CEDAR FALLS, Jtowa - Merrill J. Oster, president of Professional Farmers of America, today revealed plans for agriculture’s first electronic marketing in formation service-instant Update. With this powerful performer, you’ll be ready to take on more land Here’s a turbocharged tractor that's just the right size for handling the major work load in average-size farming operations It’s also ideal for the smaller operator who plans to rent or buy more land The 1086 includes all the easy-handling char acteristics designed into every Series 86 model including a mid mount Control Center for unex celled comfort, visibility, conve nience • 414 cu in turbocharged diesel ~ develops 131 4 PTO hp*. 116 2 drawbar hp*'. 1086 D Tractor with 20.8 Radial Rear Tires New Providence, PA 17560 Service to offer farmers Instant Update provides farmers and agribusinessmen immediate access to the market-making events that affect com modity prices. A staff of editors stationed at the professional Farmers’ *28,950°° COPE & WEAVER CO. headquarters in Cedar Falls, lowa, and Washington, D.C., analyze and interpret news and prices from an agricultural viewpoint. Their reports are programmed into a master computer data bank for exclusive access by Instant Update subscribers. Instant Update in formation will be tran smitted via telephone lines to an in-home or in-office receiver designed by Tandy Corporation. This simple hardware system uses a standard telephone and television set to receive and display the information 24 hours per day. Cost of the service is $95 per month, plus the toll charges for a two to five minute station-to station telephone call for each update. “Instant Update is a breakthrough in agricultural marketing information,” says Merrill Oster, “because it provides agnbusinessmen with both timely facts and analysis. And secondly, Instant Update allows farmers even in the most remote areas of the country to get up-to-the minute in formation around the clock.” Futures prices for com, oats, soybeans, soybean meal, Chicago wheat, Kansas City wheat, Min neapolis wheat, hogs, fed cattle, -feeder cattle, sun flowers, cotton and gold are updated every 10 minutes during trading hours. All important options will be provided. And closing prices • 16 speeds forward, 8 reverse, plus on-the-go shifting with Torque Amplifier transmission • Mid-mount Control Center with two doors thoroughly padded and insulated-to reduce interior sound level dramatically • Large expanses of glass, one piece windshield, underhood muffler for unimpaired visibility See all Senes 86 tractors now Finance plans available. 'Official test Official fast with radial tira» SPECIAL PRICE instant news for $95 will be on the system after trading hours. In addition to futures prices, Instant Update also provides the following: Cash market Scan: tracks the difference between cash and futures, called basis, at several key points for the major crops. Technical Triggers: A summary of important chart points including support and resistance, plus analysis highlighting other key chart signals important to marketing decisions. Price Chart Trends: A weeklv report from Pom- Heisey to recruit for Agway LEOLA Dennis H. Heisey has been named college recruitment manager, at Agway Inc., a 123,000 member farm supply and food marketing cooperative headquartered in Syracuse, N. Y. A 1968 business ad ministration graduate of McPherson College in Kansas, he spent a year at Sperry-New Holland as a credit representative. In 1969, he began recruiting students as an admissions counselor for McPherson College. Heisey joined Agway in 1973 as a building projects supervisor serving parts of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. He super vised the construction of ' farm and light industrial structures. In his new position, Heisey NEW EQUIPMENT AT PEDICULOUS PRICES 2 - 56 Int. Blowers $ « #/) COO Heavy Duty DrivfeKrT.. 1 OzD 772 Int. Forage Harvester sp# AAnn (less head) 1000 RPM .. DOUU 830 Inf. Forage Harvester ■ aaqo (less head) 1000 RPM .. /I UU 125 54 S s 42oo°° 3588 Int. 2+2 Tractor S9A A/lAQO (23.1x308plyoversizetires) • • • xr 85 Int. Riding Mower » SAAHOO 8 H.P. Electric StaigfiW.. OUU 2 - 1200 Int. Cub Cadets, 12 H.P. with 44" Mowers Gear Drive.. •. ★ HAY and FORAGE MACHINES WITH HEADS ELIGIBLE FOR COMPANY REBATES. ★ MOST OF THIS EQUIPMENT CAN QUALIFY FOR IH WAIVER OF FINANCE IF BOUGHT BY THE END OF THE YEAR. Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 27,1980—87 State weather forecast update from Pro Farmers’ weather consultants. The user can also call up other states’ weather, including updates on weekends. “The steady flow of news and analysis Instent Update gives the agribusinessman more than a ‘feel’ for the market,” adds Oster. “It can develop a higher level of confidence in making business decisions. And that can mean more profit.” Daily transmission of Professional Farmers In stant Update begins March 2,1981. will be visiting college and university campuses in terviewing students for management trainee positions in Agway’s retail and petroleum divisions. Agway hires ap proximately 120 college graduates each year in its management trainee program. Those who suc cessfully complete the program become store managers or begin other Farm Business 717-786-7351 modity Price Charts analyzing all major com modities including interest rates and precious metals. Washington Watch: News from Pro Farmers’ Washington Bureau that alerts subscribers to major market-making events likely from Washington. Plus details of important government reports. Market Strategy; A commodity-by-commodity summary of Pro Farmers’ over-all marketing plan. Market Tactics: A sum mary of current recom mendations. Your State’s Weather: responsible careers within the 10,000 employee cor poration. Dennis is active in a number of professional and civic organizations, in cluding the Mid-Atlantic Placement Association, and he is on the Advisory Committee of Alfred University. Heisey, a former resident of Leola, Pennsylvania, new resides m Fayetteville, N. Y. News ‘1975"
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