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VOL 36 NO. 26
Governments Approve Ford/Fiat
V/ erger—Same Colors, Names Remain
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster Co.) —The
merger between Ford New Holland and a subsi
diary of Italy’s Fiat Group that was announced
in December has received the necessary gover
mcntal approvals, according to company
spokesmen, this week. The merger will form N.
H. Geotech, a $5 billion firm based in London.
Gcotech is owned, 80 percent by Fiat and 20
percent by Ford Motor Company, and has with
the merger enveloped 25 percent of the world
market in farm equipment and tractors.
New Holland Machine Works was founded
by Abram Zimmerman in New Holland, Lan
caster County, in 1895. The repair shop was
incorporated as New Holland Machine Com
pany in 1903. The local company made its
name in hay bailers because of the invention of
the automatic bale rope knotter.
Sperry Corp. acquired the New Holland
company in 1947, and Ford bought Sperry’s
New Holland division in 1987. The new com
pany employs over 30,000 people and is split
Senate Reconfirms
Sec. Boyd Wolff
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) The state Senate on
Wednesday reconfirmed Boyd Wolff as Pennsylvania’s sec
retary of agriculture.
The vote by the Senate which must approve appoint
ments by the governor to top administrative agency
positions was unanimous.
During the past four years as state agriculture secretary, the
59-ycar-old Wolff (he will be 60 on May 17), has overseen an
agency that has incorporated a number of new programs and
the continued refurbishing of the state Farm Show complex.
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Smith’s Guernseys: Breed Of Choice Or Heritage?
Dave stands with Lebanon Valley Star Elsie, at more than
8-years-old, she produced more than 22,000 pounds of milk
and 1,150 pounds of fat In a 365-day lactation. She is one of
the top cows of the Smith herd.
FOur Sactiont
into several divisions; Ford New Holland of
America, based in New Holland; Ford New
Holland Europe, based in Brussels, Belgium;
Ford New Holland Brazil, based in Curitiba,
Brazil; and tractor, farm and industrial divi
sions of FiatGeotech, based in Modena and
Turin, Italy.
Fiat named Robert M. Gerrily, Ford New
Holland’s chief executive officer, as executive
vice president of N. H. Goetech. Gerrity will
relocate to Geotech’s London offices and head
the world-wide operations of the Ford New
Holland of America unit
Mark Branstetter, Ford New Holland, public
affairs, said that from the farmer and dealer
viewpoint, everything will look the same. “We
are not going to change names or colors,” Bran
stetter said. “Since agriculture is one of Fiat’s
three main businesses-autos, trucks and agri
culture equipment-we ‘Ford New Holland’
mean a lot more to their company.”
Branstetter said the dealer network is to
remain the same and the company’s goals are to
continue to get high quality products to the
fanners.
Lancastar Farming, Saturday, May 11,1991
Boyd Wolff
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
PALMYRA (Lebanon
Co.) Lebanon County has been
the leader in the state for county
rolling herd averages for the past
two years.
It doesn’t have as many herds as
some counties, but for its size, it
has more than most. And what’s
even more remarkable is that herds
of most every breed of dairy cattle
can be found in the county.
One might expect that the coun
ty with the highest rolling herd
average would be almost com
pletely populated with Holstein
cows.
But in this limestone valley, a
smaller, northern sister to the Lan-
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If you want one of Linda Heisey’s strawberry pies, hurry to the
benefit auction held today at Kraybill Mennonite School In Mount
Joy. See page 814, for more about the Strawberry Lady who is
shown with daughtsr, Joy, 5.
Northwest Keystone Junior
Beef Classic May 26
MEADVILLE (Crawford Co.)
The Northwest Keystone Junior Beef
Classic will be held over Memorial
Day weekend at the Crawford County
Fairgrounds.
This is the seventh year for the all
breed heifer and steer show, which
last year saw young cattlemen and
women from four states exhibit nearly
300 head at the event.
The show is designed as a kick-off
for the summer show season and
gives youths, under 21 years of age,
an opportunity to enter competition
drawn from a larger area than usually
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caster Valley, there are strong
herds of Brown Swiss, Ayrshire.
Guernsey and some Jersey, in
addidon to the many Holstein
cattle.
And, until recently, Lebanon
Buckhout To Resign
As PA Council Executive
Carol Buckhout
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seen at the county fairs in which they
compete during the summer.
Entrants must be younger than 21
years of age and need not be a member
of either 4-H or FFA. However, it is
becoming a tradition for groups to
come to the Classic as a club. Since
the three-day Memorial Day weekend
allows Monday for rest and recupera
tion, and since the main show sche-
dule takes place on Sunday, young
cattle enthusiasts find the event a
favorite preview to the summer show
season.
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County had also escaped the eye of
real estate speculation that
scourged large areas of prime agri
cultural land in neighboring
counties.
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) The Pennsylvania Council
of Cooperatives (PCC) will be
looking for a new executive direc
tor. Carol Buckhoul of Boalsburg,
PA, the current executive director,
has announced her resignation
from the position, effective July 1,
1991. Ms. Buckhout has served as
PCC executive director for the
past two years. Her future plans
arc to spend more lime with her
family and to continue pursuing
her graduate work.
The Pennsylvania Council ol
Cooperatives is the statewide
trade association for agricultural
and rural cooperatives that serve
Pennsylvania. Organized formally
in 1933 as the Pennsylvania Asso
ciation of Farmer Cooperatives
19.00 Per Year
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