EG—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 6,1982
Weaver gets Pennfield post
LANCASTER - Jerry E.
Weaver has been appointed
manager of processing tor Penn
field Farms Poultry, a division of
Pennfield Corporation. The poultry
plant, located in Fredericksburg
processes over 48 million pounds of
chicken annually.
A native of Alabama, Weaver
was most recently employed as
plant manager for Spring Valley
Foods, Heflin, Ala. Prior to that, he
served as plant manager of Merril
Foods Incorporation, Alexander
City, Alabama, and has also
worked with the USDA as a poultry
inspector in Georgia.
Weaver began his career in
poultry processing with Pillsbury
Farms in Guntersville, Alabama
where he became plant superin
tendent.
ABS redesigns sire directory
DeFOREST, Wise. Making the
bull selection process as easy as
possible for dairymen is the
number one purpose of American
Breeders Service’s new 1982 Fall
Holstein Sire Directory according
to Russ Berna, director of
marketing.
“To better accomplish that
objective, we’ve totally redesigned
our directory into a new two-book
format including a complete 4-
color sire directory and a sire
performance insert that con
veniently fits inside the directory,”
Bema said.
"This new format allows us to There are also 18 sires over
bring the dairymen more in- +5220,14 bulls over +5OO TPI, 22
formation on our sires than ever. slres over + -00% test an d 21
We’ve featured our 76 proven sires HoJsteins oV er +l.OO PDT.
in full-color with complete July Dairymen interested in ob
-1982 USOA proofs, HFA type data, taining a copy of the 1982 Holstein
pedigrees, aAa, Genetic Trait Sire Directory can get a free copy
Summary date, comments about f ron i their local ABS represen
the bulls and daughter photos.” tative or contact American
"And we’ve also included a Breeders Service, P.O. Box 459,
calving ease guide a genetic trait DeForest, W 153532.
New Holland cuts finance charges
program is aimed at getting far
mers to make machinery pur
chases before the end of the
current year.
of its farm and industrial
NEW HOLLAND - Sperry New
Holland has announced a reduction
to five percent for finance charges
on two-year installment purchases
machinery. The company’s
previous annual percentage rate
has been 17.5 percent.
The company has previously
offered zero financing on one-year
purchases with a substantial down
payment and equal monthly,
quarterly or semi-annual
payments. The company says that
program, which continues, has
been moderately successful in
stimulating business. The new
Berks Farm Business
workshop
LEESPORT A farm business
workshop will be held Dec. 14-15 at
the Berks County Agricultural
Center from 9 a.m. until3;lsp.m.
The meeting, which is sponsored
by Penn State and the Berks Ex
tension office, is designed to help
farmers with financial
management decisions.
“Today’s economic climate
demands farm financial
management planning,” notes
Extension agent Clyde Myers.
“With inflation, high interest
rates, rising costs and smaller
profit margins, farmers must be
able to determine their cash flow,
debt payments and lending risk if
their farming operation is to stay
Jerry E. Weaver
rankings summary, a top 10 sire
performance listing and a section
on both heifer A. I. and Genetic
Venture sires.”
Plus the directory includes full
color highlights of the special
service programs ABS offers
dairymen. Programs like Genetic
Mating Service which now
evaluates over 550,000 dairy cows
and heifers annually.
The 76 sires in this year’s
directory have an average
Predicted Difference of +sl96,
+1.643M, -.07%, +4B PDT and
+429 TPI.
In addition to reducing the a.p.r.
to five percent, the company is also
offering cash rebates ranging up to
$6,000 on immediate cash pur
chases of its machinery, with
lower rebates in future months. A
“free finance until use date
program,” popular in the farm
machinery industry, is also
available as part of the new
financing structure. The programs
end January 31,1983.
Dec. 14-15
profitable.”
Myers adds that “since the
overwhelming majority of farming
operations are family farms,
couples are encouraged to par
ticipate.”
Sixty individuals at $2O or 30
couples at $23 will be accepted in
the workshop. The cost includes
two meals, a farm business
workbook, other materials and a
notebook.
Two Extension quality credits
will be offered. For credit, both
sessions must be attended.
For more information contact
the Berks Extension office by
calling 215/378-1327. Deadline for
reservations is Dec. 10.
Big layer operation uses fluorescent lights
RIPON, Calif. Sylvania 22-
watt fluorescent conversion units
are being utilized by den Dulk
Poultry, Inc. in its half-million-
bird layer operation.
The recent installation of 1,000
Circline fluorescent units, which
include ballasts and fit into
standard incandescent sockets,
enables den Dulk to conserve some
125, (KKj kilowatt hours of energy
and save an estimated $10,500
annually. They replaced 1,800
forty-watt and 200 seventy-five
watt incandescent lamps.
den Dulk installed the Sylvania
units, which produce ap
proximately the same light output
as a 75-watt incandescent at one
third the wattage, in every other
socket. In addition to the increase
in energy efficiency, the Circline
unit has an average life of 12,000
hours compared to 1,500 hours for a
40-watt standard incandescent and
750 hours for a standard 75-watt
incandescent.
Six hundred thirty fluorescent
conversion units were installed in
den Dulk’s main chicken ranch and
the remaining 370 lamps are
located at smaller ranches. The
den Dulk operation at all ranches
houses some 550,000 chickens,
which produce approximately 11
million dozen eggs annually.
In commenting on the new
lamps, Tim Bunnell, den Dulk
manager, said: “We expect to
install another 1,000 fluorescent
238 - bu. corn & 109
ATLANTA, GA Yield barriers his own previous com research
are tumbling as 1982 maximum record of 312 bu/A harvested in
yield research results roll in. i 960. His three-year average com
These research projects receiving yield is 312 bu/A for the 1980-82
support from the Potash & seasons. This is now a three-year
Phosphate Institute (PPI) and the average equal to the record yield
Foundation for Agronomic „f 1980. Equally important, his
Research (FAR) are showing consecutive soybean yields of 94
significant breakthroughs, so bu/A in 1980,93 bu/A in 1981, and 109
important for boosting yields and bu/A for 1982 give a three-year
lowering unit costs of production. average of 99 bu/A.
Roy L. Flannery, New Jersey’s j n Ontario, Canada, researcher
extension soil specialist, achieved c. K. Stevenson of Bidgetown
a rare accomplishment in his 1982 College harvested a record 251
research plots. He harvested what bu/A of com in a maximum yield
are believed to be record research study. This is the highest yield of
yields of 338 bu/A for corn and 109 com ever reported in Canada.
bu/A for soybeans. In the quest for Across the U.S., other
maximum yields, Flannery topped yield research and demonstration
Lancaster Holstein
breeders slate banquet
LANCASTER The 32nd annual are $9 per person. Harrisburg
banquet of the Lancaster County radio personality Pete Wambaugh
Holstein Association will be held will be on hand to provide en-
Tuesday. Nov. 9at 6:45 p.m. at the tertainment. In addition,
Harvest Drive Restaurant. The production awards will be
restaurant is located off of route presented.
340, east of Lancaster and near For more information contact
Intercourse,
Tickets for the family style meal 717-367-3344. The public is invited.
Farm Credit Banks report promotions
BALTIMORE The Farm economics trom the University of
Credit Banks of Baltimore have Baltimore,
announced the promotion of Johnson holds an MBA and
Gregory N. Davis to Senior bachelor’s degree from Virginia
Business Analyst and the ap- Commonwealth University,
pointment of James E. Johnson as Johnson joined the Banks in March
Senior Credit Analyst. 33 a Loan Officer in the
Davis, a Baltimore native, has Richmond Farm Credit
been with Farm Credit since April, Associations. Prior to joining
1979. Davis received his bachelor’s Farm Credit, he was employed as
degree in business and a Branch Manager, Assistant
management from the University Secretary at Heritage Savings and
of Maryland and a master’s in Loan of Richmond, Virginia.
CARLISLE The annual Guest speakers will be George
Pennsylvania Brown Swiss Opperman, Secretary-Treasurer
Breeders’ meeting will be held at of the National Association and
the Best Western, Carlisle, on Connie Gntton, Editor of the
November 9at 11 a.rn. Brown Swiss Bulletin.
Cumberland Co, hosts
annual Swiss meeting
Sylvania 22-watt Circline fluorescent lamps are used in thi;
layer house to reduce energy bills.
conversion units in a phased
program. Beside energy savings,
we selected the Sylvania unit for
the noticeable increase in
illumination and the elimination of
shadows versus the existing in
candescent system. Also, testing of
the Sylvania unit disclosed it is
physically more stable when
screwed into the incandescent
socket and it emits a warm white
illumination conducive to the
Kenneth Myer, Elizabethtown, at
application. Sodium lighting was
tried, but it did not produce the
desired results.”
“In addition,” Bunnell ex
plained, “we discovered the
utilization of plastic for the ballast
enclosure and lamp framing was
extremely important. Other
similar units manufactured by
other companies utilize metal
framing which corrodes easily
when subjected to the ammonia
from the chicken manure.”
- bu. beans
projects are also reporting or
expecting outstanding yields. Let’s
look at results from a few project?*,
receiving financial support frottf-'
PPI and FAR. All yields listed here
are adjusted for standard moisture
and quality grades.
In Illinois, Fred Welch harvested
242 bu/A from his replicated and
irrigated corn research studies.
In Florida, David Wright and
Fred Rhoads teamed together to
produce com yields of 267 and 227
bu/A in two separate studies, in
1982. With early planting and July
harvest of com, they followed with
doublecrop soybeans and grain
sorghum to be harvested this fall.
In Minnesota, Gyles Randall
recently harvested 217 bu/A of
com in a maximum yield
demonstration project.
In Virginia, a research team
including Dan Hallock, Preston
Reid, and Scott Wright brought in
244 bu/A in replicated and
irrigated com research plots.
North Carolina State University
researchers John Anderson aira)
Jim Dunphy reported com
of 219 bu/A from their irrigated
research plots and 205 bu/A in non
irrigated plots.
In Indiana, Purdue University
researcher Dave Mengel recorded
non-irrigated com yields of 209 and
215 bu/A
Earlier this year and in 1981,
several different research teams
across North America reported
extremely high wheat yields. In
Oregon, Neil Christensen and Tom
Jackson harvested 130 bu/A for
1982. Although this is lower than
their record wheat yields of 182
bu/A without irrigation in 1981, this
level of production remains a
worthy goal for top farmers.
In New York, a Cornell
University wheat research team
harvested 108 bu/A in 1982 and 117
bu/A in 1981.
Researchers in Maryland,
Kentucky, Virginia, and
Washington state also topped 100
bu/A in maximum yield whe*Jh
research during 1982.
Such yields are evidence that
North America still has a great
food reserve in its ability to
achieve higher yields. And for
individual farmers, maximum
economic yields offer the best way
to control cost per unit of
production.