Ciba-Geigy farm tour .splay throughou ly. >g more than a refillable, mobile tank with a capacity of up to 350 gallons. (Continued from Page Al 5) then a preplant incorporated soil application in the held before transplanting, according to Beideman. Ridomil was put to use on the tobacco on the Charles Hummer farm. Beideman emphasized Hidomil’s uniqueness by explaining, “We are coming up with a lot of good fungicides afer quite a le'w years with out.” Dual 8E herbicide was used to treat com and soybeans for weed control on the farms of Hummer and Leroy Esbenshade. Dealers and farmers were given a chance to tour the test plots and make detailed notes of each product’s worth. During a luncheon and evening hog roast, a ijiim-bulk was on ' display A mini-bulk is a mobile, refillable tank of up to 350-gallon capacity. The ultimate advantage -•of the tank is to add to the ver , satility of the bulk system and to , eliminate container disposal. “We feel the purpose of the tour and of the day is to show how ef fectively our products work and to give dealers ftfst-hand knowledge about the We think they’ll really promote them then next spring,” Beideman said. “You can see how well they’ve done on these plots. A lot of credit goes to Hummer aifd Esbanshade, however, because they’re so cooperative with us.”—DK Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, June 20,1981-A33 Participants had a chance to rate Ciba-Geigy’s products. The herbicide "Bicep” was added to this field of corn on the Leroy Esbenshade farm. new candidates " NCFC WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chairman Ralph Hofstad of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives announces the ap pointment of an executive search committee to find a successor fo president Kenneth D. Naden who’ll be retiring in April, 1983. Chairman of the committee is Ronald N. Goddard, executive vice president of Agwaylnc., Syracuse, N.Y. Committee members include A.M. Feland HI, executive vice president. Southern Farmers Association, north Little Rock, Ark.; Robert L. Gibson, president, California Canners and growers, San Francisco; Ben F. Morgan, executive Vice President, Dairymen, Inc., Louisville, Ky.; E.V. Stevenson, executive vice president, GROWMARK, Inc., Bloomington, 111.; and Burgee O. Amdahl, president, Federal In termediate Credit Bankof St. Paul and St. Paul Bank for Cooperatives, St. Paul, Minnesota. The committee also includes board vice chairmen Roger J. Bac cigaluppi, president, California Almond Growers Exchange, Sacramento, and J.D. Marshburn, executive vice president. Citrus World, Inc., Lake Wales, Florida. The executive search group met recently to develop qualifications for the position which Naden has held since 1963. The qualifications were unanimously adopted by the NCFC board meeting here in Washington. Hofstad said the committee will start an immediate search for the best possible candidate to succeed Naden. He said the committee plans to have a candidate for employment as executive vice president ready for presentation at the NCFC annual meeting next ' January. This person, Mofstad added, will work with Naden until his retirement and, pending board approval, will assume the NCFC presidency in April, 1983. Interested applicants for the position should send their resumes marked “confidential” to God dard’s attention at the NCFC of fices, Suite 604,1800 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. seeks
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