»* DCt-Lancastar Farming Saturday, January 24,198 i New FLB Director At York Farm Credit YORK - Janet T. Knouse has been appointed to the position of director for the Federal Land Bank Association of York as announced by Jay V. Rush, President of the York Farm Credit Service. Knouse is president and general manager of Knouse Fruitlands, Inc. a family owned and operated fruit growing operation in Adams County, Pennsylvania. She is an active member of the Executive Committee of the State Hor ticultural Association of Penn sylvania, National Peach Council, and the National Council of Agricultural Employees. Mrs. Knouse currently serves on the Board of Directors of Growers Equipment Center, Inc., Knouse Foods Cooperative, and Rice Fruit The Farm Credit System NE Farm Credit Names Loan Officer TUNKHANNOCK - Nor theastern Farm Credit Service recently announced the hiring of James 0. Cusick as a loan officer in the Tunkhannock branch office. While his primary responsibility will be that of serving the clientele in Wayne County, he will also assist Victor Cappucci, branch manager, with serving the clientele in Lackawanna, Susquehanna and Wayne counties. Cusick is a graduate of Penn State University with a bachelor of science degree in agriculture education. Prior to accepting the loan officer position with Nor theastern Farm Credit, he was employed as a vocational agriculture teacher with the Western Wayne School District for six years. Northeastern Farm Credit serves farmers in 16 counties in Northeastern Pennsylvania with Agway Announces New Subsidiary SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Agway Data Services Inc., a new data processing and business com munications company, was created Jan. 1, 1987, as a wholly owned subsidiary of Agway Inc. The new firm incorporates the former management information services division of Agway and employs 140 people in its modem IBM equipped data processing center at Agway headquarters in DeWitt, NY. The new company continues to provide cost-effective and reliable data processing and com munications services to the Agway insurance, finance, retail, Lebanon Plans Earthmoving Workshop LEBANON - The conservation districts of Lebanon, Dauphin, and Lancaster Counties will be sponsoring an earthmovmg con tractor workshop in cooperation with Bernard Morrissey Insurance ant, .it- Pennsylvania Land Im provement Contractors Association on Thursday, Feb. 19. The meeting begins with registration at 9:00 a.m. in the Mund College Center on the campus of inon Valley College in Annville. The meeting is designed to in- Janet T. Knouse Farm Credit News an outstanding loan volume of $9O million. petroleum, and manufacturing businesses. In addition, it will market its services to commercial and agri-business firms throughout the northeastern United States. Agway Data Services officers include: Dennis J. LaHood, president; Homer L. Monk, vice president, corporate services; Robert V. Daly, vice president, computer and communication services; John L. Godleski, vice president, commercial business services; and Gary Friedman, vice president, agri-business services. term anyone involved in ear thmoving activity of erosion and sedimentation control laws, planning, contractor safety, and insurance. Participants will have the opportunity to meet with equipment dealers, erosion and sedimentation control products representatives, and their con servation district staff. Interested individuals should contact the Lebanon County Conservation District at (717) 272-3377 by Friday, Feb. 13, to register for the meeting and refreshments. Company. 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 YORK - Duane G. Hosier, executive vice president, York Farm Credit Service, was given the Distinguished Service Award which was presented by Paul A. Davaios, assistant vice president for the Farm Credit Banks of Baltimore. Bosler received the award for his contributions in the development of a Professional Loan Officer Curriculum to be used by the Farm Credit system. A native of Carroll County, Ohio, Bosler was employed by the Warrenton Farm Credit Service and was subsequently employed by the Farm Credit Banks of Baltimore, where he served as senior analyst. In 1982, he was named York branch manager for the York Farm Credit Service. Prior to this promotion he held the position of vice president, Operations & Marketing. Bosler attended the University of Maryland and received a bachelor of science degree in business administration. Corn Herbicide Guarantee CHICAGO, 111. - While fanning holds few guarantees for success, one corn herbicide manufacturer continues to guarantee soybean growers peace of mind from off target herbicide movement. The 1987 Soybean Protection Guarantee offered by Sandoz Crop Protection Corporation provides cash reimbursements if measurable soybean yield reduction occurs from off-target movement of Banvel when applied to adjacent cornfields according to guarantee guidelines. All herbicides can potentially move off-target if applied in correctly. Problems appear more often in late postemergence her bicide applications because sen sitive plants such as soybeans are actively growing and injury is most evident at such tunes. Tom Weidman, owner of Hollinger’s Farm & Home Supply, Lititz, climbs aboard the company's new bulk feed truck, the first of its kind in Pennsylvania. Designed by Eastern Mobile Mills, Rothsville, and built by Walinga Body & Coach, Guelph, Ontario, the truck features conventional 4-inch unloading and a new hexagon 5-inch stinger overhead loading system, with a capacity in excess of one ton per minute. The unit is mounted on a 1987 Mack chassis. Credit Honors Bosler York Farm Credit assistant vice president Paul Davalos (left) presents Duane Bosler with the firm's Distinguished Service Award. Protects Nearby Soybeans Under provisions of the guarantee, Banvel applications must be made according to label guidelines on corn that is less than 10 inches tall. Adjacent soybeans must also be less than 10 inches tall and/or not flowering when Banvel is applied to adjacent com fields. Valid claims against this guarantee will be reimbursed in cash equivalent to yield loss based on the local soybean price the day of harvest. To document yields, a Sandoz representative must be present at soybean harvest and yield checks taken. All claims must be made within 21 days following the Banvel application to com and between April 21,1987 and July 31,1987. The Sandoz Soybean Protection Guarantee is limited to ap plications of Banvel herbicide on First Of Its Kind In Pa. P' BUSINESS NEWS./.. , ✓ ' i i ■» corn in Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Penn sylvania, South Dakota and Wisconsin.^^^^^^^ SADDLE UP! To Better Equipment... Find It In Lancaster Farming's CLASSIFIEDS! FARM i HOME SUPPLY
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