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Tough Tires Handle Rough Terrain
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) Tired of flat tires on your
skid steer loader? Does the equip
ment “downtime” cost too much?
Ford New Holland has the an
swer— new Segmented skid steer
loader tires.
These new tires feature hollow,
easily replaceable rubber seg
ments that eliminate flat tire prob
lems. These tough tires can handle
even the roughest terrain with
ease.
Ford New Holland offers two
Greenhouse Systems Conference
ITHACA, N.Y. Greenhouse
Systems: Automation, Culture,
and Environment, a conference to
be held in New Brunswick, New
Jersey on July 20-22, will provide
m-deplh information on the engi
neering principles of greenhouse
system design and management.
Presentations focusing on current
technology and case studies will
relate the fundamentals to day-to
day management decisions.
The conference consists of four
half-day sessions. The automa
tion session will discuss sensors
lor monitoring the greenhouse
environment, controllers and com
puters for decision making, and
machines and layouts for efficient
operation. The culture session
will discuss water and nutrient
delivery and other factors that
affect plant growth and response.
The environment session will
discuss systems used to control
heat, lighting, and the gaseous
environment within the green
house. The last session will focus
on integrating the systems dis
cussed in the first three sessions to
create an efficient and profitable
greenhouse that minimizes envir
onmental impact.
Each evening will include
opportunities for focused learning.
On the first evening, workshops
will be offered; topics will be cho
sen based on input from confer
ence registrants on their registra
tion forms. During the second
evening, teams ot participants will
each design a greenhouse system.
The designs will be reviewed dur
ing the last session on the follow
ing day.
The intended audience includes
greenhouse production systems
owners and their advisors and
managers, equipment suppliers
and manufacturers, cooperative
extension educators, designers,
writers and publishers within the
industry, teachers, government
policy makers, and regulators.
The conference planning com
mittee includes Gene Giacomclli,
K. C. Ting, and William J.
Roberts, professors of biorcsourcc
engineering at Rutgers University:
Louis D. Albright, professor of
agricultural and biological engi
neering at Cornell University:
John W. Bartok, Jr., extension
professor of natural icsourccs
management and engineering at
the University of Connecticut; and
Segmented skid steer
loader tires feature hollow,
easily replaceable rubber
segments that eliminate flat
tire problems. These tough
tires can handle even the
roughest terrain with ease.
Marty Sailus, director of the
Northeast Regional Agricultural
Engineering Service.
The conference is being organ
ized by the Northeast Regional
Agricultural Engineering Service
(NRAES) and the Center of Con
trolled Environment Agriculture
at Rutgers University, in conjunc
tion with the American Society of
Agricultural Engineers. It will be
held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 2
Albany Street, New Brunswick,
New Jersey.
Registration postmarked before
Dauberman Appointed
District
LANDISVILLE (Lancaster
Co.) —Gary Dauberman of Belle
fonte has joined Hoffman Seeds,
Inc. as a district manager.
Dauberman will manage all
Hoffman sales outlets in central
Pennsylvania, including Hoffman
Service Centers and their asso
ciates.
A graduate of Penn State Uni
versity with a bachelor’s in agri
cultural science, he had been man
ager for Agway’s Bellefonte store
since 1989.
BASF To Market
Insecticidal Baits
RALEIGH, N.C. Two
target-specific insecticidal baits
for outstanding control of root
worm and cucumber beetles, but
with greatly reduced toxicant
levels, are being first offered in
1994 by the Agricultural Products
Group of BASF Corporation.
Slam® is for use against com
roolworm beetles, while Adios™
controls the cucumber beetles that
often severely cut yield and qual
ity of vegetables.
The launch, announced by Peter
Oakley, group vice president,
BASF Agricultural Products,
marks the entry of BASF into the'
ness
News
special tread designs to meet a
variety of applications. The indus
trial tread design features a thick
tread for excellent wear and trac
tion equal to that of pneumatic
tires. The traction tread design
features a wide tread for high flo
tation and a smooth, stable ride in '
rugged conditions. Both designs
include cut and tear resistant com
pound for extra durability.
For more information, contact
your local Ford New Holland
dealership.
June 19 is $350. Registration post
marked after June 19 and for
walk-ins is $4lO. This fee includes
admittance to the conference, one
lunch, breaks, a reception evening
workshops, and a copy of the con
ference proceedings. Make check
payable (in U.S. funds) payable to
NRAES and return your registra
tion form before June 19, 1994 to
NRAES, Cooperative Extension,
152 Riley-Robb Hall, Ithaca, NY
14853-5701. No refunds if notice
of cancellation is received after
July 8.
Manager
i
f *
U.S. agricultural insecticide
market.
“We believe the prescriptive
control approach, combining the
high efficacy, minimal environ
mental impact, and target-specific
qualities of Slam and Adios, is in
keeping with the concerns and
needs of our customers today,”
said Oakley.
“Slam and Adios are sprayable
bait formulations targeted specifi
cally at the Diabrotica family of
insects. These insects will feed
voraciously on this bait, which
means very little toxicant is
needed for control.
Gary Dauberman
Glass
N.E.
ITHACA, N.Y. Dave Glass,
a Northeast DHIA Field Techni
cian for the past IS years, has re
cently accepted a position as re
gion manager for Allegany and
Steuben counties in New York
and counties in north central and
western Pennsylvania.
The decision was made to add
another region to the organization
al structure to better service dair
ies in Pennsylvania and New
York. Northeast DHIA looks for
ward to this region realignment
because it means increased service
opportunities in the area. It also
means being able to provide cur
rent and future members with the
high qaulity service and support
AGCO To Acquire
Massey Ferguson
ATLANTA, Ga. AGCO
Corporation (NYSE AG) an
nounced that it has entered into an
agreement to acquire Massey Fer
guson Group Ltd. from Varity
Corporation for $3lO million cash
and 300,000 shares of AGCO
common stock, valuing the trans
action at approximately $328 mil
lion.
The acquisition will make
AGCO one of the world’s largest
manufacturers and distributors of
agricultural equipment, with esti
mated annual sales of $1.5 billion.
AGCO Corporation, headquar
tered in Duluth, Georgia, is cur
rently the exclusive distributor of
Massey Ferguson products in
North America. The acquisition of
U.K.-based Massey Ferguson,
which distributes its products to
140 countries, will make AGCO a
global manufacturer and distribu
tor of agricultural equipment
Insecticide
To Control Beetle
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) —A new 24(c) Special Local
Need Label permits use of Fura
dan® 4F Insecticide as a soil treat
ment to control striped cucumber
beetle in cucurbits.
Under terms of the label, the
flowable insecticide is applied in
furrow at planting, at a rate of 3.8
oz. per 1,030 linear feet of row. A
systemic insecticide, Furadan 4F
is taken up by the young plant and
kills beetles when they begin
feeding.
The registration is important
since supplies of granular Furadan
ISG will becotne increasingly
limited this season, according to
Steve Spangler, Pennsylvania
State University Extension associ
ate for vegetables and field crops.
Woods Introduces
Secondary Customer
Service
OREGON, 111. Woods
Equipment Company, a leading
producer of tractor-powered at
tachments, has inaugurated a sec
ond 800 phone line for its dealers.
Effective immediately, the
number. (800) 31-WOODS, is
available to Woods dealers as a
secondary customer service num
ber to be used for detailed product
and order inquiries only. Parts and
Up
Heads
DHIA
they have come to associate with
the Northeast DHIA organization.
For more information, contact
the DHIA Center at (800)
344-2697.
According to Robert J. Ratliff,
AGCO’s chairman and chief exe
cutive officer, “The acquisition of
Massey Ferguson represents a
logical next step in AGCO’s
growth strategy, adding to the suc
cessful acquisition of the North
American distribution operations
of Massey in January 1993. The
acquisition will also provide
AGCO Corporation with signifi
cant growth opportunities, includ
ing international expansion of
other AGCO products currently
sold principally in North Ameri
ca.’’
“The addition of Massey Fergu
son’s international m network of
4,000 dealers and distributors tov
AGCO’s 2,600 North
dealers will give AGCO the larg- '
est worldwide dealer network inf
the agricultural equipment indus-|
try,” said Ratliff.
Registered
Striped cucumber beetle is the
No. 1 insect pest in cucurbits, one ■
of Pennsylvania’s most important
vegetable crops. The overwinter
ing adult beetle emerges from soil
plant litter to attack melons,
squash, cucumbers and pumpkins
almost as soon as plants sprout •
from seed or are transplanted,
Spangler said. The beetle can
damage or destroy vines. It also'
spreads bacterial wilt disease ’
which is particularly fatal to can-;
taloupe and cucumber vines.
Applying Furadan 4F at plant- [
ing controls the striped cucumber ‘
beetle for a month or more, (
according to Steve Fisher, FMCI
sales representative for Pennsyl- |
vania. “Often no additional foliarw
spraying for this pest is needed,”,!
he said. 1
Number
whole goods orders are to contii
ue to be served by Woods’ pt
mary customer service fax numb
(800) 399-6637.
The new customer service (80(
line is created specifically f<
dealers to ask questions, get at
swers, and resolve issues direct!
with Woods Customer Servit
representatives, said Steve IS
wish, director of customer servici
New
Region
Dave Glass