o®—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 10,1952 v&&*< ♦„ < % * v j Grassland Council elects York TIPTON, IND The American Forage and Grassland Council (AFGC) has named Vance York, Eastern Division, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., its president for 1982. York, Northern Regional Sales Manager and Sales Coordinator for alfalfa, forage mixes and wheat tor Eastern Division, was installed as AFGC president during the council’s recent annual conference in Rochester, Minn. Retiring AFGC president is W.C. Templeton, Jr., director o£ Penn State’s Regional Pasture Research Laboratory. Other AFGC othcers include senior vice-president, Gail Hovland, University ot Georgia, vice-president, Robert Buker, Farmers Forage Research; and secretary, John Baylor, Penn State. The American Forage and Grassland Council is a non-profit organization which serves as a forum for exchange of ideas and information regarding forage production and use. The organization also works to en courage more basic and applied forage research. An economy three-cylinder model, the 2310, has been added to Ford's Series 10 line of mid-range tractors. economy tractor TROY, MICH. A new economy model has joined Ford’s recently introduced line of mid-range Senes 10 agricultural tractors. The new 32-horsepower Model 2310 tractor comes equipped with three-cylinder diesel engine, eight speed transmission, 540 rpm live PTO, two-lever hydraulics, category 1 hitch, and top-link draft control. Service features on the new model include a flip-up front shell, hinged side panel and easy-to reach filters. There also is a roomy operator’s area, complete in strumentation and a comfortable Ewell plans awards dinner EAST EARL The annual safety awards dinner of John S. Ewell, Inc., Bulk Milk Hauler and Ewell Service Company Petroleum Transportaion, of East Earl, will be held Tuesday in the Blue Bail Fire Hall. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. to drivers, staff, retirees and their wives or friends. Sate driver awards will be presented to 27 milk drivers and six awards to drivers of petroleum pioducts tor the year 1981. Guests will be present trom American Forage and Grassland Council membership includes individuals representing research, Extension, teaching, business, government, and farming and ranching. Ford adds seat. The 2310 otters fingertip control for a wide range of mounted equipment, including ■otary cutters, landscaping im plements, plows and more. The new tractor is designed for highway or park maintenance, landscaping or a wide range of other uses. j The 2310 will arrive at Ford tractor dealerships throughout North America in early April. This year is the 75th anniversary of the first Ford farm tractor an experimental model built by the company’s founder in 1907. Kiatt Foods, Penn Dairies, isasi Earl Township Supervisors Office, Pennsylvania State Police and East Earl Township Police Department. C. Theodore Sheatter is president and terminal managei ot the transportation firm, which also operates as Terminal No. 12 ot Matlack, Inc., coast-to-coast movers ot petroleum and chemicals. Michael Baley, operations manager, will present the dnvei awards. S.O. Zim merman will act as toastmaster. Vance York DeKalb honors Stauffer Caleb and Ann Stauffer, of Newmanstown, were recently honored for their 1981 First Place Swine Production Records. The award, given by Dekalb Swine Breeders, Inc. to one of 77 farms on the company's Swine Service Program is based on the farm's farrowing rate, percent of farrowing crates filled and the average number of pigs weaned per sow. The to probe challenges of the ‘Bos SHAWNEE MISSION, Ks. - More than 1,000 American agn marketers will convene in Denver beginning May 2 to probe in depth the challenges facing the American farmer and those who provide the products supporting his efforts. The four-day conclave will closely examine such crucial issues as the impact of in ternational politics on American agriculture, an impending shor tage of water for irrigation, and forthcoming changes in retail food marketing that will affect food producers. Management, marketing and advertising executives from virtually every comer of the multi bilhon dollar agribusiness com munity have committed to attend the annual conference of the National Agri-Marketing Association, which will be headquartered at the Fairmont and Marriott City Center hotels in Denver. In addition to an intensive three days filled with presentations, discussions and workshops on agribusiness, marketing and advertising issues, those in at tendance will hear from Safeway Chairman Peter Magowan on changes in consumer food needs and desires, New York Tunes Washington Bureau Chief Hedrick Smith on the international situation, and William Gianelh, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, on the troublesome national water outlook. Among the important ceremonial undertakings is the presentation of the National Awards for Agricultural Ex- Aewouowot WE’RE BETTER Nation’s agri-marketers cellence. Created m 1961, the Ag Excellence awards recognize exemplary achievements among members of the agricultural community m science and research as well as public and private sector contributions. Another important presentation, a NAMA tradition since 1962, is the Robert S. Kunkel Award, also known as the “Agn-Marketer of the Year.” The association also honors outstanding advertising, publicity and promotion cam paigns. In addition to these subjects of mdusty-wide interest, workshops will be conducted on a variety of topics. Among the sessions planned are several case histones Parts school graduate 'jmiw Massey Fergusor> Parts Division -VX • ; V. * M s '* Xfl *& * 4 V'* *£«*& K v, A s?y-C /' '‘\ * -->>* J jv* S > fe v°t/ i ' - ( >'-I s,h x * <\l, «„ i -*•*:: <, *. V y>' * ■>*’ » v " Leon Stauffer, of the Lebanon Valley implement Co., Inc., Richland, has completed the 1982 Massey Ferguson Ad vanced Part Management School in Radne, Wise Among the topics covered in the five-day program- were customer relations, inventory management and retail merchandising. Stauffer farm recorded an average of 9.42 pigs weaned per sow litter with a farrowing rate of 92.7 percent. The Stauffer farm is a contract herd of Stevens Feed Mill. Shown receiving the award from Roy Poage, center, president of Dekalb Swine Breeders is Caleb Stauffer, left, while Earl Martin, president of Stevens Feed Mill, looks on. on successful marketing programs for commodities and farm equipment, a presentation on “What American Firms Can Learn from Foreign Marketers,” a session on "How to build a Well- Read Advertisement,” and a discussion of “Public Relations and Its Fit in the Marketing Plan. ’ ’ Agri-marketers and others in terested in attending the four-day conference are encouraged to write the National Agri-Marketing Association at P.O. Box 7912, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66207, or call 913/341-5445. NAMA members may attend the conference for $lBO exclusive of hotel costs. Non members’ rate is $260, and students may attend for $6O. y , X *■ *r V % s "V v/ /