D2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 24,1983 BUSINESS NE Aero Dry computerizes ELVERSON The AeroDry Computerized Gram Management System can help cut the cost of grain drying and improve the quality of the grain by combining the latest in on-farm computer technology with the time-tested method of natural grain drying. As the gram kernel dries, it releases moisture into the air around it. Heat drying systems force t’,is process to occur at a quality damaging rate, actually splitting many of the kernels open and forcing out valuable nutrients, starches and sugars. The AeroDry System uses no expensive, quality damaging heat. A computer controlled system of fans move air through the grain mass at a rate designed to optimize the drying process. This natural air drying process provides several key money saving benefits; 1) Energy savings-because there is no costly gasy to buy, 2) Reduced shrink loss - because of the absence of damaging heat, shrink loss is cut by over 50%, 3) Better grain quality - AeroDricd grain is heavier, cleaner and retains more valuable starches, sugars and Hess Foods EPHRATA Hess Foods an nounces a major expansion is now in progress at the complex in Ephrata. Total costs will be in excess of $500,000. Plans call for a large addition to the refrigerated storage facilities. Hess Poods will offer a complete dairy and food service line to major retailers and institutional accounts throughout the Eastern Seaboard. These accounts will be serviced by the company’s sales force as well as one of the largest food brokerage firms in New York City. Poultry waste UNIVERSITY PARK - A conference on poultry waste conversion will be held Tuesday, Nov. 22 and Wednesday, Nov. 23, at the J.O. Keller Conference Center at Penn Stale. Talks will be given on the best agronomic use of manure to replace some commercial fer tilizer on field and, horticultural ill^.-^». T*9 grain drying other nutrients 4) Tax benefits - the AeroDry System qualifies for up to a 15% energy investment tax credit, added to the 10% gram storage investment credit, that could be a total tax credit of 25%. The AeroDry System is con trolled by the Model 2200 com puter. The 2200 constantly monitors relative hunudty of the air, temperature of the gram and the grain moisture level. Using this information, the 2200 will turn the drying fans on when conditions are favorable and off when they are not. Three function modes: drying, storage and manual ensure superior grain drying and storage from the time the bin is filled until it is emptied. Because the 2200 is factory programmed, no special skills are required to run the system once it is installed on the farm. The AeroDry System can be installed in new or existing bins up to sixteen feet in height. Units are presently in operation throughout the grain growing regions of the country. AeroDry is marketed by Advanced Ag Systems, R 2, Box 159, Elverson. expanding Additionally, plans call to ex pand their modem egg production department, which presently processes millions of eggs weekly. Also, additional vehicles will be added to the fleet to accommodate the increased sales, projected to be $42 million for 1983. The fully computerized operation will feature all new energy efficient .and automated equipment. The building will be constructed by a local firm, Christ High & Sons, Inc., and completion is planned for the latter part of November. talks planned crops; laboratory testing service for manure: geographical location of manure production: waste conversion to biogas, methane, solid fuel, and feed; layer manure drying, litter roasting and logistics of transporting manure. Also available will be chemistry of manure and production of brine shrimp. • •• Kubota Corp. holds field days BY JACK HU BLEY * CAMPBELLTOWN - Area farmers had the opportunity to pul Kubota’s current line of tractors to work at Kubota Tractor Cor poration’s Field Days hosted by Kisser’s Farm Market just east of Campbelltown on Koule 322. The two-day event began on Tuesday, Sept. 13, with a four-hour demonstration of their all-diesel line-up, and continued through the next day when interested farmers look to the surrounding fields in the latest Kubota tractors. Kepresenlatives from Kubota Tractor Corporation, as well as Keller Bros, of Buffalo Springs, were on hand to keep things rolling. Since entering the U.S. market in 1969 with their unique line of mid sized four-wheel-drive tractors, the Japanese company has grown to 950 dealerships nationwide. With about 115,000 tractors in use here, Kubota is currently rated number four in unit sales, and, according to Assistant Division Manager Mike Broeker, accounts for the lion’s share of the diesel tractor market under 40 horsepower. Based in Compton, Cal., Kubota enjoys wide acceptance throughout the Northeast, with Pennsylvania rating among the company’s top five states. Though the main purpose of Kubota’s Field Days was to in troduce potential buyers to their selection of 47 to 76 PTO hor sepower tractors, the company’s total line-up actually begins with the smaller models including the world's first diesel garden tractor introduced about six months ago and available in models ranging from 10 to 14 horsepower. Broeker explained that Kubota’s use of diesel engines, four-wheel drive, and bevelled gears in place of universal joints throughout the drive train, result in more efficient use of available power. Largely because of Us power distribution system, Kubota claims a 35% increase in pulling power over other makes with equivalent horsepower. This permits the use of smaller, lighter units capable of operating in close quarters, and getting to work earlier in the spring under wet conditions. Kubota’s four-wheel-drive models account for about 75% of the company’s sales Dairy industry is ‘the JEFFERSONVILLE, Vt. - When It comes to political policy making, “the dairy industry is the odd man out”, sometimes even “an embarrassment” within agricultural circles. This was the comment of Clyde E. Rutherford, Chairman of the Northeast Dairy Cooperative Coordinating Committee, host organization for an East-West Dairy Conference at Jef fersonville, Vt. Representatives of cooperatives, agriculture colleges and government agencies from the Midwest and the Northeast con vened on Thursday, Sept. 15, for a two-day exchange of information. In a brief welcome, the Otego, N.Y, dairy farmer, President of Dairylea Cooperative, Syracuse, N.Y., urged his audience of co-op leaders to create “new money” and “new opportunities” for their farmer members by putting together economically sound working relationships. Such relationships, he said, ranged all the way from outright merger to joint venture. Rutherford cited the success of Dairylea during the past two years in setting up cooperative business ventures. Kubota Tractor Corporation's recent Field Days put local farmers in the driver’s seat as they tested the company's current line of 4WD diesel tractors. Here, from left, Regional Sales Manager, Tony Trotter and Assistant Division Manager, Mike Broeker, talk tractors with Bill Fetherolf and Butch Kimmel of Pioneer Evergreen Farms, Orwigsburg. Dave Keller, Kubota Salesman for Keller Bros, of Buffalo Springs, demonstrates the M 6950 4WD tractor. odd man He announced that in addition to present marketing arrangements Dairylea has with Agri-Mark (a New England co-op), Atlantic Processing Inc. ( a Pennsylvania federation of cooperatives) and Upstate cooperative (in Western New York), a new venture has just been approved between H.P. Hood Inc. of Boston and Dairylea. The new arrangement provides for a partnership of the two organizations to operate the Hood plant at Cuba, N.Y. and the Dairylea plant at Adams, N.Y. In addition. Hood will lease the Dairylea cultured products plant at Vemon, New York and produce products for both organizations. “It is time we all recognized that there is no easy cure for the problems of the dairy industry,” he said. “With few foreign marketing opportunities available to us, we are the ‘odd man out’ of agriculture. The pressure is for more foreign trade. To some, that means everything from carrots to coconuts but NOT milk because there is already too much milk in world markets at subsidized prices. We are sometimes an embarrassment to our own brothers in agriculture because we —■“ v out 9 must fight for our own survival. ” The solution, said Rutherford, is f for fanners to support their dairy * cooperatives and for those cooperatives to unify their political efforts and their marketing efforts. “Together, unified in philosophy, and in market effort, we can be the most effective and successful factor in the marketplace. Politically, we can see to it that things like milk taxes are never again imposed. Dairying is already one of the nation’s largest single industries. What we need to do is get our act together... totally.” I IHMUNGOF eZ I | BUILDING? f | READ LANCASTER FARMING'S J J I ADVERTISING TO FIND AU I " | YOUR NEEDS! j *
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