C6-Lancastar Farming, Saturday, January 4,1986
BUSINESS NEWS—
The new 800 “C” Series Power unit from New Idea Farm
Equipment Division.
New Idea introduces
800 “c” power unit
OOLDWATER, OH. - The in
troduction of the new 800 “C”
Series Power Units is one of the
first product lines introduced this
season by New Idea Farm
Equipment Division to reflect their
new equipment colors, and a lower
pricing structure for added value.
“We’ve engineered the 800 “C”
Series with superb features in
order to maintain a high level of
quality and provide added value
for our customers,” says Mr. Tom
Kinzenbaw, Vice President,
Marketing of New Idea. “The
Cummins diesel engine is only one
example of the quality and added
value that is built into the 800 “C”
Series Power Units. The Cummins
diesel engine is available in a
choice of 152, 177, or 324 hor
sepower. The engine is a 6 cylin
ABS compiling data on
Valiant daughters, sons
DEFOREST, WI. - S-W-D
Valiant, super Holstein bull
developed by American Breeders
Service (ABS), is meeting the
predictions made at the time of his
death in August 1964 by ABS
President Dr. Robert Walton. Said
Walton, “He will continue to have a
genetic and economic impact on
dairying throughout the remainder
of this century.”
To spotlight this impact, ABS
and Holstein World are compiling
production and type information
on Valiant’s most outstanding sons
and daughters gleaned from all
segments of the industry. Lists of
the top daughters in four
categories will be included in a
special SWD Valiant issue of the
World to be published April 25,
1906.
Dairymen with grade or
registered Valiant daughters that
have completed a record of 25,000
pounds of milk, or 1,000 pounds of
fat, or 800 pounds of protein are
invited to participate by alerting
ABS to the fact that they have such
Valiants in their herds. Daughters
der, turbocharged diesel with a
direct fuel injection system that
provides power with top ef
ficiency.”
Other features on the 800 “C”
Series Power Units are a high
clearance, heavy-duty frame,
rugged wheel ends, larger tires,
hydrostatic drive with four speed
transmission and optional power
assist rear wheel drive.”
Mr. Kinzanbaw added, “The real
advantage of having the “C”
Series Power choice... the af
fordability of building to your
specifications, plus the adap
tability of changing to meet future
needs. It’s easy with the New Idea
modular design because you can
take full advantage of your power
unit investment by changing only
the harvesting unit.”
that are classified Excellent also
qualify to be part of this
prestigious list.
Those who have Valiants that
qualify in one or more of the four
categories and wish to have them
included, should contact their local
ABS Representative or write or
phone Nancy Berg in the ABS
offices at Box 459, DeForest,
Wisconsin 53532, phone 606/846-
3721. ABS and Holstein World are
both contributing $l.OO to a special
scholarship fund for each daughter
reported.
On top of the list for each of the
qualifying categories at the close
of 1965 are Long-Haven Valiant
Sally owned by G. Carlos Long,
Michigan, with 40,022 pounds of
milk. Long-Haven Valiant Sally is
also tops for fat at 1,823 pounds and
Enns Valiant Panie, owned by
Prices Partners Ltd., New Mexico,
heads the list for protein at 1,130
pounds. Farlows Valiant Rosie,
owned by George and John
Atkinson, is the highest classified
Valiant daughter at EX-94.
MF splits off combine division
TORONTO - Massey-Ferguson
Limited’s plan to recapitalize its
Combines and Foundries Divisions
as a privately-held associate
company should enable the
operation to return to profitability
in 1967, the company said.
According to Victor A. Rice,
chairman and chief executive
officer of Massey-Ferguson, “the
formation of this new entity would
give the combines a new lease on
life. Even considering depressed
state of the combine harvest
market, we believe the new
company could make a profit
within two years.)
Under Massey Ferguson’s
financial and operational
restructuring plan, the Combines
and Foundries Divisions would
become a privately-held associate
company, renamed Massey
Combines Corporation. Massey-
Ferguson Limited would hold a
minority interest of 40 percent,
with the balance held by lenders
and other parties.
The new company would be
recapitalized to meet the costs of
extensive restructuring. These
measures-such as consolidation of
resources at Brantford, Ont., in
ventory reduction, innovative
marketing approaches, and ac
celerated development and in
troduction of new products-are
required to improve the operation
to profitability at current low in
dustry volume levels.
The new company would be
responsible for all combine har
vester research, design,
to NCGA’s ethanol campaign
ST. LOUIS - More fuel has just
been pumped into the National
Corn Growers Association’s
(NCGA) successful ethanol
development program thanks to
Velsicol Chemical Corporation’s
1985 Operation Trade Expansion
(V.0.T.E.).
Velsicol recently announced the
investment of $32,406 in NCGA,
which gives the group a solid base
of funds to work with in 1986, ac
cording to Hal Smedley, NCGA’s
Domestic Market Development
Director. This is the second year
Velsicol has invested funds in the
fuel ethanol program bringing the
total number of V.O.T.E. dollars
generated for NCGA through 1984
and 1985 to $130,000.
Data recently released by In
formation Resources In
corporated, Washington, D.C.,
indicates that com used for fuel
ethanol is up by 68 million bushels
in 1985 over the 1984 level of 172
million bushels. That’s a 40 percent
increase and on target with
NCGA’s goal of one billion bushels
used in ethanol production in 1990.
“The funds directed to NCGA by
farmers and ranchers across the
country who participated in
Velsicol’s Operation Trade Ex
pansion last year were a large part
of our successful fuel ethanol
program,” says Smedley.
In 1964, Velsicol’s investment of
nearly $lOO,OOO was put into
research and development
programs which helped boost the
amount of com utilized in fuel
ethanol production, according to
Smedley. NCGA spent $150,000 in
their total market development
plan. The $32,405 investment in
NCGA from the 1985 V.O.T.E.
program will also be used in
programs aimed at expanding
ethanol markets.
“Farmers have realized they
can make a difference by working
through their commodity
organizations to promote their
product,” says Velsicol’s Eastern
Regional Director, James Oliver,
who presented the 1965 V.O.T.E.
manufacturing, marketing and
servicing previously handled by
the Combine Division. Other
products for which the company
would be responsible include the
MF 4000 Series four-wheel-drive
(225-375 hp) tractors, swathers, the
MF 360 wide-level disc harrow and
iron castings.
In addition to the Massey-
Ferguson line of conventional
combines, the new company would
manufacture and market rotary
combines. The technology for
these machines was acquired from
White Farm Manufacturing
Canada by Massey-Ferguson last
July. Currently, the model 9720,
which was built by White, is being
marketed by MF and White
dealers. A new, smaller rotary
combine that has been undergoing
field tests is scheduled to be
brought into production in 1906.
Massey Combines Corporation is
a logical outgrowth of Massey-
Ferguson’s concept of specialized
product divisions. “Following the
acquisition earlier this year of the
rotary combine technology,
Massey Combines could now move
forward with complete dedication
to the combine business,” Mr. Rice
said.
“The new associate company
would concentrate all its resources
and energies on a single objective:
meeting the needs of North
American farmers, dealers, and
export markets.
“It would be positioned on the
leading edge of the industry to take
full advantage of improved market
conditions when thev occur.”
Velsicol gives $32,405
funds at a recent NCGA board
meeting. “V.O.T.E. gave
producers the opportunity to
become directly involved in
NCGA President Dain Friend, Warrensburg, 111. (left), and
John Pellet, NCGA vice president of market development
from Chesterfield, Mo. (right), accept $32,405 from Velsicol
Chemical Corporation through Velsicol's Operation Trade
Expansion (V.0.T.E.) program. Making the presentation is
James Oliver, Eastern Regional Sales Director for Velsicol.
These 1985 V.O.T.E. funds will be invested in NCGA's
domestic market development program for fuel ethanol. The
1985 investment is in addition to $97,000 Velsicol gave
NCGA in 1984 for market development. The association
spent nearly $150,000 in market development for fuel
ethanol last year which helped boost corn used for ethanol by
68 million bushels between 1984 and 1985.
Under the new enterprise,
farmers and their dealers would
receive complete after-sale
backup support. This includes
wholesale and retail financing
warranty, full parts service,
computer linkage with the dealer
network, Telemarketing and
Teleservice support and many
other initiatives planned for the
next couple of years.
“Massey Combines would
provide a basis for greater
responsiveness to the
requirements of dealers and
farmers and the demands of a
constantly changing marketplace.
It would also lay the foundation for
dealers to become more com
petitive through association with a
fast-moving supplying
manufacturer whose primary
business is combines,” Mr. Rice
said.
“This would be the only such
organization in North America,
and the only one in the world, of
. feeing both rotary and con
ventional technologies in the high
capacity range.”
Most of the new company’s
resources would be centralized in
Brantford. Management, sales and
marketing personnel would be
accommodated in a new office
building to be completed in the
city’s center in 1966. Engineering
and research and development
would soon occupy the former
White Engineering building
nearby. Regional sales offices
would continue to be located
throughout the U.S. and Canada.
market development and, in turn,
the ability to help generate
demand for the commodities that
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