NY Crop Newsletter 4.2.12

A publication of the NY Corn & Soybean Growers Association Spring 2012, V ol. 2 No. 5

New York Growers Attend Annual Commodity Classic - p. 6 Corn & Soybean Yield Contest Winners - p. 5 Meet the NYCSGA Executive Director - p. 9

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New York Corn and Soybean Growers Association President, Steve Van Voorhis Henrietta, 585-746-1542

Vice President, Ron Robbins Sackets Harbor, 315-382-3883

Secretary/Treasurer, Ralph Lott Seneca Falls, 315-568-9501

Board Members Roger Arliss, Pit Farm Clyde, 315-521-0488 Adam L. Craft Williamson, 315-589-2386 Todd Du Mond, Du Mond Ag, LLC Union Springs, 315-252-9191 Loren Herod, Community Bank NA Geneva, 315-781-2138 Bruce Howlett, Howlett Farms Inc. Avon, 585-746-2122 Bill Jenkins, Jenkins Farm Wyoming, 585-786-5793 Seth Pritchard, Catalpa Farm Canandaigua, 585-748-3334 Mike Stanyard, Cornell Cooperative Extension Newark, 315-331-8415 Tom Sutter, Monroe Tractor Alexander, 585-591-3239, 585-703-9628 Jason Swede, Gary Swede Farms Pavilion, 585-243-9739 Tim Taylor, SeedSource, LLC Skaneateles, 315-374-2611

Julia Robbins Executive Director Sackets Harbor, 315-778-1443 The New York Corn and Soybean Growers Association is a grassroots membership organization representing corn and soybean producers’ interests. The Association works to develop and expand markets, educate members, and enhance public policy for corn and soybean growers in the Empire State. The Association sponsors research on corn and soybean production, utilization and marketing and hosts educational programs.

President's Column

Winter? What Winter?

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here did the winter go? It's hard to believe that April is here and farmers' are already getting their equipment ready for planting. Let's hope this unseasonal weather continues throughout the planting season and the heavy rains we experienced last spring stay away this year.

This winter, NYCSGA and Cornell Cooperative Extension once again presented excellent programming for New York's corn and soybean growers. I was pleased to see the record attendance at January's Corn & Soybean Expo, and I'm confident that much was learned and many connections were made at this year's event. Both the corn and soybean congresses provide good information Steve Van Voorhis, President on the latest research and technologies in the industry. renowned and well respected speakers at I also enjoyed attending the Commodity the Summer Crop Tour. Keep checking our Classic in Nashville with other New York website, www.nycornsoy.org or like us on growers, as well as meeting farmers and Facebook, www.facebook.com/nycsga for industry folks from across the United more information.

States.

I hope to see you this summer at Empire Farm Days or the crop tour, or both!

Spring and the planting season means one thing: summer is around the corner! We have some great events planned for our members and soybean growers this summer, including new menu options at the Empire Farm Days food booth and

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griculture leaders from China committed to purchasing 492.3 million bushels (13.4 million metric tons) of U.S. soybeans, setting a new volume record with an estimated value of $6.7 billion, during signing ceremonies the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) co-hosted at the World Food Prize Center in Des Moines, Iowa, and Los Angeles last month.

The Chinese delegation, led by Bian Zhenhu, president of the China Chamber of Commerce for Import & Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal By-products (CFNA), signed a total of 21 contracts with U.S. companies including ADM, AGP, Bunge, Cargill, CHS and others. Combined, these purchase pledges set a new record for U.S. soybean commitments made on a single visit to the U.S. USSEC facilitated the event in Iowa, held in conjunction with the American Soybean Association (ASA), Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) and United Soybean Board (USB)/soy checkoff. USSEC CEO Jim Sutter was the master of ceremony for the Sino-U.S. Agricultural Trade Cooperation Conference and Soybean Contract Signing Ceremony in Des Moines, which highlighted the mutually beneficial relationship between U.S. soybean farmers and soy customers in China.

"China consumes around 25 percent of the U.S. production of soybeans," said Roy Bardole, USSEC chairman and a soybean farmer from Rippey, Iowa. "As the soy family continues to work to position U.S. soybeans as the best value in the world, my fellow farmers look forward to providing China and other global markets with a quality product. We look forward to many more years of working together."

The Chinese buying team began its visit in Chicago where they were hosted by the Illinois Soybean Association for a Soybean Outlook

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Session at the Chicago Board of Trade. The group also made stops in Decatur and Iowa City to visit ADM headquarters and Ben Schmidt's farm to further strengthen relations with the U.S. soybean industry. In Des Moines, the delegation met with Governor Terry Brandstad and Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds at the Capitol and also visited Pioneer headquarters to learn more about the reliability and sustainability of the U.S. soybean industry and its ability to meet the growing need in China and elsewhere to address the issue of food security and food safety.

"The Chinese purchases definitely add value to U.S. farmers' soybeans," says ASA President Steve Wellman. "They also reinforce the benefits of international market development, including ASA's investment of cost-share funds provided by the Foreign Agricultural Service, which began 30 years ago in China, and by soybean-farmer checkoff funds."

The U.S. produces approximately 35 percent of the world's soybeans according to the United States Department of Agriculture. Since 1991, global soybean demand has increased 151 percent. Soy is the top agriculture export with roughly 55 percent of the U.S. soybean crop going to consumers abroad.

"One of the most important things USB and the soy checkoff does is to focus on meeting our customers' needs at home and abroad," says Vanessa Kummer, USB Chair and soybean farmer from Colfax, N.D. "We are committed to providing our customers around the world with the highest quality soybeans. We look forward to continuing our important, productive relationships with our customers in China."

The delegation's visit and signing events coincided with the state visit of Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping to Iowa and Los Angeles.

Highlighting the importance of Sino-U.S. trade was a major focus of the Vice President's public events, giving even more significance of the recent soy deals.

Nearly 41 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans were exported in 2011.

Of that, more than 24 million metric tons, or approximately 60 percent of U.S. soybean exports, went to China.

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Corn & Soybean Expo Most Successful Yet!

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he New York Corn & Soybean Growers Association held its annual Corn & Soybean Expo on January 26 in Liverpool, and this year's event was the organization's most successful to date.

Over 200 growers and members of the agri-business community attended the event, which featured 31 sponsors and exhibitors and Dr. David Kohl and Dr. Danny Klinefelter as the expo's keynote speakers.

Gary Swede - National Corn Yield Contest winner

personal interaction with the speakers. The 2013 expo will be held on January 24th at the Liverpool Holiday Inn. The organization has already confirmed agribusiness consultants Moe Russell and Dick Wittman to speak, and the topic is tentatively farm business transitions.

New York soybean production averaged 43 bushels per acre, 1.5 bushels per acre more than the national average! Pictured is New York's overall soybean yield contest winner, Scott Arliss and New York Corn & Soybean Growers Association Vice President, Ron Robbins.

"The speakers were both informative and entertaining. Dr. Kohl, as always, brought a lot of high energy and a lot of laughs to his presentation on the global economy's impacts on US farming," Julia Robbins, Executive Director of the New York Corn & Soybean Growers Association, said. "Dr. Klinefelter also presented a lot of good information about new ways to manage your business effectively, including reaching out to your peers to get out of your comfort zone and get some fresh ideas."

"As evidence by the record attendance at the expo and the large yields that our farmers pulled in this year, the corn and soybean commodities are big business in New York State, and we should not be counted out as a major player in this industry in the United States," Julia said.

For a copy of the power point presentations from the 2012 Expo, go to www.nycornsoy.org.

The crowd also had a chance to interact with the speakers, especially during Dr. Kohl's presentation. At one point, he was running around the room with his microphone like a talk show host joking, "Ok, now Dave is playing Dr. Phil!" Both Dr. Kohl and Dr. Klinefelter mingled with the crowd the whole day to answer one-on-one questions.

The feedback that was received from attendees at the event was very positive. One farmer even commented, "These were the best speakers I've ever heard!"

"In addition to the information the speakers presented, some of the most valuable information for farmers came during the networking time. With over 200 farmers and industry folks together in one room, there is a lot to be learned from each other," Julia added.

The New York Corn & Soybean Growers is also exploring the idea of doing a 1 1/2 day forum next year with more topic specific breakout sessions on the second day to give attendees a chance to have more

Mike Spangler of Perdue talks to growers during the trade show.

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estern NY had two producers place nationally in the corn yield contest sponsored by the National Corn Growers Association. Congratulations to Gary Swede Farms Inc. of Pavilion.

Their corn yield entry of 285.6094 bushels per acre earned them 2nd place in the class A no-till/strip-till category. Henry Everman's entry of 277.5063 bushels earned him 3rd place in the class A Non-Irrigated division. Winners will be presented awards at the 2012 Commodity Classic in Nashville, TN (March 1-3). You can find all the National and New York winners on the National Corn Growers webpage @ www.ncga.com.

Top New York State Entries Class A Non-Irrigated Town Name 1. Henry Everman Dansville 2. H. David Everman Dansville 3. Gary Swede Farms Pavilion

in the National Contest Variety DeKalb 61-69 DeKalb 61-69 DeKalb 57-67

Bu/acre 277.0563 274.3618 267.4286

Class A No Till/StripTill Non-Irrigated 1. Gary Swede Farms Pavilion DeKalb 63-42 2. GA-RY Properties Pavilion DeKalb 57-50 3. Gary Swede Pavilion DeKalb 61-69

285.6094 266.4413 264.1814

This year's highest non-irrigated corn yield of 322.17 bushels came from Kevin Kalb of Dubois, IN. The highest irrigated class yield of

429.02 bushels came from David Hula of Charles City, VA. 2011 New York Corn & Soybean Growers Association Yield Contest Winners If you don't want to enter into the National contest, why not enter the contest sponsored by the New York Corn & Soybean Grower Association. There were 50 yield entries submitted this year. The top three place winners of each region were presented plaques at this year's NY Corn & Soybean Expo in Syracuse on January 26th.

Western Region 1. Ron Gruschow 2. Matt Kludt 3. Ron Gruschow

Livingston County Pioneer 9630AM1 Orleans County DeKalb 46-61 Livingston County Pioneer 0115AM1

205.89 205.06 200.72

Finger Lakes Region 1. Dave LaFave Cayuga County 2. Norm Vaill Cayuga County 3. Dave LaFave Cayuga County

DeKalb 46-61 DeKalb 52-59 DeKalb 46-07

218.81 211.38 208.59

Central Region 1. Randy Brouilette Oneida County 2. Wayne Durant Oneida County 3. Bob Pawlowski Oneida County

Pioneer 0125HR Pioneer 9807HR Pioneer 35F40

225.39 221.35 209.31

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2011 National Corn Growers Yield Contest Two New York Growers Win Awards!

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New York Growers Attend Annual Commodity Classic

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uring the first week of March about a dozen growers from New York attended the annual Commodity Classic in Nashville, TN. This year's Classic had record attendance with over 6,000 growers and 600 exhibitors from across the country.

This year's meeting once again featured Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack as the keynote speaker during the general session.

The secretary spoke about consolidating Rural Development programs to make the agency more efficient and easier to navigate; the growing market for US exports to Southeast Asia; and the importance of passing a Farm Bill this year.

Several members of the New York delegation attended a breakout session on Vietnam's expanding interest in US soybean exports as the nation's aquaculture industry and overall economy grows. Much of New York's exported soybeans end up in Vietnam.

One focus of this year's Commodity Classic was agriculture advocacy.

Jolene Brown and Michele Payn-Knoper presented actionable tips and tools to positively, accurately and personally present agriculture, respond to tough questions about the industry and utilize today's powerful social media tools.

New York growers enjoyed the large trade show, checking out the latest in equipment and seed technology. The delegation also got a chance to experience some of Nashville's culture by checking out some live music downtown.

There was also a bit of excitement during the conference. A tornado warning was issued for Nashville, and as a result, the Gaylord Opryland hotel's 12,000 guests were evacuated to the mile of tunnels beneath the hotel.

National Yield Contest Winner, Henry Everman

National Yield Contest Winner, Gary Swede

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New York Growers from 6 Guests and hotel staff spent about an hour in the tunnels before the warning was lifted.

That same evening, Seth Pritchard and Amanda Zimpfer graduated from the American Soybean Association's Young Leaders Program during the ASA banquet, and Henry Everman and Gary Swede were honored at the NCGA dinner as national corn yield contest winners.

New York Delegation at the Commodity Classic: L-R back row: Scott Arliss, Bob Donald, Seth Pritchard, Adam Craft, Ron Robbins, Steve Van Voorhis, Paul Wilsey Front row: Bill Jenkins, Amanda Zimpfer, Doreen Jenkins, Julia Robbins

Seth Pritcher and Amanda Zimpfer, members of the 2012 American Soybean Association Young Leaders Program

Many members of the New York delegation commented that this year's event was one of the best Commodity Classics yet and all are looking forward to attending next year's meeting in Kissimmee, FL.

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EGR, SCR What does it all mean???

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here has been a lot of discussion within the equipment industry of manufacturers meeting the new EPA off-road diesel engine emissions requirements. Acronyms such as SCR, EGR or DPF are being tossed around like more common terms such as PTO or OM! What does it all mean?

Why are manufactures adding thousands of dollars worth of components to engines and exhaust systems? It boils down to cleaner exhaust. Looking at the combustion process within an engine, many gases and substances are produced in order to convert chemical energy to mechanical power. Gases like Carbon Monoxide (CO), Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) and substances like Hydrocarbons (HC) and Particulate Matter (PM) are all toxic by-products of combustion. The EPA is requiring manufacturers to control the NOx and PM produced, drastically cleaning up the exhaust from diesel engines.

For 2011, manufactures had to do some pretty drastic things in order to meet these stringent requirements. Today, there are two basic methods in achieving a reduction in these two by-products. The first is Cooled Exhaust Gas Recirculation (CEGR or EGR) coupled with a Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF.) The second is Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR.)

Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) (Fig. 2) is a method of reducing NOx after it is formed in the engine by treating the exhaust. A fluid is injected into the exhaust system and when coupled with a catalyst, causes a chemical reaction to change the NOx to nitrogen vapor and water vapor. PMs are not an issue because the engine can run more efficiently and PMs are not produced in very high concentrations.

The fluid, called Diesel Exhaust Fluid or DEF, is basically a urea and water mix.

Each method has its pros and cons (Chart 1). Make sure to talk with your local dealer about these systems and insure to understand them so that you can pick what will work best for you and your operation.

Now, when someone mentions SCR, you will know what he or she is talking about!

Figure 2

Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) (Fig. 1) is a method of reducing NOx by re-circulating some of the exhaust gasses back into the cylinder combustion chamber. The exhaust gas lowers the temperature of the combustion chamber, thus lessoning the amount of NOx produced in the process. For current EPA standards, it is also required to cool the exhaust gases down further, thus lowering the temperature even more reducing even more NOx. Although the amount of NOx goes down, this method produces more Particulate Mater, so a filter, or DPF, is used to trap the PM in the exhaust system.

Figure 1

Chart 1

CEGR/DPF Pros 1) No DEF

Pros and Cons of CEGR/DPF & SCR SCR Cons Pros 1) Increased heat rejection, 1) Permits more requires greater cooling capacity optimized combustion

2) Extra components smaller/less weight

2) Decreases power density/fuel efficiency

2) Can enable better fuel efficiency/power

2) Components adds extra weight

3) Less operator intervention

3) Oil degradation may require more frequent service

3) No concern of oil degradation

3) DEF can freeze/ requires heated storage

Cons 1) Must Handle DEF

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hat a challenging season to hold the first ever NY soybean yield contest sponsored by the New York Soybean Checkoff Board. Only 16 entries from three regions submitted their yield data. All of these entries did exceptionally well when you consider the overall state soybean yield average was 43 bushels per acre.

NY growers were still above the national soybean average of 41.5 bushels. The top place winners for each soybean maturity group in each region were presented plaques at this year's NY Corn & Soybean Expo in Syracuse on January 26th.

Scott Arliss of Pit Farms in Clyde, Wayne County, was the overall winner of the first NY soybean yield contest with his entry of 67.08 bushels. Scott won a paid trip for two to the 2012 Commodity Classic

Grower David Blodgett Scott Root Bret Meyer Gary Pritchard Scott Arliss Rodman Lott William Tack 60 Bushel Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Region West West West Finger Lakes Finger Lakes Finger Lakes Central

Club Grower Scott Arliss William Tack Paul Roe Matt Rodgers Doug LaFave Bob Pawlowski Bret Meyer

Bu/A 67.08 64.46 63.70 63.48 61.70 60.14 60.00

March 1-3 in Nashville, TN. Congratulations Scott!

The contest will be held again in 2012 so look for applications from the NY Corn and Soybean Growers Association and NY Soybean Checkoff Board this spring. A little incentive - the Commodity Classic will be in Orlando, FL in 2013!

Regional Award Winners in each Maturity Group County Brand Cultivar Livingston Northrup King S09-N6 Orleans Growmark FS 19A11 Livingston Northrup King S24-J1 Ontario Channel 1900R2 Wayne Northrup King S21-N6 Seneca Pioneer 93M11 Onondaga Seedway 2110

Region Finger Lakes Central Finger Lakes Finger Lakes Finger Lakes Central West

County Wayne Onondaga Yates Ontario Cayuga Oneida Livingston

Brand Northrup King Seedway Northrup King Channel Growmark FS Pioneer Northrup King

Group 0 1 2 1 2 3 2

Bu/A 51.00 49.90 60.00 57.80 67.08 58.30 64.46

Cultivar S21-N6 2110 S25-R3 2300 217 92Y31 S24-J1

Group 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

A Busy Beginning as Executive Director

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he new year brought new changes to the New York Corn & Soybean Growers Association, including the hiring of a new Executive Director.

I'm pleased to have this opportunity to introduce myself to you as the Executive Director of the New York Corn & Soybean Growers. I'm a North Country farm girl, having grown up on a large crop, dairy and agri-tourism farm. My family grows 5000 acres of cash crops including soybeans and corn, we milk 700 cows, and we operate a successful agritainment business called Old McDonald's Farm where we seek to educate the public about modern farming in a fun, yet informative way.

In addition to my duties on the farm, I've spent most of my career working in government and public relations. I was happy to have the opportunities to work with USDA Rural Development on both the federal level --working FOR the agency in the state office-- and in the private sector-working WITH the agency at Osborn & Barr Communications in St. Louis, MO. I spent the last 5 years of my career in state government and politics, most recently serving as the Chief of Staff for Assemblyman Ken Blankenbush who is the Ranking Member of the Assembly Agriculture Committee.

My first two months as the Executive Director for NYCSGA have been quite a whirlwind! I enjoyed meeting many of you at the annual Corn & Soybean Expo in January as well as at the Soybean Congress meetings in Batavia and Waterloo. In February, I attended the United Soybean Board Board Meeting in Biloxi, MS, where I had the opportunity to meet many of the USB Board of Directors, USB staff and fellow Executive Directors. We even had time for a little local

culture, collecting beads during the Biloxi Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras parade. I also recently traveled with several growers from New York to the Commodity Classic in Nashville.

Finally, board member Todd Dumond and I traveled to Washington D.C. a few weeks ago to lobby for the soyJulia Robbins, Executive Director bean industry on Capitol Hill.

As the new NYCSGA Executive Director, I'm excited to have this opportunity to get back to my farm roots and work directly with growers and the agriculture industry. I'm eager to put your Checkoff and membership money to effective use, and I'd love to hear from you in regard to how you think those dollars should be spent.

Executive Director Profile: Name: Julia Robbins Hometown: Sackets Harbor, NY Education: Immaculate Heart Central High School, Bachelor of Arts in English from SUNY Cortland Family: Golden Retriever named Tucker Hobbies: Running, reading, shopping, wine-touring, hiking with my dog, The Great Outdoors!

Activities/Memberships: LEAD NY, New York Animal Ag Coalition, Town of Hounsfield Republican Committee, Scorekeeper for the Sackets Harbor Patriots Varsity Boys Basketball, Blankenbush for Assembly

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2011 NY Soybean Yield Contest Award Winners

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Soybean Placement, Population, Tillage and Fertilization Trial Todd Dumond, Dumond Ag, LLC Mark Ochs, Ochs Consulting LLC Prepared by: Geoff Reeves Research Objectives Our goal is to examine benefits of different seed placement, plant populations, tillage practices and fertilization on stand, emergence and yield for soybeans. All research was conducted during the 2011 growing season.

Seed Placement We compared soybeans planted on 20-inch rows with a corn planter and a 15-inch row grain drill. Our objective was to compare stand, emergence and yield between the two. We expected that the stand and emergence will be much more consistent for the soybeans were planted verses the dilled beans because of increased performance of planting seed at consistent depth. We expected that this would lead to increased yields and potentially reduced seed cost due to the ability to reduce the amount of seed dropped, for desired final stand count.

The crop was planted in field scale, side-by-side replicates with respective planters. The crop was harvested and weighed to compare yield. Accounting for 12% moisture, student t-test was used at a=0.05 to determine significant differences between yields. For the two different row-spacing we saw no significant difference in yield.

However, more uniform stand and emergence were observed in the planted soybeans than the drilled.

Plant Population Four different plant populations were compared in field scale, replicated plots. Our objective was to determine ideal plant population for 20-inch row spacing on our farm. Yield from plant target populations of 135,000; 150,000; 165,000 and 185,000 were compared all using 20-inch row spacing. There was no significant disease pressure, lodging or difference in stand observed in any of the target populations.

Again, accounting for 12% moisture, student t-test was used at a=0.05 to determine significant differences between yields. There was no significant difference in yield between the four populations which leads us to believe that due to a later than average planting date and good stand, all of the target populations used resulted in higher plant populations than the true ideal population for optimum yield.

Tillage Our goal was to evaluate the yield response of strip tillage and conventional tillage to soybean yield by doing field scale, side by side replicates. We expected to see no difference between the strip tilled soybean yield and the conventional tilled fields, leading to and economic, and environmental benefit for strip tilling soybeans over conventional tillage programs.

However, due to weather conditions and time constraint side-by-side tillage comparisons were not able to be done this growing year. In order to evaluate an approximate yield response to tillage practice we compared average yield on similar soybean fields that had been conventionally tilled in 2007 or 2009 against average yield of 2011 and looked at a percent change in yield. We did find that percent change

in yield in 2011 strip tilled fields were better than the conventional.

We attribute this improved yield for strip tilled fields in 2011 due to dryer than average conditions in which the strip tilled fields were able to conserve more water. Unfortunately, without side-by-side trials we cannot conclude any more short term differences. We hope to pursue further replicated, in field, side-by-side comparisons in the future.

Fertilization Our goal was to evaluate the economic response to two separate fertilization programs for soybeans planted on 20-inch rows. We compared bulk spread phosphorus versus placed phosphorus (banded 2x2) and the response of soybeans to placed Nitrogen. We hoped to determine the ideal application process for phosphorus and expected to find the placed 2x2 is superior to bulk spread. We also expected to get a response to Nitrogen and determine if this leads to an economic response.

We made 6 replicated, 160' wide strips alternating from broadcast 3-15-42 and broadcast 0-0-61 & banded 11-37-0 all on strip tilled ground. For a Nitrogen response trial we had planned to strip tilled a few fields and intermittently turned the Nitrogen on and off, varying the rate of N applied and had replication of off trial rates. However, due to weather conditions this trial was not run this year.

A yield advantage was observed when phosphorus fertilizer was banded with the planter only when soil phosphorus test levels were at medium levels or lower. No yield difference was observed by phosphorus placement when soil phosphorus test levels were high.

Because there was only one zone with low soil test phosphorous further repetition is needed to very statistical significance for yield comparison. Due to an application prescription error, 80 lbs P2O5 was applied with band application, while only 32 lbs P2O5 was applied bulk spread. This significant difference in P2O5 applied still showed no yield response with average yield of both at 48 bushels per acre. In addition, economic analysis was run to compare the price difference of banding or bulk spreading equal amounts of P2O5 (80 lbs/ A) based on fertilizer price, cost of application, a set yield and soybean market price. Analysis for 2011 was based on 11-37-0 price of $414/ton, 11-52-0 price of $686/ton, 65 bushel yield and $12 per bushel market price. The banded application resulted in a decrease of $8 per acre expense than the band application. For an estimate of 2012 analysis prices for 11-37-0 and 11-52-0 were $730/ton and $598/ ton, respectively. With increased input costs for 11-37-0 a price increase of $33.21 per acre was estimated with the band application compared to an 11-52-0 application.

This research trial was funded by New York soybean checkoff dollars.

Go to www.nycornsoy.org for more results from checkoff funded initiatives.

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he recent visit to Iowa by the Vice Premier of China helped to underscore the importance of China as the primary overseas market for U.S. soybeans. However, the Chinese government has very strict rules forbidding the presence of any treated seed in commodity soybean shipments arriving at its ports. Because Chinese officials have detected some treated seed within U.S.-origin commodity soybean shipments during the past year, this article will review the U.S. laws governing what must be done by farmers for proper and legal disposition of treated seeds remaining on farm after the planting season is over. The USSEC and New York Corn & Soybean Growers Association feel that U.S. farmer compliance is critical for avoiding disruption of U.S. soybean exports to China and other applicable overseas markets. Below are recommendations garnered from the TREATED SEED DISPOSAL section of the Pesticide Environmental Stewardship website of the Center for Integrated Pest Management http://pesticidestewardship.org/disposal/Pages/treatedseeddisposal.aspx. It states the following: A. "The best way to dispose of a small quantity of leftover seed that has been treated with a pesticide is to plant it in fallow or other non-cropped areas of the farm. It would have value as a 'green manure' cover crop or wildlife food plot. Note that treated seed may be hazardous to wildlife if it is not correctly planted (i.e., below surface of the soil)."

B. "Other possible options include: 1. Disposal in an approved municipal landfill (only permitted in some

states; plus permits may be required).

2. Use as a fuel source for electrical power plants or cement kilns.

3. High temperature incineration by a waste management facility.

4. Fermentation in an alcohol-producing process at an ethanol plant (but then the ethanol plant's resultant mash or distillers grains must not be used as feed).

However, the farmer must first contact the specific facility to determine if it can accept pesticide-treated seed. This list of power plants http://pesticidestewardship.org/disposal/Pages/PowerPlantsUtilizingBiomass.aspx utilizing biomass, municipal solid waste, or nonfossil waste as an alternative fuel is extracted from the EPA National Electric Energy Data System (NEEDS) v3.02 ARRA, available at: http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/progsregs/epaipm/docs/NEEDSv302ARRA.xls Cement kilns can be located at http://www.ckrc.org/index.shtml.

C. "For disposal of large quantities of leftover treated seed, the farmer must contact the pesticide manufacturer if the farmer needs more information than what is provided below (in the CIPM website)."

NOTE: If the seed treatment was applied by the seed company, the farmer should contact the seed company.

D. "NEVER burn pesticide-treated seed in a wood or corn stove used in the home or shop, for any purpose (heating, cooking, etc.)"

NYCSGA Board Adding Young Leaders to its Roster Q&A with Director Seth Pritchard

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hat does your farm operation consist of?

Along with my father, Gary, we grow corn, soybeans, wheat, and hay on approximately 1600 acres, and I also operate a horse boarding facility.

What is your secret to success?

Working and building relationships with neighbors.

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Activities/memberships/other boards that you participate in/ serve on?

Director on the New York Corn and Soybeans Growers Association Board, Coach varsity track at Marcus Whitman High School, Cornell Cooperative Extension Pest Management Work Team advisory committee, ASA Dupont Young Leader Program How do you stay on top of the new technologies in farming?

I try to implement them when possible, updating machinery What are some of the challenges and opportunities you run into as a young farmer?

Land availability seems to be the major challenge at the moment. It is very difficult to buy and rent land to grow our operation in our area.

What are you looking forward to as we approach the 2012 growing season?

We just put auto steer and greenstar system in our planting tractor and combine.

Hometown: Canandaigua, NY Education: Bachelors of Science in Agricultural Business from SUNY Cobleskill Family/pets: Dog Bryan Hobbies: Waterskiing, Hunting, Running

New York Corn and Soybean Association • April 2012 • Page 11

Treated Seed Left-over At End of Planting Season

New York Corn and Soybean Association • Spring 2012 • Page 12