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Atlantic Seedsmen Name
Baylor Executive Director
STATE COLLEGE James
Harris, president of Atlantic
Seedsmen, announces that Dr.
John E. Baylor has been selected
by the organization’s executive
committee to become the
executive director of the regional
seed association.
Dr. Baylor brings a wealth of
organizational expertise to this
new responsibility. A professor
emeritus of agronomy and past
coordinator of Agronomy Ex
tension at Penn State, Baylor has
chaired many committees of the
American Society of Agronomy
and the American Forage and
Grassland Council. Recipient of
many educational awards and
agricultural industry recognitions,
including Fellow in ASA, Baylor is
a skilled writer, editor, educator,
and program innovator.
Assuming his new respon
sibilities Jan. 1, 1987, Baylor will
be representing the Atlantic at the
state and national levels of the
seed industry. He will be
developing programs to enhance
benefits to the membership in the
areas of improved communication
with regulatory agencies, keeping
members apprised of pending
legislative changes and other
useful information regarding
seeds, crops, markets and items of
interest to seedsmen.
IQ Introduces New
WILMINGTON, Del. - The
Agricultural Products Group of ICI
Americas Inc. has announced the
introduction of GRAMOXONE
SUPER herbicide for broad
spectrum control of emerged
grasses and weeds.
The product is a new paraquat
formulation that provides rapid
burndown control of a wide
spectrum of annual grasses and
broadleaf weeds, and suppression
of perennial weeds. Formulated as
a new Vh pounds of active
ingredient per gallon product,
GRAMOXONE SUPER is labeled
for over 100 crops, as well as for
W&J Dairy
LAS VEGAS, NV - Dr. Paul
Thompson, Bou-Matic president,
presented a 1986 Sales
Achievement Award to W&J Dairy
Sales of Oxford, Penn, at the 1986
Bou-Matic National Dealer
Meeting, held in Las Vegas, Nev.
W&J Dairy Sales had the largest
sales increase in Bou-Matic sales
district 34, which covers Penn
sylvania, southern New York,
Maryland and New Jersey.
“It’s award-winning dealers like
BUI Guhl and his associates who
have made the success and growth
of Bou-Matic products possible,”
said Thompson. “Their skill and
dedication in marketing, installing
and servicing our products have
been vital in budding Bou-Matic’s
reputation for excellence in
milking equipment.”
The Bou-Matic product line
includes innovative dairy farm
milking, cooling and on-farm
management equipment which
emphasizes healthy and efficient
milking. The company, based in
Madison, Wis., honors the sales
leaders in its 18 North American
sales districts annuaUy.
John E. Baylor
Atlantic’s membership includes
farm, vegetable and turf seed
companies from across the region.
Since many states do not have a
state seed association, the Atlantic
represents all member seedsmen
in the region with a unified
presence whenever the need
arises.
More information can be ob
tained by contacting the office at
298 E. McCormick Ave., State
College, PA 16801, telephone 814-
237-0330.
Gramoxone Herbicide
noncrop areas. The product is also
registered for use in more tank
mixes than any other contact
herbicide.
In addition, ICI officials say the
improved free-flowing formulation
of GRAMOXONE SUPER is easier
to pour while also improving tank
mix qualities.
GRAMOXONE SUPER has
these features to help prevent
accidental ingestion: a new dark
green color for easy product
identification, a strong odor and an
emetic to induce vomiting in case
of accidental swaUowing.
Sales Wins Bou-Matic Auvard
company's 1986 Achievement Award to Bill Guhl of W&J
Dairy Sales of Oxford.
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York Farm Credit Announces
YORK - Two new appointments
were recently announced within
the York Farm Credit Service.
Chambersburg branch manager
John H. Brumbaugh has accepted
the new position of branch
manager for the Carlisle,
Chambersburg and New Bloom
field offices,
Ronald C. Moore has been
promoted to the position of
executive loan officer.
Brumbaugh began his Farm
Credit career in 1978, as a field
representative with the Farm
Credit Banks of Baltimore. Since
that time he was employed by the
Meadville Farm Credit Service
and served in the capacity of loan
officer and branch manager. A
native of Erie, he received a
bachelor of science degree in
Animal Science from Penn State
University.
In this new position Brumbaugh
will be responsible for managing
the three branch offices which
serve Cumberland, Franklin,
Fulton, and Perry counties.
Moore, a native of Sherman,
New Planter Shoe
Eliminates
Soil Buildup
HOLLAND, Mich. - Howard
Poll, vice president of engineering
and development of the Holland
Transplanter Company, an
nounced the introduction of a new
transplanter furrow opening shoe.
Designated the HR-1, this new
shoe features a special insert of
abrasion resistant high density
polymer. The utilization of this
friction-free polymer eliminates
soil build-up so common on con
ventional steel furrow opening
shoes. This build up, caused from
wet and sticky soil, forces the
ground sideways and creates a
wide furrow, preventing the
packing wheels of the transplanter
to properly pack the soil back
around the roots of the transplant.
This poor packing of the soil allows
air pockets in the root area of the
plant, killing the plant or slowing
it’s growth.
The new HR-1 shoe makes a
narrow clean furrow resulting in a
more uniform planting and ac
curate spacing of your crop. Field
testing shows a smoother soil flow
and better scouring of the shoe
with much less draft.
This new shoe has not yet ob
tained patent approval but will be
available this winter through your
Holland Transplanter dealer for
spring planting. The HR-1 has the
same dimensions as the original
steel shoe and therefore, can be
used as a replacement on any
transplanter in the field.
John H. Brumbaugh
New York was employed by the
York Farm Credit Service in 1980
as branch manager of the Perry
County Branch Office. Prior to this
promotion he served in the position
of senior loan officer. He attended
the North Dakota State University
and received a bachelor of science
The Farm Credit System
Farm Credit Announces
Merger Proposal
BALTIMORE, Md. - The Board
of Directors of the mid-Atlantic
region’s leading agricultural
lender, the Farm Credit Banks of
Baltimore, announced their
unanimous approval this week of a
restructuring proposal that could
lead to the consolidation of 26 af
filiated local Federal Land Bank
Associations (FLBAs) and
Production Credit Associations
(PCAs) into one district-wide
FLBA and one PCA.
The merger proposal will be
submitted for approval to the
Banks 56,000-plus stockholding
borrowers next spring, subject to
concurrence by the Banks'
regulatory agency, the Farm
Credit Administration.
Under the proposal the district
wide FLBA and PCA would con
tinue to provide long- and short
term credit and financially related
services to farmers and
agribusinesses throughout the
Baltimore Farm Credit District,
which includes the states of
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
Delaware, West Virginia and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
The Baltimore District, with over
$2.7 billion dollars m loans out
standing, is one of 12 districts that
comprise the nationwide Farm
Credit System.
Board Chairman Harold B. Short
said the proposal developed over
an 18 month period as a result of a
series of studies and reviews
conducted jointly by directors and
management of local Associations
and the Banks.
“We entered into this restruc
turing study process almost two
years ago,” Short explained. “The
objective throughout the process
Farm Credit Holds Pig Roast
LANCASTER - The Quarryville
office of the Lancaster Farm
Credit Service held its first annual
Pig Roast on Dec. 12, in order to
show their appreciation for their
customers. Handouts were
available, including 1987
Almanacs.
Over 300 people attended and
enjoyed the informal and relaxed
Ronald C. Moore
degree in agriculture economics.
The York Farm Credit Service
presently provides over $77 million
in long term Land Bank loans to
1200 borrowers and $35 million in
short term Production Credit
Association loans to 861 borrowers
in South Central Pennsylvania.
Farm
Credit
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was to review the r -mges taking
place in agucultun ind carefully
evaluate our operations to improve
our ability to better serve our
customers through a more ef
ficient and responsive structure
and provide more innovative and
competitively priced products. Our
members were foremost in our
minds throughout the whole
process and will continue to be as
we seek approval from our
stockholding borrowers.”
Continuing economic stress in
agriculture, changing federal farm
policies, innovations in computers
and business technology, in
creased reporting and review
requirements by federal
regulatory agencies were all cited
as reasons that the board initiated
the restructuring study.
The proposal would consolidate
the 26 Associations currently
serving the Baltimore District into
15 divisions with centralized
management and a 52-member
board of directors. The association
board of directors would continue
to be elected by stockholding
borrowers and would have similar
policy making authorities as are
currently vested in the boards of
the 26 FLBAs and PCAs.
“The Board is very pleased with
the support and encouragement we
have received from our local
association directors and staff
during the development of this
restructuring proposal,” Short
said. “We believe the proposed
structure will position us,
organizationally, to better adapt to
changes in the agribusiness and
financial services industry and at
the same time will enhance the
quality of our services.”
atmosphere. Videos and displays
on various services were available
to view at leisure.
Several guests were in at
tendance as well, including Gene
L. Swackhamer, president and
chief executive officer of the Farm
Credit Banks of Baltimore, and
various other Baltimore Bank
personnel.