BUSINESS NE
Unverferth's new grain carts can be unloaded in as little as
three minutes.
Unverferth Offers
Heavy Duty Grain Carts
WARSAW, Ind. - Unverferth
Manufacturing, Kalida, Ohio, is
now providing ruggedly con
structed, fast unloading, 475- and
600- bushel grain carts.
The carts use Slip Plate coating,
a 12-inch auger with adjustable
damper, and sump-type pit to
unload in as little as three minutes.
Center dump gate, hydraulic auger
lock, and unique, torque-bar
The Tye Company's Tye Jr. planter meters both small and
large seeds accurately.
Vegetable Planter Adapts
To Home, Specialty Use
LOCKNEY, IX - The Tye
Company’s new Tye Jr. gar
den/vegetable planter can be
adapted to meet the planting needs
of home gardeners, small acreage
farmers and specialty vegetable
growers.
Tye Jr. planting units mount to 2-,
3-, or 4-inch toolbars by a parallel
linkage for accurate and uniform
planting. Seedbeds are firmed just
ahead of the planting unit by a
drive roller. The seed furrow is
established by a hoe-type opener.
Tye Jr.’s fluted seeder ac
curately meters small seed, like
carrots and spinach, or large seed.
protected, bolt-on axles are all
standard.
Other features found on carts
include a shear-pin .equipped
oscillating hitch, a movable drop
leg jack, precision-ground gears,
and a drive line slip clutch.
For free literature, contact
Unverferth Manufacturing Co.,
Inc., P.O. Box 357, Kalida, OH
45853. Phone 1-800-537-3121.
like beans and sweet corn. After
the seed is deposited in the furrow,
a soil firming wheel and covering
chain establish soil/seed contact
while maintaining uniform seed
depth control.
Tye Jr. is available in single and
double row units. Double row units
plant two rows from 3 to 8 inches
apart. Additional planting units
can be mounted on the same
toolbar for multiple row planting.
For more information on the new
Tye Jr. garden/vegetable planter,
contact A.O. Smith, The Tye Co.,
Box 218, Lockney, TX 79241, 806-
652-3367.
Monsanto Lowers Herbicide Prices
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Monsanto
Agricultural Company, an
operating unit of Monsanto
Company, today announced new
lower prices for Lasso herbicide
and other products in that her
bicide family.
The lower prices, effective
immediately, will vary by dealer.
Products with the new lower price
include: Lasso, pre-mixed Lasso
and atrazine, Lasso Micro-Tech,
Baron Sets Record
In 5-Acre Com Contest
CAMPHILL - Doebler’s 75X has
been popping big yields since it
was first sold to growers in 1985.
Over 240 bushels at Harrisonburg,
Virginia; 220 bu. at Collegeville;
237 bushels at Pottstown; 201
bushels at Hurlock, Md.; and 217
bushels at Stockton, N. J.
But even the gang at Doebler’s
Hybrids, Jersey Shore, Pa . wasn’t
quite prepared for the record
shattering yield dairyman Larry
Baron made with 75X last fall in
Luzerne county, Pa... a whopping
281.6 bushels of dry shelled corn
per acre. And in country better
known for hard coal than cham
pion corn crops.
The 281.6 bushels by Doebler’s
75X was the highest yield ever
recorded in the 39 year history of
the Pennsylvania Official Five
Acre Com Contest. It surpassed
the old ear com record set in 1984
by Dean Shoop, Juniata county, by
a full 37 bushels, and also topped
the old shelled com mark made in
1981 by Jeff Pontius, Nor
thumberland county, by 33.7
bushels.
Here’s how Baron and Doebler
75X broke the record:
GETTING READY. Baron
turned under a 12-year-old alfalfa
sod topdressed with a heavy coat of
manure. The Mardin Silt Loam
tested pH 6 and classified
Productivity Group 3. “But
drainage was good and we had a
southern exposure,” Larry points
out.
PLANTING. Big day was May
14. Larry stretched his growing
season with the mid-season
Doebler 75X, a 113 day single
cross. He planted with a White 5100
No-Til Air Planter, with seeding
rate set at 24,500 plants per acre on
30 inch rows. Some 200 pounds of 8-
24-8 per acre went in the row.
Another 100 pounds of actual N per
acre was sidedressed at planting
as a liquid. Bladex plus atrazine
controlled weeds. Rotation took
care of soil insects.
FOLLOW UP. Around July 4,
Larry used drop tubes to dribble
another 100 liquid N down the
middles right ahead of the
cultivator. “Rainfall was about
perfect,” recalls Baron.
HARVEST. The field was en
tered in state ear corn class. “But
contest officials couldn’t believe
the yield,” Baron reports. “They
kept coming back for rechecks.”
Doebler 75X was harvested Oc-
tober 15 at 22 percent moisture.
Official yield corrected to 15.5
percent was 281.6 bushels of shell
com per acre.
CROP STATS— Plant count was
21,542, with 99.1 percent erect. type mortgage contracts ranging
“Spacing was almost perfect,” from 3-to-15 years.
Economist Predicts ‘Super Farms’ At Farm Credit Meeting
LEWISBURG Forty-six
agricultural lenders and ag
related businessmen attended an
“Agricultural Outlook” breakfast
meeting sponsored by Nor
theastern Farm Credit Service of
Lewisburg
The event was held Jan. 15, at
the County Cupboard restaurant in
Lewisburg Mr. H. Louis Moore,
professor of agricultural
economics at the Pennsylvania
State University, addressed the
gathering on “Where We’ve Been
and Where We’re Going.”
The agricultural community has
failed to share in the economic
Ramrod, pre-mixed Ramrod and
atrazine, and Bronco herbicides.
“The U.S. farm economy has
been suffering severe problems in
the last several years,” said Jerry
L. Neff, product director at
Monsanto, “but we are beginning
to see the start of a possible tur
naround. We want to help farmers
make that turnaround happen, and
we believe the new lower prices for
these herbicides will help.
Larry says. Officially, it was 9.7
inches between stalks and the ears
weighed close to 16 ounces. “I saw
a lot of doubles,” recalls Baron.
HOW ALL CORN SHELLED
OUT. Baron only plants Doebler
hybrids. In 1981 when he last ran
yield checks on the full crop, he
averaged 137 bushels on 178 acres.
In 1986, he averaged 166 bushels on
174 acres, representing a full 29-
bushel gain per acre in five years.
His three favorites are Doebler
75X, 113 days, Doebler 70XSS, 111
days and Doebler 65X, 103 days.
The Farm Credit System
Vice President Appointed
At NE Farm Credit
LEWISBURG - Robert T.
Reich, president of Northeastern
Farm Credit Service, recently
announced the employment of
Donald K. Miller, as vice
president-Finance & Ad
ministrative Services.
Miller is a graduate of Penn
State University with a bachelor of
science degree in business ad
ministration. Prior to coming to
Farm Credit Reduces
Interest Rate
BALTIMORE, Md. - The Farm
Credit Banks of Baltimore an
nounced an interest rate reduction
from 10.75 percent to 9.50 percent
in its 30-day variable rate mort
gage loans, effective February 1.
In making the announcement,
Gene L. Swackhamer, president of
the Farm Credit Banks of
Baltimore, said, “This reduction in
the Federal Land Bank 30-day
variable mortgage rate reflects
our current financial strength and
stability and our commitment to
help our borrowers weather the
stress in the agricultural sector.”
Swackhamer added, “Our ob
jective is twofold - to maintain a
sound operation while providing
our customers with the best ser
recovery the nation as a whole has
experienced, primarily due to
overproduction and shrinking
export sales in the gram market.
Moore discussed the impact of the
1987 Grain Program, as well as the
results of past efforts to reduce
production.
On the brighter note, Moore
predicts that the red meat in
dustries (beef, pork, and lamb)
will experience a good year, based
on a trend of lower production.
Pennsylvania has several
strengths which constitute the
basis for a favorable outlook.
1 ennsylvama is near its product
“This is not a rebate or cash
back program, so farmers will not
encounter the problems and delays
often associated with coupon
redemptions or rebate programs,”
he added. “They can realize the
savings immediately, at the time
of purchase. Farmers can contact
their dealers for more information
on Monsanto’s ‘lnstant Savings’
program.”
Lasso and pre-mixed Lasso and
atrazine are used to control many
annual grasses and broadleaf
weeds in corn, soybeans, milo,
peanuts and other crops. Ramrod
and pre-mixed Ramrod and
atrazine are used to control
selected weeds in corn and milo.
Lasso Micro-Tech is used for weed
control in soybeans and Bronco is
used for pre- and post-emergent
control of annual grasses and
broadleaf weeds in com and
soybeans in no-till and reduced
tillage systems.
According to Neff, the new lower
prices have the potential to help
reduce crop input costs on ap
proximately 150-milhon acres of
cropland.
Farm
Credit
News
Northeastern Farm Credit Ser
vice, he was employed for nine
years by West Central Farm
Credit Service, Uniontown, as vice
president-Finance & Ad
ministrative Services.
Northeastern Farm Credit
Service serves farmers in 16
counties in Northeastern Penn
sylvania with an outstanding loan
volume of $9O million.
vice at competitive interest rates.”
He said preliminary projections
indicated that the 1.25 percent drop
in interest rates could reduce
earnings by as much as $lO million
in 1987. But, he added that the
reduced earnings would not have a
significant impact on the Banks’
financial stability.
The Baltimore Banks last of
fered a 9.50 percent 30-day
variable interest rate in 1979.
Currently, the Banks have more
than $l.B billion in mortgage loans
outstanding to over 29,000
borrowers. Of this $l.B billion total,
approximately 63 percent
represent 30-day variable rate
loans, with the balance in other
markets. It has a strong base in a
number of enterprises. The far
mers are not strongly tied to the
export markets
Moore’s long-range outlook for
agriculture is that the industry will
concentrate geographically, with
efficient producers in all major
areas. There will be a lower return
on capital investment, and more
emphasis will be placed on
management, marketing, and
genetics. The price-cost squeeze
will be a continuing battle, and
there will be fewer farmers as the
trend towards “Super Farms
continues.