Danuser’s New Box Scraper
Danuser’s Hydraulic Scraper Plus 4 serves as a box
scraper, scoop, scarifier and blade. The unit comes in 54
and 72-inch widths and features zinc plated hardware,
chrome plated cylinder rod and industrial steel cutting
edge. For information contact Hamilton Equipment, 567 S.
Reading Rd., Ephrata, Pa. 17522. Phone; 717-733-7951.
Kubota Lowers Finance Rates
COMPTON, Calif. - Kubota
Credit Corporation has extended
its 7.5 or 8.5 APR for qualified
customers who purchase selected
tractor models. The low-rate,
maximum five-year loan will be
available through August 31, 1986,
according to Kubota Tractor
'Corporation president, Mr. S.
Egusa.
The M-Series tractors available
at the 7.5-percent financing rate
range from the 43 PTO horsepower
Paraquat To Be Marketed
Only As Gramozone
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -
Chevron Chemical Company and
ICI Americas, Inc. today an
nounced they have reached ten
tative agreement to terminate the
distribution rights of Chevron
Chemical Company’s Ortho
Agricultural Chemicals Division
for the domestic sale of paraquat.
The agreement is expected to
become effective by October 1,
1986.
Paraquat is a nonselective
contact herbicide that kills
vegetation when it comes into
contact with green plant tissue. It
Automatic’s Mill Handles
2,400 Bushels Per Hour
PENDER, Nebr
Automatic ATG 2400 Roller Mill
trill process up to 2,400 bushels of
shelled corn per hour, according to
Ryder Supply. Equipped with 40-
mch, 1000 rpm blower, the mill will
also deliver processed feed to the
x>p of the highest silo.
The 2400 will also handle corn
cob mix, small grains, milo or
silage. Automatic’s one-fast-roll
irinciple gives greater capacity
M 4030 to Kubota’s most powerful
tractor, the 85 PTO horsepower
MB9SO.
Kubota tractors available at the
8.5-percent rate include all G-
Series lawn and garden tractors;
B-Series compact tractors
primarily built for nursefy, estate
care and landscaping; LrSeries
tractors used primarily for far
ming, orchards, vineyards and
ground maintenance; and con
struction machinery.
is used in agriculture to control
weeds in com, soybeans and other
field crops, and is used as well to
clear noncrop areas of unwanted
vegetation. It is also used as a
desiccant and defoliant to aid in
harvesting crops such as cotton.
Chevron Chemical Company’s
Ortho Agricultural Chemicals
Division, as licensee from ICI
Americas, has marketed paraquat
in the United States since 1966. ICI
Americas will continue to
distribute paraquat in the United
States under the trade name
Gramozone.
with less horsepowei aim pi ovuies
self-cleaning action.
Equipped for PTO trailer
operation, the mill features heavy
duty shafts and bearings with fast
roll belt drive. Options include
hydraulic intake auger, magnet
grate and silage kit. The mill is
also available in a larger unit to
handle up to 3600 bushels per hour
For further details contact
Ryder Supply, Box 219, Cham
bersburg, Pa. 17201,717-263-9111
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Baltimore Farm Credit Banks To Merge Associations
BALTIMORE, Md. - The Board
of Directors of the Farm Credit
Banks of Baltimore recently an
nounced its decision to begin a
restructuring process that is in
tended to merge 26 local Federal
Land Bank Associations (FLBAs)
and Production Credit
Associations (PCAs) into one
district-wide FLBA and one PCA.
The district-wide FLBA and PCA
would continue to provide long and
short term credit and financial
services across the Baltimore
Farm Credit District which is
comprised of the states of
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, j
West Virginia, Delaware and the -1
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. I
Board Chairman Harold B. Short /
said the unanimous decision was P
made in recognition of Farm \
Credit’s commitment to provide i
better and more cost effective I
financial services to farmers, even j
in the face of continued stress in it
the agricultural econotnv
Farm Credit Banks Reduce Mortgage Rates
BALTIMORE, Md. - Interest
rate reductions on all Federal
Land Bank 30-day variable rate
mortgages and new longer term
fixed rate mortgage programs
have been announced by the Farm
Credit Banks of Baltimore, the
mid-Atlantic area’s largest
agricultural lender.
Effective August 1, the interest
rate on all existing and new 30-day
variable rate mortgages will be
reduced to 11.25 percent. The rate
reduction will be reflected in the
September billing statement of
current borrowers.
Prior to the rate reduction, 30-
day variable rate mortgages for
farm and rural housing loans were
11.75 percent and 12.25 percent
respectively.
In addition, a new mortgage
program offering lower fixe'*
Agamy Holds Farm Enterprise School
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Lester
Anderson of Salunga Agway
recently attended an Agway
sponsored Farm Enterprise School
in Syracuse, New York. Kreider
spent half a day at the Agway
Farm Research Center near Tully,
New York, reviewing the latest
data aimed at helping farmers
obtain better economic returns.
The 500-acre Agway Farm
Research Center specializes in
New Diesel Tractors Available From White
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - A new
line of compact diesel tractors in
the under-40 horsepower class was
recently unveiled by White Farm
Equipment Company at White
Farm’s Charles City, lowa,
manufacturing facility.
The compact line consists of five
models, including: Field Boss 16;
Field Boss 21; Field Boss 31; Field
Boss 37; and Field Boss 43. The pto
horsepower of each model is
estimated at 14, 19, 25, 30 and 39,
respectively. Each model is styled
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White's new line of compact diesel tractors includes models from 14 to 39 hor-
“Agricultural conditions in the
district including drought and low
commodity prices will continue to
place heavy strains on our far
mers, and their problems will
probably mount in the near future.
As the major agricultural lender in
the mid-Atlantic area we feel a
special obligation to prepare
ourselves, organizationally, to help a timetable for implementation
agriculture meet the current crisis of the restructuring process has
and to give farmers the best not been firmly established, but
possible service at a time when it is will be part of the initial merger
needed most,’’Short said. ’ plan development, according to
Short explained that the District Short.
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The Farm Credit System
interest rates for periods of five, 10
or IS years for qualified borrowers
was approved for implementation
by the Baltimore Banks’
regulatory agency, the Farm
Credit Administration (FCA).
“We’re always glad when we can
reduce our interest rates, but when
we’re able to drop them during
stressful economic times in the
agribusiness community, it’s even
more beneficial to our borrowers,”
said Gene L. Swackhamer,
president of the Farm Credit
Banks of Baltimore.
Swackhamer acknowledged that
devastating drought conditions
throughout much of the area
served by the Baltimore Banks
(Maryland, Delaware, Virginia,
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and
Puerto Rico), was placing
applied research dairy nutrition while Agway scientists and
and housing, waste management, specialists provided the latest
and testing of crop varieties to research in dairy nutrition, animal
improve farm income. Specific housing and handling, waste
crop test plots were planted in management, and on-farm use of
anticipation of the farm enterprise portable computers,
school to allow comparisons and The annual conference is part of
selection of outstanding varieties, ongoing efforts by Agway to keep
In other sessions, Gordon its field staff informed on the latest
Conklin, editor of the American information to assist them in
Agriculturist, presented an serving Agway farmer-members
overview of Northeast agriculture throughout the Northeast.
in the tradition of the Field Boss
tractor family. There are two- and
four-wheel-drive models available
in each horsepower. The new Field
Boss tractors are designed with
features which meet the needs of a
wide range of applications in
farming, light construction, turf
care, nurseries and fruit and
vegetable operations.
Standard features such as fuel
efficient diesel engines, enclosed
engine compartments, easy access
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Boart! of Directors had directed
bank management to develop a
plan for the timely restructuring of
the 26 associations across the
district into one FLBA and one
PCA. But, he emphasized that any
plan development process must
include input from local
association directors.
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Credit
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financial hardships on some far
mers who already have been
coping for several years with
depressed commodity prices.
“This rate reduction combined
with our new fixed rate lending
program may offer some relief to
farmers at a time when it is badly
needed,” Swackhamer said.
Commenting on the new fixed
rate program, Swackhamer, ex
plained that current borrowers
could convert existing 30-day
variable rate mortgages to fixed
rate program if they meet
eligibility requirements.
The Farm Credit Banks of
Baltimore are currently lending
some $2.8 billion to farmers, rural
resident and farm cooperatives
through local Farm Credit
Association offices.
controls, differential lock, efficient
gear transmissions and E.0.P.5.,
maximize operator productivity
while enhancing operator comfort.
A complete line of front, rear and
mid-mounted compact implements
will be available from White
Farm. The implements include
front-end loaders, finishing
mowers, front blades, rotary
cutters, disk harrows, rotary
tillers, post hole diggers, rear
mounted blades, box scrapers, flail
mowers and more.