D6-Lancaster Farming Saturday, December 15,1990
Pa. Growers Claim
Wheat Yield Awards
GREENSBORO, N.C. A
state winner and two finalists from
Pennsylvania have been recog
nized in this year’s National
Wheat Yield Challenge.
Daryl Alger, Palmyra, won
among the state’s soft red winter
wheat entries. He produced a
93.15-bushel yield, which is 43.18
bushels more than the average for
Lebanon County. Second- and
third-place winners in the state
contest are Joseph S. Hilbish,
Northumberland (38.69-bushcls
differential) and Stephen Hoff
man, Bally (10.3 bushel).
The National Wheat Yield
Challenge is sponsored by Ciba-
Gcigy, maker of Tilt fungicide, in
conjunction with “Farm Journal
Wheat Today” magazine and “The
Wheat Grower,” the official publi
cation of the National Association
of Wheat Growers (NAWG).
Winners were determined based
on the greatest difference between
growers’ harvested yields vs. the
official five-year average yield of
wheat grown in individual
counties.
Contest fields included at least
10 continuous acres, while harvest
entries were from three or more
continuous acres. This is the first
year a national wheat yield contest
Keystone Farm Credit
Promotes Butz
SHOEMAKERSVILLE (Berks
Co.) Ricky Butz of the Fogels
ville branch of Keystone Farm
Credit, ACA was recently prom
oted to executive loan officer. The
announcement was made by pave
Smith, Fogelsville branch
manager.
Butz, a native of Mertztown,
Lehigh County, was graduated
from Emmaus High School and
Penn Slate University, where he
earned a B.S. in agricultural
mechanization in 1983. While at
Penn State, he was treasurer of the
Agricultural Mechanization Club
and formed an ag club on the
Allentown Campus. During high
school and college, Butz worked
on his neighbor’s crop and potato
farm.
Upon graduation, Butz joined
the Farm Credit Bank of Balti
more’s field representative prog
ram. After four months of field
representative training, he work
ed, for a lime, in the southeast
association before transferring to
Penn State Offers Wood
Marketing Workshops
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Penn State Cooperative
Extension is co-sponsoring mark
eting workshops for the wood pro
ducts industry.
The workshops, entitled “Street
Smart Marketing; Practical Tools
for Surviving Down Markets,” are
two-day events designed to con
ness
News
has been conducted!
More than 400 growers across
the country qualified for state
awards by winning county
competitions.
Alger receives a trophy and is
eligible for a national award.
National first-place winners
receive a trip for two to the
NAWG annual meeting at Tarpon
Springs, Fla., in January 1991.
Second- and third-place national
finalists receive cash awards.
National first-place winners
who used Tilt for their entries also
qualify for the “Tilt Bonus,” an
all-expcnse-paid trip to England to
lour intensive management wheat
plots. Alger used Tilt to produce
his award-winning Yield Chal
lenge entry.
Tilt is a popular wheat fungi
cide that controls major foliar dis
eases including rusts, blights, and
Septoria. Foliar diseases can
reduce crop yields by as much as
30 percent each year. In more than
700 test plots across the nation,
Tilt has increased yields by an
average of 17 percent, offering an
average 2:1 return per acre.
Growers should contact their
local agrichemical dealer for
information on the 1991 National
Wheat Yield Challenge program.
Ricky Butz
the Fogelsville branch. He was
promoted to loan officer in the
spring of 1985 and to senior loan
officer in 1988.
vey market assessment, customer
identification, and sales manage
ment techniques that will help
wood product firms maintain and
expand sales and profits in down
markets. The workshops will be
discussion-oriented and hands-on.
The workshops will be held at
two locations and times. The first
Kubota’s Wheel Loader Features LST
COMPTON, Calif. Kubota
Tractor Corporation recently
added the rugged R5lO to its
growing line of articulated wheel
loaders.
The R5lO is powered by a 4-cy
linder, liquid-cooled, 50-horsc
powcr diesel engine, which can be
applied to industrial uses, land
scaping, plumbing, ranching,
fanning, and nursery needs.
The new R5lO features load
sensing transmission (LST), which
automatically changes from high
speed, low torque to low speed,
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R5lO wheel loader Is ideal for the demanding tasks associated with industrial, land
scape, ranch, farm, nursery, and plumbing uses.
Local Grower Attends Fertilizer Seminar
MILAN, Ohio Melvin M.
Martin, Lititz, Pa., attended an
annual research and sales develop
ment seminar conducted by Grow
ers Fertilizer Solutions.
On December 4 and 5, Martin
joined more than 110 agribusiness
people from the United States and
Canada for the two-day event,
held in Milan.
Growers Fertilizer Solutions, a
completely biodegradable pro
duct, was developed by Dr. V.A.
Tiedjcns, former director of the
Virginia Truck Experimental Sta
tion at Norfolk, Va.
Tiedjens spent more than 30
years in fundamental research
before perfecting the growers
nutrition formula. He is a leading
Snyder Becomes Penn-Jersey
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Penn-Jersey Farm & Power
Equipment Dealers’ Association
is happy to announce its president
for 1990-1991.
Donald B. Snyder, owner and
president of Snyder’s Inc., of Wat
sontown, Pennsylvania, was
recently elected president of the
will be held January 23-24, 1991
in Lewisburg at the Brynwood
Inn, (717) 524-2121. The second
will be held February 6-7,1991, in
Brookville at the Days Inn, (717)
849-8001. There is a $75 registra
tion fee. The fee covers a note
book of course materials, coffee
breaks for both days, and two
luncheons. Registration is limited
to 30 participants.
For information on registration,
contact the short course office at
(814) 865-8301. For information
on workshop content, contact
John Bodenman, (814) 863-0401.
high torque as load conditions
increase, eliminating operator
guesswork.
The new wheel loader provides
40 degrees fully articulated steer
ing and 4-wheel drive. Quick and
smooth direction change without
clutching or braking is possible
with the RSlO’s electric shuttle
shifting.
Operating weight with two post
ROPS/FOPS for the R5lO is 8,585
pounds, with hydraulic lifting
capacity of 4,310 pounds. The
hydraulic quick coupler allows the
experimenter with hydroponic
growth (plants which grow in a
water-based solution, rather than
soil) and is the author of the
“More Food From Soil Science,” a
discussion of growth requirements
for plants and the damage which
can be done to soils through the
excessive use of granular
fertilizers.
Growers Fertilizer Solutions,
now with 36 years of commercial
on-farm use, is a leading develop
er of foliage fertilizers and has
pioneered the direct-10-the-seed
application for field crops.
Growers users experience con
sistently outstanding yield vs. cost
results and are known for produc
ing crops of the highest quality
Dealer President
Penn-Jersey Farm & Power
Equipment Dealers’ Association
at their annual management con
ference held at Seven Springs
Resort. Champion, Pennsylvania.
Snyder’s Inc., was started in
1948 by Don’s father, Web Snyd
er. Don has been involved in the
business from that time on.
They started with Gehl Com
pany in 1948 and added Massey-
Harris (Massey-Ferguson) line in
1950. Garden Way was added in
1974 and Bolens Corporation in
1978.
Don has served on the Penn-
Jersey Board of Directors for nine
years with numerous committee
chairmanships. He is chairman of
HEALTH KICK
operator to connect and disconnect
attachments quickly and easily
without leaving the operator seat.
General purpose, light material
and multi-purpose buckets, as well
as pallet forks, are optional
attachments.
The new R5lO articulated wheel
loader is available through author
ized Kubota dealers. For more
information about these or other
Kubota products, contact Kubota
Tractor Corporation, 550 W. Arle
sia Boulevard, Compton, CA
90220.
(such as com with 58-60 pound
test weights augmenting protein
levels of 9 to 13 percent) accord
ing to the company.
Hay raised with the Growers
Program often reaches the 23 to 26
percent protein levels. Higher
quality crops translates directly
into lower feed costs and healthier
animals.
Martin, by attending this semi
nar, updated his knowledge of
Growers products and the firm’s
research procedures and results.
He also heard from representa
tives in other areas about their cus
tomers ’ profitable experiences
and results from a variety of farms
with varying soil and climatic
conditions.
the Muncy Creek Township Zon
ing Hearing Board, was chairman
of the Muncy Creek Township
Supervisors, and a past member of
the Jaycee’s and Rotary Club.
Don’s wife, Sherry, is vice
president in the business. They
have one son, Keith, and two
grandchildren, Christopher, 18,
and Becky, 9. Keith and his wife,
Debbie, are in the family business
with them.
Don lives in Muncy, Pennsyl
vania, with his wife. Sherry.
Don’s father was president of the
association in 1981. Don will
serve as president until the next
convention in November, 1991, at
Mount Laurel Resort Hotel.