C6-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 28, 1993
J-Star Honors Nissley’s
CARLISLE (Cumberland Co.) Donald R. Nlssley of
Donald R. Nissley’s Feeding Equipment, Willow Street, ac
cepts his Gold MVP Award and Top Sales Leader • Starllne
Equipment from John Neill, right, president of J-Star Indus
tries.
The elite MVP Award (Major Volume Performer) recog
nizes the company's top dealers who have achieved gold,
silver, or bronze levels of sales and performance objec
tives during 1992.
The Top Sales Leaders Award recognizes the top sales
leaders for J-Star’s main product lines. The presentation
took place at J-Star’s regional dealer meeting held in Car
lisle. The meeting gave North American dealers an oppor
tunity to hear about new products, Innovations and pro
grams which J-Star Industries will be featuring for the bal
ance of 1993.
Spider Mites Pose Problem
For Soybean Growers
MOUNT JOY (Lancaster Co.)
Increasing populations of two
spotted spider mites may cause
problems for soybean producers in
Pennsylvania. Maryland and New
Jersey, according to a regional
agronomist.
Joe Mayer, agronomy manager
for Pioneer Hi-Bred International,
Inc., in Mount Joy. said that dry
weather conditions are prompting
an unchecked growth in spider
mite numbers, which may mean
damage to soybean plants and
possible yield losses.
“Spider mites are normally con
trolled by periodic rainfall that
washes the pests from the plants
and keeps them from causing
damage,” Mayer said. “Of course,
this year we’ve had a shortage of
this natural pest control.”
Mayer says that hot weather is
also contributing to the high spi
der mite population. “With cool or
moderate conditions, a mite will
take two or three weeks to repro
duce, but under hot conditions that
cycle is reduced to a week.” he
said.
Spider mites damage soybeans
by piercing the leaf surface and
extracting the plant’s juices.
Leaves become spMkled. turn yel
low and then brown. Some dam
aged leaves may drop from the
plant
Adult female mites typically
overwinter in the grass and weeds
at the edges of a field, so outside
rows are the first place to check
for a mite problem. According to
Mayer, a-grower should use a
hand lens to examine the under
side of soybean leavcs„for spider
mite webs or eggs. Another me-
ness
News
thod is to shake a soybean plant
over a white piece of paper.
“Mites almost look like.pcppcr on
the white background,” he said.
Unfortunately, control recom
mendations aren’t as straightfor
ward as identifying a problem in
the first place. “We don’t have
good economic threshold data for
mites, so that makes the decision
to treat more of an art than a sci
ence.” Mayer said. He suggests
several factors to consider when
making that decision. “If the
weather forecast is for more hot
and dry weather and you have
identified a mite problem, a treat
ment may be advisable but only
if you have a good stand and still
have some yield potential if you
do receive rainfall.”
The stage of the soybeans is
also important, according to May
er. “If soybeans reach the green
bean stage (R 6). treatment is not
recommended because most of the
yield loss occurs by this point.
Further yield losses are not likely
since most of the grain fill process
is complete.”
Growers may want to consider
a spot treatment, Mayer said. “If
you detect the problem early, a
treatment on the field edges may
keep the spider mites from spread
ing further into the field,” he said.
“Otherwise, treating the entire
field may be necessary.”
Pesticides labeled for mite con
trol include Cygon 400, Dimctho
ate 400, and Lorsban 4E. “As with
any pesticide, make sure to read
the label for correct application
rates and handling procedures,”
Mayer said.
Conduct Master Mix
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) Sensenig’s Feed Mill, in
conjunction with Master Mix
Feeds, recently conducted a tour
of Master Mix’s research facili
ties.
The group of approximately 45
customers and Sensenig em
ployees visited Central Soya’s
dairy TMR research farm in York
shire, Ohio; Central Soya's swine,
beef, calf, turkey, hen, and broiler
research facilities in Decatur. Ind.,
and finished up at Central Soya's
Pictured at the Berne, Ind. facility, left to right, Matt Schrage, Mike Sensenig, Max
Beer (owner), Karl Sensenig. Dr. Don Jaquette, and Jack Weaver (Sensenig em
ployee).
ATLANTA, Ga. Duane
Hemley, president of Hemley’s
Farm Equipment, Inc., Elizabeth
town, recently. attended the
AGCO Allis National Dealer
Panel meeting held here, accord
ing to Robert J. Ratliff, AGCO
president and CEO.
The National Dealer Panel con
sists of 12 representatives, one
from each AGCO U.S. and Cana
dian sales region. Panel members
are elected by their fellow AGCO
Allis dealers and meet twice year
ly with AGCO’ senior manage
ment The purpose of the National
Dealer Panel is to provide dealers
and the company with an oppor
tunity to discuss areas of mutual
concern and interest
‘Through this elite 12 member
panel, the more than 650 AGCO
Allis dealers have a loud voice on
important company issues and
affairs,” said Ratliff. “The con
tinued success of our company
depends on dealer input and the
valuable information they provide
AGCO management on products,
customer relations and trends in
the marketplace.”
LANSING, Mich. A new
center-inlet Aeroßaffle System,
featuring a design that virtually
eliminates condensation problems
in swine buildings and poultry
buildings, is available from Aero
tech, Inc.
The design has a foam-core baf
fle with an aluminum sheath. This
provides a lightweight yet stiff
baffle, and ensures that cold, in
coming air contacts only foam,
which minimizes condensation.
Sensenig’s Helps
Dairy ticstall, research facility in
Beme, Ind.
Central Soya personnel leading
the discussions and tours were Dr.
William Schmutz, Ph.D. lead re
search scientist-ruminant; Dr. Don
Jaquette, Ph.D. manager, market
support, ruminant; Matt Schrage,
dairy specialist; Dr. Gary F. Lew
is, Ph.D. associate swine nutri
tionist: Steve Vale, product mar
keting specialist, dairy; and Greg
Hill, district sales manager.
Hernley Attends National
Dealer Panel Meeting
Duans Ham lay, left, la shown receiving a plaqua from
Robert J. Ratliff, acknowledging his participation In the
meeting.
Aerobaffle™ System
For Center Inlets
The bottom, visible surface'is
completely covered by an alum
inum sheath to give the baffle a
dean, white appearance and to
protect the foam.
By eliminating condensation
and drafts, the Aeroßaffle breaks
up air stagnation to prevent the
dangerous buildup of ammonia
and odors.
The center-inlet Aeroßaffle,
available in 8-inch, 12-inch, and
16-inch widths, is raised and low-
Tour
The tour provided those in at
tendance a look at Master Mix’s
research facilities and previews of
new dairy and swine products
which are in the finishing stages of
development. Researchers also
stressed that improving existing
products is another major focus of
the research conducted. This is
evidenced by Master Mix’s recent
decision to double the levels of
Vitamin E in all of its dairy feeds.
ered by nylon-coated cable lift
lines controlled manually or by an
Aeroicch AeroSentry™ controller.
clamp nuts make adjust
ment and baffle alignment easy. -
Aerotech markets a full-line of
environmental control products,
including fans, evaporative cool
ing systems, heaters, and controls.
For more information, contact
Aerotech. Inc., 929 Terminal
Road, Lansing, MI 48906, (800)
227-AERO or (517) 323-2930.