06-Lancaster Fanning Saturday, January 1$ 1990
Dodds To Represent NC+ Hybrids
LINCOLN, NE Ron Dodds
of Kunkletown has accepted a
position with NC+ Hybrids as dis
trict sales manager for Pennsylva
nia and the DEL-MAR-VA area.
Dodds is a native of Mercer
County, and has a degree in Agro
nomy from Penn State University.
He comes to NC+ from the
Cooperative Extension Service in
Pennsylvania and prior to that had
several years experience with
Agway and Southern States
Cooperative.
“We’re extremely pleased to
have someone with Ron’s capabil
ities coordinating this important
sales area for us,” said NC+ Presi
dent Gary Duncan. “We’re confi
dent Ron will do a fine job of
working with our present NC+
dealers and recruiting new dealers
as well.”
NC+ is a major supplier of seed
to U.S. com, soybean, grain sorg
hum and alfalfa producers. The
30-year-old company headquar
ters in Lincoln, NB.
Growers Fertilizer Sponors
MILAN, OH Wilbur R.
Franklin, one of the nation’s fore
most soil authorities and director
of research of Growers Fertilizer
Solutions, will present a low input
profitable agriculture seminar
on January 24 at Country Buffet in
Ephrata and January 25 at Days
Inn in Allentown both beginning
at 10:00 a.m.
According to area representa
tive, Mel Martin, Franklin will
focus the seminar on the value of
Fransgard Presents
Tractor Forestry Winch
WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA
The newest addition to the out
standing Fransgard winch line
incorporates several exciting new
standard features including the
8800 pound line pull, a butt-plate
scraper blade and a sturdy stone
guard. The V-4000 also allows the
operator to winch and release
loads without leaving the tractor
seat Clutch and drum lock draw
cords do not have to be tied to pre
vent “losing the load” as is neces
sary on competitive models.
This unit also maintains the
famous quality features that have
made Fransgard winches the best
selling winches in North America;
completely sealed bearings, easy
Northrop King Uses
Soybean, Degradable
Liners On
GOLDEN VALLEY, MN
Northrop King recently
announced that it is using a soy
bean based ink for the printing of
all soybean bags produced for the
upcoming growing season. The
ink includes a soy protein and
according to the American Soy
bean Association (ASA) increases
the demand for an abundant
American farm product The soy
bean bags will carry the ASA’s
“Printed With Soyink” logo.
The company also announced
that it is producing some of its
com and sorghum seed bags with
Low-Input Ag Seminars
calcium (lime) in the soil com
plex, a widely discussed but little
understood relationship which
research has shown to be of vital
importance to the regulated
growth of plants resulting in great
er yields and higher quality agri
cultural products.
Franklin brings to this seminar
35 years of on-farm practical
research culminating in a well
founded understanding of the
LJSA approach and how it is best
implemented by farmers who rely
clutch adjustment and drive chain
accessibility for efficient repairs
and shorter down-time. ,'
All these standard features,
combined with a new frame dsign
and a new stronger top-pulley,
provide the V-4000 owner with
years of trouble-free service and
satisfaction at a very competitive
price.
Fransgard winches are avaial
ble through the J.S. Woodhouse
Co. Inc., 1314 Union St, P.O. Box
1169, West Springfield, MA
01090; 412/736-5462.
J.S. Woodhouse Company has
branches in Lewisbeny, Pa., Syra
cuse, N.Y., and Waterville, Me.
Seed Bags
biodegradable plastic liners made
from cornstarch. The Northrup
King com and sorghum seed bags
will prominently display the
National Com Growers Associa
tion’s (NCGA) degradable plastic
logo. The NCGA estimates that
the use of degradable plastics
could potentially create a 150-300
million bushel market for com.
“These are some of the ways we
support American farmers’ efforts
to And new uses for their pro
ducts,” says Keith Hoffman, vice
president of marketing, Northrup
King Co.
Ron Dodds
Hesston Introduces Equipment Financing
BETHEL (Berks Co.) For
the first time, financing of Hesston
equipment is availablelit Zimmer
man Farm Service through the
recently famed Hesston Credit
Corporation, according to Harvey
Zimmerman, owner of Zimmer
man Farm Service.
“Establishment of an indepen
dent, privately owned credit cor
poration strengthens the services
Hesston offers the agricultural
industry.” Zimmerman explains.
“Now we can finance equipment
at the lime of sale.”
on soil productivity for their liv
ing. His education came partially
from working at the side of Dr.
V.A. Tiedjens, author of the
authoritative “More Food From
Soil Science” and the developer of
modem agriculture’s most effi
cient liquid and solution fertil
izers.
Franklin, himself a published
researcher and nationally known
scientist, will also discuss tillage,
soil compaction, water retention
and nutrient availability. His pre
sentation will also include an
analysis of the impact of environ
mental issues on area farmers and
information on how to conserve
soil nutrition while eliminating
environmental concerns.
Among other seeming contra
dictions, Franklin will point out
that horticulturists have, for years,
utilized foliage application of
nutrition and asks, “Why have far
mers working with com, soy
beans, alfalfa, wheat and other
main line crops ignored this high
ly practical and efficient approach
which is so successful in other
agricultural areas?”
The seminar, expected to con
clude at 3:00 p.m. will allow for
questions concerning specific
plant nutrition problems.
Deere Introduces Rotary Disk Mower
MOBILE, IL—John Deere has
introduced a new rotary disk
mower, model 270, featuring
seven disks combined to cut a
9-foot 2-inch swath. The 270 has
the same low-profile, ground
hugging cutterbar design as the
240 and 260 rotary disk mowers.
High-speed rotating disks
each with two easy-to-replace
knives cut at 3030 rpm.
John Deere’s new rotary mower features seven disks combined to cut a 9-foot
2-inch swath. Easy-to-replace knives on high-speed rotating disks cut at 3030 rpm.
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Financing by Hesston Credit
Coiporation will be tailored to the
individual’s needs, according to
Zimmerman. Hesston Credit Cor
poration offers a full range of
competitive equity and standard
rate financing as well as lease
arrangements.
It also gives farmers access to:
* Financing outside of then
operating line of credit;
* Use of purchased equipment
as collateral with other capital
itemsnot required as collateral;
* A simplified, straightforward
credit application;
* Flexible payment terms;
* Physical damage insurance
included on retail installment con
Warren Firm Honored
At Pre-Show Banquet
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
A Warren County firm that
grew from a basement enterprise
in the founder’s home into a re
gional specialty-food processing
company has received the Penn
sylvania Department of Agricul
ture’s Agribusiness Award for
1990.
The Pellegrino Food Products
Co., a family operation since its
beginning in 1955, was presented
the award by Agriculture Secre
tary Boyd E. Wolff at the Depart
ment’s annual Pre-Farm Show
Dinner Saturday evening in
Harrisburg.
Accepting the award in behalf
of the firm were its founder and
chief executive officer, Anthony
Pellegrino Sr., and a son, Thomas,
company president. Another son,
Anthony Jr., is vice president
treasurer and director of
marketing.
‘The story behind the Pellegri
no company’s success provides
heartening reassurance that ideas,
initiative, persistence and family
vallues are all alive and function
ing as we enter the decade of the
nineties,” Wolff said.
Hydraulic lift raises and lowers
the cutterbar for transport or field
operation. An optional outer shoe
spring assist kit, to give additional
floatation in tough cutting condi
tions, and an optional tall-stubble
gauge shoe kit are available.
‘The 270 model was added to
our rotary disk mower line to meet
our customers needs,” said Mike
tracts on purchased equipment;
and
* One-stop shopping for equip
ment and the necessary financing.
Formation of Hesston Credit
Corporation results from con
tinued interest among dealers and
farmers, and represents a substan
tial investment in American agri
culture for Hesston.
Additional information on
financing equipment through Hes
ston Credit Corporation can be
obtained by contacting Zimmer
man at Zimmerman Farm Service.
For more information about the
Hesston Credit Corporation, con
tact Art Hammerstrom at Hesston,
708/260-4498.
‘This is also a vivid illustration
of how state government- in this
case the Department of
Agriculture- encourages agribus
iness growth for the benefit of the
economy.
“Last year the company
received a $90,000 grant under the
state’s Agricultural Entrepreneur
Development Program to help
finance a $250,000 expansion of
its production facilities,” the Sec
retary said.
The expansion project is
expected to increase the number
of employees from 30 to 60 within
the next year, according to
Anthony Pellegrino Jr. The com
pany’s sales have jumped from
approximately $300,000 in 1987
to $1,125,000 last year, he said.
The Pellegrino product line cur
rently is targeted at the quality
market in the Pittsburgh, Cleve
land, and New York areas, but the
owners plan to expand into the
Philadelphia-Baltimore-Washing
ton region and into Canada within
the next few years.
Bieber, product information man
ager, John Deere Ottumwa Works.
“Our customers wanted a mower
with a wider cut to match their lar
ger tractor’s horsepower and their
acreage requirements. Also, the
9-foot cut matches harvesting
machines such as round or
square balers better than the
narrower cuts.”