Food tech
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costs and improve the quality of
their decisions. Extraordinary
progress is also being made in the
processing and delivery of food
products. Witness the technologies
presented to you in the super
market. These advances are equal
to or greater than the
mechanizations of yesterday,”
Urban said. “They do not describe'
traditional farming at all.”
“Food tech” has been a crucial
element in America’s economic
growth over the past 20 years,
Urban said. The food industry has
shown a 30% to 50% annual return
to the public on research in
vestments, has improved labor
productivity by an average of
4.53% per year since 1920 and
operated at 25% to 30% greater
internal efficiency than food
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TRANSPORT WIDTH
LENGTH 69
CUTTING HEIGHT 1 - 6 inches
CUTTING CAPACITY Through 1 2 diameter
TYPE HITCH Clevis
DECK THICKNESS 1 2 Gauge
SLADES 5 t 6 x 3 reversible
WHEELS 12x3 5 rib solid rubber
LEVELING Self leveling linkage
DRIVE V belt Kevlar construction
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systems in other nations, he added.
The governors were urged by
Urban to take a close look at the
food system in each of their states
and to support research and
development and to encourage
political and social allies to re
think our food policy. He also
asked them to consider the for
mation of coalitions in each state to
bring new concepts to policy
making at the federal level.
“We still have a distinct com
parative advantage in food
production and distribution over
the rest of the world,” Urban said.
“Policies which allow those
700,000 or so farms and the at
tendant sectors of the food system
to add to their productivity, to
operate in an environment which is
more predictable, where basic
research in food production,
distribution and marketing has a
priority,” he said, “will continue to
return enormous benefits to our
nation.”
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STEWARTSVII.LE, N.J. -
William Voorhees recently cap
tured first place in the 1983 New
Jersey no-till com yield contest
sponsored by the National Com
Growers Association (NCGA).
Voorhees led the competition with
the Dekalb-Pfizer Genetics hybrid
EW-720, which yielded 171.88
bushels per acre.
“Despite a wet spring and dry
summer,” Woorhees says, “EW
-720 stood fairly well and had a good
yield. It also has a good husk cover
to keep birds out.”
Voorhees, whose farm is only
three miles from the Delaware
River, planted the 14-acre field of
EW-720 on May 6. “I had a plant
population of 24,200 at planting in a
30-inch row,” he adds.
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Corn champ outlines program
The winning combination ot
management practices used by
Voorhees included 190 pounds of
nitrogen applied in four ap
plications. The nitrogen sequence
included 20 pounds applied prior to
planting, 15 pounds at planting in
the row, 85 pounds applied soon
after planting, and a final 70
pounds put down in mid-June.
To knock out pesky weeds,
Voorhees sprayed 1.74 pounds of
Atrazine mixed with two quarts of
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL -
Jack J. Estes, president of A.O.
Smith Harvestore Products, Inc.,
has nominated three executives to
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Lasso in liquid nitrogen after
planting. During the first week of
June he also sprayed on Banvel at
the recommended rate for his soil
type.
Voorhees farms 950 acres with
his father, Arthur. They raise
soybeans, wheat, barley and
alfalfa hay and have 20 steers. He
is a member of the Warren County
Farm Bureau. He and his wife,
Georgene, have three children,
Bill, Natalie and Tara.
become company officers. He said
the company’s board of directors
will act on the nominations during
the board’s next meeting. Estes
also announced the promotion of
two executives to positions of in
creased responsibilities.
James C. Schaap has been
named executive vice president
marketing; Vern W. Crist has been
appointed vice president and
controller; William W. Smith, Jr.
has been made vice president
product engineering.
Along with these assignments,
Estes announced that Joseph A.
Podawiltz has been promoted to
the post of director-human
resources; Francis A. Grillot, Jr.
has been named director
municipal and industrial
marketing; Richard L. Vetter will
continue in his position as director
of research.