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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
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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.
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