Promotion Continues To Be Priority For Pork Producer Checkoff Funds
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promotion remains the top priority
for pork producers in the use of
checkoff funds. On behalf of pro
ducers, the National Pork Board
has allocated 63 percent of the
anticipated $26 million of pprk
checkoff funds generated in 1989
for promotions such as the “Other
White Meat’! campaign.
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teaming up a left-hand model with a rigtit-hand model. In a
V-pattern, you can rake up to 18 feet of hay into a big, fluffy
double windrow. For added reliability, the tubular steel basket
frame and high-strength steel stripper have been welded into a
single unit. Basket leveling linkage is spring-loaded, allowing
the basket to float over uneven terrain to pickup every piece of
hay. When you want to rake you fields clean. Gehl is your
choice.
WAIVER OF FINANCE UNTIL SEPT.
on hay and forage equipment
Stretch your Gehl equipment purchase dollars with Gehl Finance. Talk to your
participating Gehl dealer about our current programs:
Waiver of finance until
Sept. 1, 1989 LOW APR*
on hay and forage equipment 12 month term 0%
Waiver of finance until 0R 24 month term 8 - 5%
Nov. 1, 1989 36 month term 9.5%
on all other equipment 48 month term 10.5%
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Local Participatin,
A.L HERR & BRO.
Quarryvllla, PA
717-796-3821
ARNETTS GARAGE
Hagaratown, MD
301-733-0818
BENNETT
MACHINE CO.
Milford, DE
302-422-4837
NICHOLS FARM
EQUIPMENT
Bleemaburg, PA
717-7*4-7731
STOUFFER BROS. BINKL |IiU HUnST
INC. BRU9.
LEBANON VALLEY PETERMAN FARM
IMPLEMENT CO.. INC. EQUIPMENT. INC.
Richland, PA Carllala, PA
717-BM-781* 717-249-533*
“Promotional work deserves
much of the credit for turning
around the decline in consumer
demand for pork that we exper
ienced before 1986,” said Virgil
Rosendale, Augusta, Illinois pro
ducer and president of the
15-membcr National Pork Board.
“We want to keep this progress
rolling to make pork everyone’s
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MILLER-LAKE
Ballavllla, PA
717-935-2338
ECKROTH BROS.
FARM EQUIPMENT
New Ringgold, PA
717-943-2131
MILLER EQUIPMENT
CO.
Bachtalavllla, PA
218-645-2911
first choice when they eat.”
Also this year. The Pork Board
has doubled the amount of check
off dollars for research and educa
tion. In 1989, 14 percent of the
checkoff budget will provide seed
money for research such as
“Genetic Markers for Selection of
Breeding Slock” and “Lean Val
ue Buying of Hogs.”
our
Dealer
HINES EQUIPMENT
Crciion, PA
iiMiMin
■•llwood
814-742-0171
ELDER SALES
& SERVICE, INC.
StoiMbore, PA
412-370-3740
SPRINGS
EQUIPMENT, INC.
Spring*, PA
•14-062-2222
LINCOLN SUPPLY &
EQUIPMENT CO. , „
Somaraat, PA PEOPLE’S
SALES & SERVICE
Oakland Milla, PA
301-788-B*oo 717-483-2738
1, 1989
D.W. OGG
EQUIPMENT CO.
Main Location
Frederick, MD
301-473-4200
301-293-2033
Taylorsville, Md.
(Bob** Welding)
301-020-2042
UMBERGER’S
OF FONTANA -
Lebanon, PA
717-087-5161
GUTSHALL’S INC.
Leysvill*, PA
717-789-4343
SYSTEMA FEED SERVICE
Sussex, N.J.
201-675-5449
“These dollars can boost pork
producers’ future profitability and
make sure our product is ready for
changes in consumer tastes,”
Rosendale said. “We are looking
for new ways to produce a lean,
desirable meat and find innovative
todls to offer it to the customer.”
The Pork Board also has alio
catcd 17 percent of its checkoff
generated budget this year for
consumer information. These
funds support programs such as a
new Pork Information Bureau data
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example a 16’ grain body with tailgate and 48” sides
weighs only 1490 I
length or any side height up to 60”
Also available
★ Double swinging hay ★ Diamond Flooring
hauling tailgate * Pull out panel
★ Barn door type tail
gate
* Slide out cattle chutes
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Box 2312, ED 4 Lebanon, PA 17042
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INC.
Leola, PA 717-656-8380
If no answer, call early in
the morning or evenings.
mcastar Farming Saturday, July 1,1989-D5
base, which will provide accurate
information about pork to the
public. The data bank is scheduled
to be in operation in early Fall of
this year and will offer recipes and
nutritional information primarily
for use by food editors, nutrition
ists and home economists.
The remaining 6 percent of the
Pork Board budget for 1989 is
devoted to communicating check
off information to producers,
marketers and others involved
with the checkoff.
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★ Any size grain chute
(717) 867-5222