C4-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 19, 1994 Franklin County Winners At Dairy Day What will this year’s milk price be? That was 'the question asked of farmers at the recently held 1994 Franklin County Dairy Day. Last year, that same question was asked. For Lester Wingert and Ronald Shadle, the answer was simple, $12.98/cwt. For their cor rect prediction they split $lOO cash from York Farm Credit, ACA. Ardell Eby and Jerry Yeager were also winners of SlOO cash prizes sponsored by York Farm Credit. The grand prize winner was Clement Haldeman. He received a $2OO discount certificate toward the purchase of a York Farm Cred it Financial Management Service Package. Osborne Becomes Territory Manager SYRACUSE, N.Y. Irene Benner Osborne has been promot ed to Telmark territory manager of south central Pennsylvania, north ern Maryland, and eastern West Virginia. Osborne, a Pennsylvania na tive, is a dairy science graduate of Virginia Polytechnical Institute who was raised on her family’s Pennsylvania dairy garm (Santee- Acres) in Perry County. Osborne received the honor of being named a National Distin guished Junior Holstein member by the National Holstein Associa tion in 1988. She also captured many honors while exhibiting her Santee-Acres bred dairy cattle. Woods Equipment National Sales Director OREGON, 111. Woods Equipment Company has appoint ed Steve Farmer, 58, to director of national sales, with responsibility for the company’s network of ap proximately 3,800 independent farm equipment dealers and its en ure dealer sales organization. The position reports directly to Woods President and Chief Executive Of ficer Tom Laird. Appraiser Joins York Farm Credit YORK (York Co.) York Farm Credit, ACA announces that Merril Brofee joined the staff of its appraisal department recently. Although he works out of the York office, Brofee will eventual ly be headquartered in the Carlisle branch so that he may effectively serve members m Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, and Perry coun ties. » Brofee earned his masters of education in agriculture from the Pennsylvania State University and was previously employed by Homestead Federal Savings Asso ciation. He is a native of Perry County, where he was a partner in Nekoda View Farms. ness News From left, Lester Winged, Ronald Shadle, and Clement Haldeman were all winners at the recent Franklin County Dairy Day, standing with Daniel Brogdon, dairy lending specialist for York Farm Credit. Missing from photo: Ardell Eby and Jerry Yeager. Irene Benner Osborne "Steve brings a perfectly bal anced background for the position including 18 years of experience owning and running a farm equip ment dealership and another 11 years as a member of the Woods team,” said Laird. “His entire career has been spent working both sides of the supplier-dealer relationship, making him uniquely qualified to assume this important Merril Brofee While attending Virginia Tech, Osborne was on the Virginia Tech Dairy Judging Team that placed first at the All-American contest. She was also an active member of the nationally recognized Virginia Tech Dairy Club, holding several offices and chairmanships. Osborne is active in Pennsylva nia’s dairy industry. She owns fif ty-five (55) registered Holsteins and offers financing for dairy buildings and equipment through Telmark Inc. lease financing. To contact Irene Benner Os borne for information about lease financing for your dairy operation, call (717) 589-7660. Names responsibility at Woods.” Farmer’s background includes three years in field sales manage ment for the former International Harvester in the mid- to late -19605, 18 years owning and run ning successful farm equipment dealerships, and II years with Woods Equipment Company, most recently as regional manager for sales in its Southern Region. Ron Tiller, a Woods district manager working under Farmer, will assume Farmer’s responsi bilities as regional manager for the southern region. Rohm And Haas Expands Ag Business PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Rohm and Haas Company Vice President' John F. Talucci an nounced the signing of a letter of intent for Rohm and Haas to pur chase from Monsanto Company its worldwide pyridine family of chemistry, a new fungicide, and certain assets related to these busi nesses. The agreement includes Dtthio- Bair Honored HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Robert A. Bair, right, auctioneer from Wiightsville, Is recognized by Pennsylva nia Auctioneer State President Sherman Hostetler Jr. with second place honors In the 1993/1994 Audio Auction Ad vertising Contest at the 46th Annual State Auctioneer Con vention. Bair’s radio advertisement for sale of real estate and per sonal property was Judged for excellence in design, effec tive salesmanship, and overall production quality. A professional auctioneer since 1960, Bair serves the York/Lancaster County area with an office at 343 North Second Street, Columbia, PA 17512. He is a member of the Pennsylvania and National Auctioneer associations. Precision Farming Group Expands Interests MOLINE, ILL. Deere Preci sion Farming Group, established by Deere & Company in August to lead and coordinate the develop ment of an integrated John Deere precision farming system, was re cently expanded with Deere & Company’s acquisition of a min ority interest in three Illinois com panies. Terms of the agreement were not announced. The companies, owned by Ron and Ann Olson of Frankfort, 111., include Top-Soil Testing Service Company, Applications Mapping, Inc. (AMI), and American La boratory for Environmental Ex- Pfizer Names Public Affairs Director LEE’s SUMMIT, Mo. Pfiz er’s North American Animal Health Division has announced the appointment of Karen DeQua sie as director of public affairs. DeQuasie will report to the vice president, general manager and have overall responsibility for the division’s public affairs function. Prior to joining Pfizer, De- Quasie was an account supervisor with McCormick Advertising in Kansas City, Mo., with primary responsibility for development and implementation of communi cations programs for several ma jor animal health accounts. Previously, she obtained signi ficant public relations experience pyr herbicide sold under the trade name Dimension and Thiazopyr herbicide sold under the trade name Visor. Dimension herbicide is sold in the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia for turf applications. Visor herbicide is registered for sale in Spain for orchards and olive groves and in South Africa for tree fruit and forestry. cellence. Top-Soil provides soil testing, plant tissue analysis, crop scout ing, crop management and en vironmental consulting services; AMI develops and sells software and provides technology transfer expertise to implement site-speci fic technologies in farming; and American Lab provides industrial hygiene services, lab services and environmental assessments. The minority investment in the three companies will allow Deere to expand its research into the in tegration of precision farming technology into Deere equipment. via assignments of increasing re sponsibility at Cattle Marketeing Information Service, Denver, Colo.; Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt, Omaha, Neb.; and War ren Anderson Advertising, Daven port, lowa. Funk’s 4393 IMR Offers Pursuit Resistance LANDISVILLE (Lancaster Co.) Hoffman Seeds is offering farmers Funk’s G® brand 4393 IMR, an Imidazolinone-resistant (IMR) version of 4393. It is label ed for direct application of Pursuit and provides protection from car ry-over of other Imidazolinone herbicides. Ciba Seeds, which produces Funk’s hybrids, obtained the li cense for IMR technology from American Cyanamid. 4393 IMR adapts to a wide variety of soils types and performs well even under drought stress. A IOS-day hybrid, it also responds well to high management prac tices. For more information about 4393 IMR, call Hoffman Seeds, (800) 776-7929.
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