Hudson Valley Tour In May
CHATHAM, N.Y. Col-Berk
Rural Tours announces its 1994
Tour of The Hudson Valley, New
York, and The Berkshire Hills of
Massachusetts.
From May 9-13, participants
will visit working farms, hobby
farms, historic sites, and experi
mental agricultural facilities.
Farm families with a mind for
changing of expanding their mar
kets, agricultural agents who wish
to get a closer look at alternative
farms, and others will find this
tour fun and informative.
Destinations include The Nor
man Rockwell Museum, a retire
ment farm, “high-tech” and “re
tro” dairy farms, a working farm
community, a Buffalo farm, an
Arabian horse farm, a Christmas
Tree farm, miniature horses, fruit
farms, a winery, a castle, a tour of
historic Albany, a visit with a lo
cal veterinarian, and more. Col-
Berk personnel and site staff will
provide commentary and answer
Zimmerman
NORCROSS, Ga. Zimmer
man’s Farm Service in Bethel, Pa.,
serving area farmers for 33 years,
is an authorized Gleaner combine
dealership, providing sales and
service support for Gleaner rotary
combines with grain tank capaci
ties ranging from 170 to 330 bush
els and diesel engines rated from
180 to 300 horsepower.
“Gleaner is a well-recognized
combine brand with a heritage of
quality and reliability,” said Har
vey Zimmerman, owner. “We in
vite farmers throughout the area to
stop by for a first-hand look at
these machines.
Leaders Seek Water Quality Solutions
WASHINGTON, D.C. Far
mer cooperative leaders teamed
up with business, government, and
non-profit leaders recently to con
vene the National Forum on Non
point Source Pollution.
At the opening session of this
year-long effort, Forum members
were charged with ratifying a
charter and providing direction to
special work groups responsible
for developing recommendations
for the Forum’s consideration.
The goal of the Forum, estab
lished by the National Geographic
Society and The Conservation
Fund, is to develop, implement,
and communicate to the public
innovative, non-regulatory solu
tions for nonpoint source pollution
based on market incentives, vol
untary initiatives, and education.
Principle sources of nonpoint
source pollution include water
runoff from farms, city streets,
residential lawns, parking lots,
and construction sites.
Congress is currently consider
ing Clean Water Act reauthoriza
tion legislation that would regu
late agricultural nonpoint source
runoff for the first time. The
national Council of Farmer
Cooperatives (NCFC) is commit-
9 complete with moat, Is featured as part of
Col-Berk’s Rural Tour. This diversified tour is from May
9-13. For Information, call (518) 392-4663.
questions.
Breakfast, morning snacks and
lunches «ach day and a Thursday
evening feast are included in the
cost of the package. The Tour be-
Gleaner
“We will stock replacement
parts for all present owners of
Gleaner combines, and maintain
an extensive parts inventory for
new combine purchasers,” said
Ella Mae Zimmerman, parts man
ager.
“During the harvest season, for
equipment-down emergencies, we
can source a needed part from any
of nine strategically-located
North American parts warehous
es. Most of these orders are ship
ped the same day they are placed,”
said Ellc Mac.
Carl Zimmerman, service man
ager, and the department’s service
technicians have many years ex-
ted to finding business-oriented
solutions to water quality issues
and demonstrating that the unique
farmer-cooperative partnership is
a willing player in the ongoing
search for workable, non
regulatory solutions.
Farmer cooperative representa
tives on the forum include:
• Glenn Webb, farmer. Webb
and his wife, Phyllis, own and
operate a 430 acre fruit and lives
tock farm near Tunnel Hill,
Illinois.
• Russell L. Hanlin, president
and CEO, Sunkist Growers, Inc.
Sherman Oaks, California. Sun
kist is a cooperative of 6,500
members in California and Arizo-
Sell Accepts Position
CURRYVILLE (Blair Co.)
H. Richard Sell recently accepted
a position of account officer for
Penn West Farm Credit, ACA
(Agriculture Credit Association)
in the Curryville office, according
to Eastern Service Area Vice Pre
sident Jay Chamberlin.
Sell has been with Farm Credit
for 14 years beginning in credit
and recently worked in records
and tax service. He will provide
ness
News
gins with a get-acquainted party
Monday evening at the Ramada
Inn in Albany, New York. For re
servations call Col-Berk Rural
Tours at (518) 392-4663.
Sells, Services
Combines
pcricnce performing professional
maintenance and repair work on
all brands of equipment. The de
partment is fully equipped to ser
vice Gleaner combines.
James Zimmerman is sales
manager for lawn and garden
equipment.
Zimmerman’s Farm Service is
located at 180 School Road in
Bethel. The phone is (717)
933-4114.
na with an average farm size of 40
acres.
• Robert C. Liuzzi, president
and CEO, representing member
owners of CF Industries, Inc., an
interregional agricultural fertilizer
cooperative headquartered in
Long Grove, Illinois.
Noting that Secretary of Agri
culture Mike Espy is one of three
Cabinet officials serving as ex
officio members of the Forum,
NCFC President Wayne Boutwell
said, “We are pleased that the Sec
retary is committed to helping find
solutions that will meet the dual
test of addressing water quality
challenges while permitting far
mers to stay in business.”
on-farm service to the agricultural
community in the Curryville area,
developing loans and servicing
customers with the financial pro
ducts they need.
Prior to working for Farm Cred
it, Sell was a vocational agricul
ture teacher in Hollidaysbuig. He
was raised on a dairy farm and
earned his bachelor’s and master’s
degrees in agricultural education
from Penn State University.
Cross Flow Fan Among AE 50
RACINE, Wis. —• A major
parts innovation for Case Interna
tional Axial-Flow® combines
White Oak Mills
Appoints 2
ELIZABETHTOWN (Lancas
ter Co.) White Oak Mills, a
fastly-expanding supplier of lives
tock and poultry feeds and pork
producer, recently filled its
accounts payable position with
Ruth Kreider, of Elizabethtown.
In addition to accounts payable,
Kreider is responsible for answer
ing telephones, taking customer
orders, and managing truckers’
files and mill production records.
A graduate of Donegal High
School, Kreider worked for NCR
in the stock tab department for the
past six years making sure con
tracts were priced correctly, hand
ling billing, working with sales
people and handling customer ser
vice activities.
Also, White Oak Mills, recently
appointed Christine Nolan, of Pal
myra, to the new project coordina
tor position.
Serving as liaison for the com
pany’s Pro Genetics division,
Nolan is responsible for customer
service activities as well as main
taining sow and finishing records
and thej;cnetic evaluation datab
ase boar list She also performs
administrative support duties,
serves as a Pro Genetics communi
cation link and assists with Pro -
enetics boar and gilt shipments.
the Cross Flow™ fan has been
named among the Agricultural
Engineering 50 as one of 1993’s
most outstanding innovations in
product or systems technology.
A panel of national engineering
experts chosen by Agricultural
Engineering magazine reviewed
nominations from component sup
pliers, equipment manufacturers
and systems developers represent
ing many different industries.
According to the magazine, the
panel selected developments that
“embodied the application of new
technology or the innovative
application of an older technolo
gy” and would make “worthwhile
contributions to the advancement
. outstanding Innovations, the Case
International Cross Flow™ fan offers combine owners
improved air distribution, reduced horsepower require
ments, and less noise-
Christine Nolan
A 1987 graduate of North
Allegheny High School, Nolan
received a bachelor of science
degree in dairy and animal science
from Pennsylvania State Universi
ty in 1992.
While attending college, she
was an active member of the Penn
State Block and Bridle Club for
which she served as coorespond
ing secretary, recording secretary
and catalog editor. Other Block
and Bridle activities in which she
was involved include calling com
mittee, Animal Products Specta
cular, Keystone International
Livestock Exposition, cattle
breaking, commodity tailgate and
Ag Hill Olympics.
In addition, she was a Little
International Show participant
where she was named Reserve
Simmental Showman and Fitter.
She also earned the Penn State
Grant Sherritt award, presented to
a hard-working senior, and the
Hard-working Individual Show
ing Beef award.
Following graduation, Nolan
worked as a dairy herdperson at
Drovers Inn Farms, located in
Butler County. Her responsibili
ties included herd health manage
ment, record keeping and general
production duties.
of engineering technology.”
The Case International Cross
Flow™ fan technology involves
tapering the fan blades to form a
patented Chevron pattern, which
enables the air coming from the
blades to penetrate the sieve area
evenly. “The angled blades are
always in contact with the fan cut
off and serve to slice the air, mak
ing for smooth, quiet operation
and reduced vibratiori and horse
power requirements,” said Gerry
Salzman, Case product manager
combines. “The fan reduces noise
and also significantly reduces the
need for cleaning system adjust
ments found on other designs.”