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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1984-08-29, Page 18• i Page 6A %.s -Advocate, August 29, 1984 Plant brooder ditalis slow process for new varieties at CCAT crop day Doug White, secretary - treasurer of the Ontario Soy- bean Marketing Board, told a lunchtime audience at CCAT crop update day that last year in Ontario 900,000 acres planted to soybeans produced 27,000,000 bushels of the ver- satile beans at an average price of 9.36 per bushel for the crop year ending August 31, 1984. This year OMAF estimates an acreage of 1,500,000. Huron -Perth accounts for 13 percent of that total, with 135,000 acres planted to soys. This is a 55 percent increase from last year's acreage of 84,000. Perth county has one of the largest increases, going from 14,000 acres in 1983 to 25,000 this year. Yields are expected to be in the low 30s, the same as the previous year, and White gave a projected seasonal price of, $6.50 to $6.60 per bushel. `The current price ranges from $6.10 to $6.20. White said an advance pay- ment of $3.81 per bushel or $140 per ton was approved on August 17. A delegation of potential buyers from Holland, the UK and some of the Pacific rim countries are coming in September and will be escorted around the coun- tryside, White said. Charles Broadwell, manager of the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board, informed those attending crop update day that Ontario's white bean acreage has in- creased from last year's 65,000 acres to79,000, which is expected to yield approx- imately 1,027,000 cwt. bags. Ontario's competitors Michigan, Minnesota and North Dakota will add another expected 4,448,000 bags. The 01983 crop has been "cleaned up", and growers can expect another $5 or so at the end of September, bring- ing returns for the year to over $28, Broadwell said. Dr. Soon Park, a plant specialist at the Harrow Research Station near Wind- sor, was on hand to tell those touring the experimental white bean plots that develop- ing new varieties with higher yields, greater resistance to disease, more tolerance for wet conditions at harvest, earlier maturity and other desirable traits is a slow, methodical process. A plant breeder is not going to sud- denly shout "Eureka! I've discovered Superbean!" Researchers with the federal department of agriculture, provincial in- stitutions at Ridgetown, Har- row, Guelph University and CCAT and private companies are constantly searching for better varieties, but the journey from agrology lab to farmer's seeder may take 12 to 15 years. Researchers are constantly alert for what they hope will be the archetype of a new variety that will give higher yields, or be more resistant to disease. One need has to be balanced against a negative side effect; sometimes yield has to be sacrificed for earlier maturity. 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After four years, seed from promising new varieties grown by private and govern- mental institutions is sent to the Ontario Field Bean Com- mittee to be tested under CHECKING BEAN VARIETIES — Harrow Station researcher Dr. Soon Park talks about bean varieties with Kirkton area farmers Bill Squire, Bob Scott and John Scott. New weeds emerging At Wednesday's Crop Up- date Day at Centralia College, Jim O'Toole informed visitors of a couple of new weeds which are becoming more persistent in the area. One is a smooth ground cherry which has pods and DEFINING WEEPS — Jim O'Toole of Centralia College, centre discussep,yyorious kinds of weeds with area farmers Harold Finkbeiner and Joe Miller at Wedif'sday's 'atop Update Day at the college. T -A photo FAOY • COYF•M7 iN•r[ item 101 susire I $ Ovim 37 ♦[.A. NEED A BARN CLEANER REPLACEMENT CHAIN ? . . . 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It grows higher than beans and does set long, slender pods resembling the milkweed. In control of guackgrass, O'Toole said application of Roundup is better in the fall than in the spring. uniform conditions. Good yield, disease resistance and cooking quality of the final product are all considered. The most promising newcomers are passed out to farmers to be grown in their fields, and after further data has been collected the plant products division of the department of agriculture decides whether or not to licence some of the results of this long, laborious research "Even with all our new technology where we can break the DNA code in a single cell, we can't avoid or escape testing plants under farming conditions," Dr Park concluded. We'll Do the Job 1 Right... Ready -Mix Concrete FREE ESTIMATES: Residential, commerical and form. foundo tions floors, slabs, sidewalks. driveways, manure tanks. etc . form rentols equipment rentals. 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