Times Advocate, 1993-04-14, Page 10Page 10
Times -Advocate, April14,1993
Commitment to Quality award is received
BLENHEIM - A family owned
seed business based in Blenheim is
making inroads into domestic and
international seed markets crowd-
ed with multi -nationals.
"If you deliver top quality, you
can compete," explains Wes
Thompson Jr.,,of W.G. Thompson
& Sons Ltd, whose seed division
Hyland Seeds is a growing suppli-
er of corn, soybean, white bean,
canola and cereal seed.
That focus has earned Thomp-
sons a "Commitment to Quality
Award" from Gustafson, maker
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"1t isn't our intention to give out
this award every year," says Vita-
flo product manager Larry Smith.
"This is a special award - we will
only present it when we see an em-
phasis on quality that we feel de-
mands recognition."
The uniqueness of the award is
reflected by the award itself. It's an
original still-life of soybean seeds
near a burlap bag that Gustafson
commissioned from Stratford artist
Maryanne Wettlaufer.
Hyland Seeds contacts all its
seed from Ontario seed growers
and processes the crops at three lo-
cations; Blenheim, Ailsa Craig and
Hensel!.
The company had already won
six consecutive Golden Kemal
Awards that Gustafson presents 10
seed suppliers that meet precise,
technical standards for applying
Vitatlo to seed.
After inspecting Hyland seed for
the six years, Smith says, "It wns
obvious the company deserved
even greater recognition. We've
acquired a lot of respect for Hy-
land."
Seed sold under the Hyland label
meets rigid federal standards for
pedigreed seed. But, says Thomp-
son, "We look at ;those as mini-
mum standards.
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Wes Thompson Jr. (left) of the Hyland Seeds Division of W.G.
Thompson and Sons Ltd. accepts the Commitment to Quality
Award from Gustafson's Larry Smith.
Cook's
announces
new blender
CEN'1RALIA - Cook's Division
of Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited,
Hensall announced this week the
completion of a new dry fertilizer
blending tower at their Centralia
location.
Earl Reichert, Operations Man'
ager, says the new 70 tonne per
hour overhead blender replaces
two older models which had a total
combined output of 25 tonne per
hour. The computerized tower con-
sists of 12 overhead bins holding
approximately 150 tons of raw ma-
teriaLs, an eight ton scale hopper
and an eight ton Tyler blender.
To complement these increased
blending capabilities, the Compa-
p r i ng tillage options y has purhased on-
Terragaalsotorcturtlowan appladdictiator
and a 30 ton, six compartment de-
livery tender.
Reichert stated these improve -
on unplowed ground menta are allof Cook's1
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By Brian Hall
CLINTON - A number of grow-
ers have been asking about tillage
options for unplowed fields.
One option is for no -till or zone
tillage. These tillage options should
be approached with caution. No -till
and zone tillage should not be
viewed as rescue treatments for last
fall's conditions. Tillage is only one
part of a successful crop production
system. Fertility, weed, insect and
disease control, drainage and varie-
ty selection are among the other
things you need to review before
changing tillage systems. Fields
with poor drainage, low fertility,
high -weed pressure, compacted
fields and fields with ruts should be
avoided. Also avoid growing corn
after corn natill, and wheat after
corn- inall systems.
Two wordsrofcaution, from:other
farmers, in trying a different tillage
system are "start small" and "go
slow". Before buying any equip-
ment you should look for alterna-
tive ways to try a new system with
the idea of expanding acres in fu-
ture years.
Peter Johnson, Soil and Crop Ad-
visor, Middlesex County, has some
other suggestions for spring tillage
options. Spring;pl wigg,should..not
leave the soil "shiny". Shiny soil is
an indication of compaction and de-
struction of soil structure. To avoid
the soil drying out, the soil should
be worked right after plowing. Soil
should be dry to the depth of plow-
ing. Patience is a key.
Spring discing can also cause soil
compaction where the soil is not
dry when worked. If discing to two
inches deep, then the soil should be
dry down to three inches. Ifthere is
moisture at the bottom of where the
disc works, then smearing and com-
paction may occur.
How can you tall if the soil is dry
enough to disc or plow? Begin by
digging down .to the ,depth the soil
will be worked.'Take-a handful of
soil and make a "ball". Push your
thumb into the ball. If the soil
breaks apart, .the soil .is ready 10
work. If your thumb leaves an im-
print, the soil is not ready to work.
Spring chisel plowing requires soil
.to be dry down to five inches'of
depth,.and is not likely an option tin
many situations.
Peter also •O&rs some sugges-
tions for no -tilling soybeans into
cornstalks. Tillage type drills (LE,
Great Plains, Tye) and tillage plant-
ers
lanters are best operated at a 10° to 45°
angle to the corn rows. Other drills
such as the John Deere No -Till
Drill should be operated in .the
same direction as the corn rows,
but not on top of {the corn row.
There is also a yield advantage for
soybeans grown in narrow rows
versus wide rows 'under no -till.
This is due to the shorter soybean
plant -which occurs under no -till,
thus benefitting from narrow rows.
Letter to
Editor
Some4ielp to survive
Dear Editor:
Winter is "thinking time" in the
rural community.
We're thinking about sharpening
our pencils to tackle those income
tax forms, thinking about the seed
varieties for spring planting, think-
ing about changes and challenges
in our lives and on our farms.
Sometimes thinking tums to
worrying and grinds us down
worse than a struck vehicle in
heavy snow. Worrying can be like
spinning your wheels - the more
you spin, the
deeper you go.
One thing is for
sure this winter -
just as common as
stuck vehicles so
1111
are farmers worry-
ing about where the money will
come from for spring planting, how
long will their spouse's off -farm job
last and can they make it one more
season?
We can't always get that vehicle
out without help - we can't always
solve our problems without help,
either.
Helping people solve problems
and putting thorn into perspective
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term commitment to the agricultu-
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