- formation on how varying residue levels afferct your planter and planter attachments. When: January 2.8. 1993 1;30 can. Where: Rus�ldale -arm E_auiorrient Limited and 4Nhoomm At Itusseldaleram ispipmeatlide out 1iavoso sorksmamimes Also presentations. by HARDI SPRAYERS and HAYBUSTER ,DRiLL4iep• Join us for coffee and donuts, facts and free information Pre Season Disfoounts.on (10)--t---TOP DR Y HOW DOES THE G.S.I. 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