Al6—Uncaster Farming, Saturday, December 13,1980
Farm Business
News
Reports best year ever
[NOCK
Inc.
Power,
headquarters in Tunkhan
nock. Pa., and Frederick,
Md. recently completed its
1979-80 Fiscal Year.
Annual totals indicated
large increases m all areas
of business activity, ac
cording to Ron Flatness,
Director of Sales &
Promotion. Sire Power and
member cooperatives were
plus over 75,000 units
compared to last year, with
total business volume ex
ceeding $6,000,000.
In direct herd sales they
were plus over $540,000 in
gross income, with a 29,739
unit volume mcrease
National & International
Sales included a $631,000
gross increase, 72 percent
plus over last year. In
ternational business volume
increased by 50,297 units, a
29 percent increase
Dired herd sales include
sales directly to dairymen or
beef ranchers who breed
their own cows and buy
many services at once They
are usually among the
largest farmers in an area
Sire Power has A.I
Management Schools
throughout its area to tram
cattlemen to breed their own
cows
Sire Power also sells all
equipment necessary for
success in this endeavor
Estimates indicate that over
60,000 U.S. cattlemen now
utilize this new method of
herd improvement.
■ Sire
with
Their National Market
includes sales to areas of the
United States that are
outside the traditional “Sire
Power County”: Penn
sylvania, New Jersey,
Maryland and West
Virginia. Sire Power’s
member cooperatives
provide professional
technician services in these
areas, and 1979-80 was a
banner year for this business
division also.
Sire Power also markets
semen throughout the rest of
the world, including Central
and South America, Europe,
Africa, the Middle East and
Asia.
The previously mentioned
business volume increases
are a vital ingredient in
maintaining low cost service
to Sire Power members. P
Sire Power it is still possible
to breed a cow for $5 to herds
on standard and AM-PM
testing. This is the same fee
charged nearly 40 years ago
This is an almost un
believable accomplishment
considering inflation, and a
real tribute to the
cooperation movement, the
co-op says. In addition, the
bulls of today are vastly
superior to their
predecessors This im
provement has resulted
from selection pressure and
most importantly, the
Introduces new tractor
LITITZ To meet the
increasing demand for a
medium-sized, four-wheel
drive tractor that can handle
heavy, wet-soil conditions,
Massey-Ferguson is in
troducing the MF 1544 farm
tractor. This latest addition
to MF’s tractor line is rated
at an estimated 420 PTO
horsepower.
Its major advantage over
two-wheel-drive tractors is
greater drawbar pull -
beneficial when handling
wide implements at lower
speeds on rough ground and
in heavy, tough soils.
This tractor’s other four
wheel-drive advantages
include reduced wheel
slippage, more stability,
improved flotation, reduced
development of the USDA Secretary.
Sire Summary which has Sire Power traces its
revolutionized sire selection, origin to the first artificial
the stud says. breeding organization in the
DuWayne A. Kutz is Sire United States, established in
Power’s and its member 1938. Sire Power is a
cooperative’s General cooperative organization
Manager. George Sommer, owned by its member
Southside, West Virginia is organizations; Northeastern
President of the Board of Breeders, Maryland ABC,
Directors, Gary Rickard, and West Virginia ABC. All
Honesdale, Pa. is Vice- member organizations are
President, and Richard farmer owned and con-
Remsburg, Jefferson, Md is trolled
Why should you sow
Hoffman Formulas?
WE ASKED DICK DERR, MANAGER
OF HOFFMAN QUALITY CONTROL
GL What’s so special about Hoffman Formulas?
A. They’re “special” because we put special seed into
them. We select high-yielding, winter-hardy alfalfas with
proven Eastern performance. Vigorous, clean seed
with broad disease resistance. We match matunties of
legumes and grasses We want customers to grow
supenor crops, and thus build repeat business
GL What’s the most important thing that goes into
Hoffrnan Formulas?
A. Our most important ingredient could be "expen
ence." Hoffman was the first seed company to offer a
comprehensive program of specialized legume/grass
formulas for the Northeast That was in 1963. We've
learned many things since that time things com
petitors now moving into this field have yet to learn
GL Whose experience are you talking about?
A. Hoffman's 80-year expenence My expenence in
the laboratory and in the field. I’ve been in this business
for over 30 years So has Elmer Applegate, who ar
ranges for our seed The men who blend and inoculate
Formulas are long-time Hoffman employees with
plenty of know-how. The expenence of Hoffman Seed
Men is important too, in recommending the nght For
mulas for your situation. We know what we are doing.
GL How does this experience help Hoffman
customers?
A. They are buying up-to-date formulations that we
know from expenence will do a good job for them
Every year we ask ourselves, “How can we make For
mulas better next year 3" Each Formula is reviewed
What was learned in the past year is plugged into each
decision Slowly but surely we strengthen the formula
tions The net result is a steady upgrading of perform
ance year after year.
Q. How do you know your Formulas do a good job?
A. Because Jgo out and personally check field results
on farms In widely scattered areas with the cus
tomer along I listen to the customers get to know
what they like and what they don't like Their opinions,
plus reports from our sales force, help shape the next
year’s formulating decisions
rolling resistance, and better
maneuverability on poor
surfaces. Power, weight and
tractive effort are
distributed more evenly over
the four wheels.
Designed and engineered
for farming areas where
unfavorable traction is a
major limiting factor, the
MF 1544 will be used ex
tensively for plowing,
discing, planting, and for
operating spreaders, balers,
mowers and farm loaders.
It is powered by a Perkins
three-cylinder 152-cubic-mch
direct-injection diesel
engine. Power is transmitted
through an 11-mch dual dry
plate clutch to a syn
chromesh transmission
which provides 12 speeds
HOFFMAN SEEDS, INC.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER AND DISTRIBUTOR OF FUNK'S G-HYBRIDS
forward and four in reverse. Hydrostatic power
The tractor’s hydraulic steering with independent
system is equipped with a pump and circuit is also
conventional Category I standard. Other features
three-point linkage. The include a forward-lunged
system provides draft and hood for easy maintenance
position control with ad- access to the air cleaner,
justable sensitivity control battery and fan belt;
and automatic lowering rate headlights built into the front
adjustment. A gear pump grill; spring suspension
mounted on the engine seat; and a fully in
supphes hydraulic power. strumented dashboard.
The new MF 154-4 farm tractor, rated at 42 pto
horsepower, meets the increasing demand for a
medium-sized, four-wheel-drive tractor for heavy,
wet soil use. Its major advantage over two-wheel
drive tractors is greater drawbar pull for wide
implements.
Dick Derr, Manager of Quality
Control for Hoffman Seeds Inc
GL Why don’t you tell what varieties you use?
A. Because we put a lot of time and effort into testing
and developing our own supenor lineup of Formulas
We don’t want to make it too easy for competitors to
catch up We know we’re putting the seed that we
should into Hoffman Formulas Our sales force knows
they perform well. Customers recognize this, too, and
are telling their fnends
GL Are sales of Hoffman Formulas increasing?
A, Definitely More than doubled over the last 10 years
Because of supenor performance. We are proud to be
leaders in the developing of pnvate branded seed prod
ucts like Hoffman grass/legume Formulas And we
intend to continue to lead in this field by giving cus
tomers better performance
GL How many customers buy Formulas from
Hoffrnan?
A. Considerably over 2,000 per year. And do you know
how many complaints we average? Less than two!
That’s better than 99 9% satisfied customers Show
me the automobile manufacturer who can claim that
degree of satisfaction with his cars.
GL What’s the point in using several alfalfa varieties
in one Formula?
A. It’s a strong insurance factor When a farmer seeds
an alfalfa/grass combination he’s putting it in for sev
eral years’ use. He has no way of knowing what kind of
weather he’ll hit dunng those yeans He doesn’t know
what diseases might crop up. We can’t tell him either
But we can offer him a Formula including several
supenor alfalfas to give him broader tolerance to more
of the problems he may face over the life of the stand
LANDISVILLE PENNSYLVANIA 17538