C6-lancnt«r Farming, Saturday, April 2, 1994
Purina Mills Introduces Dairy Feeds
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Purina
Mills, Inc. has introduced three
new feeds Ibr dairy cattle, cover
ing the entire range of herd needs.
All three products are available
from Purina dealers throughout
the U.S.
Purina Cornerstone™ heifer
feed is nutritionally balanced to
help heifers achieve the desired
height, weight, and body condi
tion for calving. Cornerstone is
available as a complete 13-per
cent, 18-pcrccnt, or 22-percent
protein ration in checker form, and
as an 18-percent or 36-percent
protein concentrate ration
designed to be fed with grain. Cor
nerstone complete rations are also
available in three TON levels to
match the needs of forage
programs.
“Cornerstone is designed to
balance a variety of forage types
and qualities, while optimizing
heifer growth in preparation for
breeding and calving,” said Purina
Mills nutritionist Dr. Barbara Bar
ton. “A properly sized heifer at
calving that means the right
height, weight and body
condition—can produce up to
1,000 pounds more milk during its
first lactation.”
Cornerstone features medica-
Disc Mowers Minimize
Crop Damage
COLUMBUS, Ind. The new,
heavy-duty Claas® Corto 240 D
and 280 D disc mowers cut along
the full width of the mower and
harvest quickly, cleanly.
An adjustable hitch ensures that
the entire working width can be
used even when the tractor is
equipped with wide tires. Corto
240 D has a 7 foot 10 inch work
ing width. The 280 D has a 9 foot
2 inch working width.
Designed to protect crop qual
ity, the mowers gently, but thor
oughly, harvest crop, minimizing
damage and produce wide, fluffy
swaths to optimize drying. They
feature disc gears that are
mounted on large dimensional ball
bearings, scaled gearbox housing.
York Farm Credit
Welcomes Field Rep
YORK (York Co.) Lydia *
Cunningham has joined the staff
of York Farm Credit, ACA as a
field representative. She will be
working with farm customers in
the Chambersburg area.
Cunningham earned her bache
lor’s in agronomy from California
State University and her masters
in ag economics from the Pennsyl
vania State University.
She has worked in various agri
cultural positions, including as a
crop consultant in western New
York and as a member of the
Peace Corps in Tanzania, where
she worked on an agricultural
research program.
Cunningham grew up on a part
time beef farm in Vermont. She
resides in Chambersburg,
ness
News
Purlna Mills, Inc. has intro
duced three new feeds for
dairy cattle, covering the
entire range of herd needs.
All three products are avail
able from Purina dealers
throughout the U.S.
tion and additive options specifi
cally for heifers.
Purina Prepare™ dry cow feed
also comes in complete and con
centrate forms. Prepare offers
optional formulations for different
TDN, protein, calcium, add pho-
Claas® new, heavy-duty
Corto 240 D and 280 D disc
mowers cut along the full
width of the mower and
harvest quickly, cleanly,
and ground pressure relief springs.
The mowers fold back if an obsta
cle is hit and fold hydraulically
from the tractor seat for transport
The disc mowers fit Category II
3-point hitches and have two
knives per disc.
Lydia Cunningham
sphorous levels. Prepare feeding
programs are designed to balance
the increased nutritional demands
of late pregnancy and to help the
transition to a lactating ration fol
lowing calving. *
“Most problems in early lacta
tion have their origins in the cow’s
dry period,” said Barton. “A dry
cow properly fed and cared for
prior to calving can produce an
extra 1,000-2,000 of milk pounds
during her next lactation. And a
cow that begins lactation in ideal
condition is far less likely to have
metabolic disorders or other
problems.”
Purina SUPER-EXT™ com
plete high-performance, high
energy milking ration with option
al formulations for TDN, protein,
calcium, and phosphorous fortifi
cations designed to balance any
forage program.
The highly palatable blend of
nuggets and pellets is designed to
help maintain a cow’s weight and
body condition after calving and
enhance milk production. In field
trials, cows fed SUPER-EXT pro
duced an average of 6.7 pounds
more milk pa day, while main
taining or improving milk
composition.
Herbicide
Registration
Environmental Provisions
WILMINGTON, Del. The
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) gave fanners and agribusi
ness a possible glimpse into the
future last week when it approved
registration of acetochlor herbi
cide for use on com.
The registration included a set
of environmental agreements and
conditions unique in the agricul
tural chemical industry.
The agreements are designed to
protect groundwater and surface
water. They include required
reductions in overall use of other
corn herbicides, monthly sam
pling of wells and surface water
supplies in seven states, early
detection measures to prevent
groundwater contamination, and
potential remedial actions ranging
from label revisions to cancella
tion of the registration.
Zeneca Ag Products, which will
market acetochlor as the active
ingredient in Surpass EC herbi
cide, said it supported EPA’s posi
tion on the registration.
“EPA, Zeneca, and our custom
ers have a common interest: clean
wells, lakes and rivers,” said Cin
dy Faulkner, regulatory product
manager for Zeneca.
'This product had to meet a
much higher standard of environ
mental protection than older her
bicides in the same class,” she
said. “The water monitoring prog
rams and additional scientific stu
dies require a substantial invest
ment of time, personnel, and
resources on our part. But we
understand EPA’s desire to handle
the environmental issues in this
manner.”
Corn Days
Provide Winners
YORK (York Co.) York
Farm Credit, ACA and MJ. Shef
fer, Inc. announce the winners of
Adams and York counties exten
sion Com Day drawings.
Louis Band and John Keiser
both of Gettysburg were the big
winners at the Adams County
Com Day held at the York Springs
Fireball.
Baral and Keiser won one
week’s free use of a new Case
Tractor sponsored by York Farm
Credit and MJ. Sheffer, Inc. of
Hanover. Harold Smith of MJ.
Sheffer.. will coordinate a week
this spring with the winners to
deliver the tractors for use on their
farms.
Richard E. Anderson, 111 of
Dallastown was the tractor winner
at the York County 4-H Center.
Anderson won one week’s free
use of a new Case Tractor also
sponsored by York Farm Credit
and M.J. Sheffer, Inc. of Hanover.
LaVere Miller of Glen Rock
won the $75 gift certificate for
Tractor Supply Company spon
sored by York Farm Qedit, ACA.
“We like working with local
machinery dealers to sponsor
prizes that really help farmers ”
said Mike Hosterman of York
Farm Credit, ACA. “The response
to these drawings has been great
and shows that York Farm Credit
and MJ. Sheffer, Inc. are dedi
cated to serving the needs of
farmers.”
Faulkner said that based on its
technical profile and on extensive
testing done to date, acetochlor
does not present a high risk to
water supplies or it would not
have been registered.
“It’s certainly no higher risk
than is posed by competing pro
ducts that aren’t subject to many
Harness Plus Herbicide
Approved For Corn Market
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Harness
Plus herbicide for control of gras
ses and certain broadleaf weeds in
com has been approved for use by
the U.S, Environmental Protection
Agency, Monsanto Co., manufac
turer of the new herbicide, has
announced.
“Harness Plus will offer U.S.
com farmers agronomic benefits
not available in currently used
com herbicides,” said Arnold
Donald, group vice President and
general manager of the Americas
Division of Monsanto’s Agricul
tural Group.
Compared with the leading cur
rently used products. Harness Plus
Loucks Receives Equipment Information
YORK (York Co.) Lester
Loucks of Loucks Grain Equip
ment, Inc., in York, recently
attended the mfs/YORK/Stormor
1994 National Sales Conference
in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Loucks received updated infor
mation on mfs and Stormor grain
Richard Anderson, left,
won the use of a tractor from
Greg Cornwell, York Farm
Credit.
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of a Case tractor at the
Adams County Corn Day. At
right is Mike Hosterman,
York Farm Credit.
Louis Baral, left, won the
use of a Case tractor from
Mike Hosterman, York Farm
t Credit.
Includes
of these restrictions,” she said.
“It’s clear that EPA decided it was
time to raise the standard. The
important thing is that in working
with EPA, we were able to deve
lop conditions and procedures that
are workable and allow corn
growers to use this product
effectively.”
provides superior weed control at
lower use rates, offers more flexi
bility in application timing, pro
vides better control of broadleaf
weeds, and offers better perfor
mance in drier conditions, Donald
said.
Fanners who used Harness Plus
in comparison trials in 1993 con
firmed its superior performance
on tough grass species such as
woolly cupgrass and on small
seeded broadleaf weeds such as
pigweed and lambsquarters.
Ninety-one percent of growers
rated Harness Plus equal or super
ior to their current overall grass
control program.
storage equipment and York grain
handling equipment.
New Products were introduced
and product changes were
announced Loucks participated in
group discussions on the various
product lines to further enhance
customer knowledge for use and
application.