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could mean more profitable agricultural operations
with more equitable prices to the consumer.
In the mid-1980’s, “International trade of all
types wiirhave reached a new high, especially agri
cultural production and marketing will be wide
spread as the world seeks to maximize its ability
to feed itself.”* 1 >
There wiH be sufficient advances in tech
pology and enough new satellites of improved de
sign to provide sufficient data for an operational
crop survey system. In addition, there will be arT~,
operational space shuttle and a fleet of high alti
tude aircraft to gather specialized data.
There will be an increasing use of large-scale
data banks, computational capability, and analyti
cal techniques by all sectors of the population,
brought on by massive mcreases in computer power
and domestic satellite data transmission. Computer
analysis will have progressed v so that dynamic
modeling of crop production using remotely sensed
input will no longer be thought of as an oddity.
Farmers Who Need Money To
Grow On Come To FARM CREDIT.
based on the investment you already have? Whether you need *5,000 or *100,000? How
about your management abilities and your earning capacity? Weren’t they collateral, too?
They take advantage of the many conveniences and services offered by
Shouldn't somebody extend you a dependable line of credit
We think so. Th'ah why most farmers who want
to borrow enough money to really grow come to their
FARM CREDIT SERVICE
FOR MORE [INFORMATION, CONTACT
YOUR LOCAL COUNTY OFFICE.
Through the 1980’s, current techniques need
to be further developed and adapted to use the
powerful combination of satellite collection
and computer analysis to perform the survey of
the following agricultural tasks on a global scale.
FARM CREDIT SERVICE
■ Survey cropland to prepare statistical sum
maries and production forecasts for major
crops.
■ Monitor pasture and cropland to detect and
assess insect, disease, and stress damage.
■ Survey cropland to evaluate current farm
ing practices and classify areas on the basis
of productivity.
■ Survey and monitor cropland to calculate
short- and long-run demand for irrigation
water.
■ Survey major crops on a global basis to in
ventory acreage and forecast wheat pro
duction.
H Survey pasture and range areas to prepare
statistical summaries of forage acreages,
calculate supportive capacity for livestock,
and assess current grazing practices.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 14,1978
Robeson Elementary announces
pumpkin contest results
As part of the Bth annual
Pumpkin Growing Contest
sponsored by the Twin
Valley FFA for elementary
students of thg Twin Valley
District, FFA members
judged the pumpkins of
Robeson Elementary school
students on September 29.
Pumpkins were judged in
three categories with the
winners from each
elementary school com
peting for a grand champion
trophy in each category.
Winners m first grade
were: Heaviest-1. Chris
Zollers,2. Rebecca Deeds, 3.
(tie) Kyle and Kevin Mc-
Vaugh. Best Decorated-1.
Amy Sparr, 2. Rebecca
Deeds, 3. Thomas Hafer.
Oddest Shape-1. Richard
Haddock, 2. Alicia Majeski.
Second grade winners
were: Heaviest-Stacy Mohr.
Best Decorated-1.
Wrightley Horne, 2.
Stephanie Mattson, 3. Trace
Corbett. Oddest Shape-
Patncia Taylor.
winners were:
Sweepstakes ended
CHICAGO - Robert
Wiegand of Kittanning R 5,
Pennsylvania, was one of
eight U.S. farmers named a
winner in International
Harvester’s national “Red
Power Showdown Days”
drawing.
Wiegand won a Cadet 81
lawn tractor, featuring an 8
horsepower engine, electric
start and 38-inch rotary
mower.
His name was drawn at a
special ceremony - in the IH
exhibit at the Farm v
Progress Show, Taylorville,
111., September 27. Grand
prize winner, a farmer from
Rembert, South Carolina,
won a 1586 tractor, the most
powerful of the company’s
Series 86 two-wheel drive
models, featuring 161.5 pto
horsepower. Other finalists
Heaviest-1. Joel Welsh, 2.
Susie Burkhart, 3. Tom
Morgan. Oddest Shape-1.
Michael Tyler, 2. Tom
Morgan.
Fourth grade winners
were: Oddest shape-Nicole
Guzowski. Best Decorated-
Karen Brady.
“Winners m fifth grade
were: Heaviest-Beth
Morgan. Oddest Shaped-
Beth Morgan.
Winners in sixth grade:
Best Decorated-1. Nelson
Feick, 2. Jody Seifert.
Oddest Shape-Wendy
Richards.
The FFA chapter hopes
that the contest will help to
make students and teachers
aware of some of the
problems farmers face in
producing food, as well as
provide an interesting way
to encourage students- to
learn how plants grow.
FFA members who helped
judge pumpkins re; Sue
Ford, Bill Quillan, Howard
Griest, Lewis Kohl, Scott
Haddock, and Paul Mohr.
won two 484 utility tractors
and four Cadet 81 tractors.
Wiegand was one of
thousands of farmers from
across the nation who signed
up for the grand prize by
attending a focal IH dealer
“Red Power Showdown
Days” demonstration during
the months of July and
August. Regional drawings
were then held to narrow the
field to the eight finalists.
Finalists also received an
all-expense paid trip to the
Farm Progress Show.
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