C4-Lincaster Farming, Saturday, September 24, 1994 Binkley & Hurst Sizes Up Folding Planters LITITZ (Lancaster Co.) — Donald Hoover and Mervin Niss ly, Planting & Seeding Sales Technicians from Binkley & Hurst Bros., witnessed the unveil ing of some innovative folding planters while attending an inten sive, day-long national sales meeting at Kinze Manufacturing, Inc., in Williamsburg, lowa. Hoover and Nissly viewed several product introductions, including a new line of large, highly versatile 2600 Twin- Line® Planter, which are capable of folding (in-line) down to 11 feet 2 inches wide for transport, # and Kinze’s giant 25-row, center flex 2700 Front Folding Planter (which transports at 14 feet wide). The sales technicians also participated in a series of work shops dealing with the latest trends, technologies and improve ments in planting, mechanical READING (Berks Co.) A listening panel of top congression al staff and USDA officials lis tened recently as people from all sectors of the agricultural industry talked about problems they have had with the 1985 and 1990 Farm Bills and what they hope will be included or excluded from the 1995 Farm Bill being developed now. The Food Security Act, more commonly known as the Farm Bill, is one of the most important pieces of legislation that affects all citizens of the United States. Farm Bills that were passed in 1985 and 1990 held conservation provisions that directly affected the way far mers farm and produce food. While many farmers are not opposed to land stewardship and protection of the natural resource on their property, implementation of the previous two Farm Bills left them with many problems and concerns not experienced before in other Farm Bills. The forum, sponsored by USDA and the Soil and Water Conservation Society, was the fourth of eight forums that will be held around the United States to gain feedback toward develop ment of the 1995 Farm Bill. There are also four urban focus groups that are also being held in an attempt to listen to the people working in these areas talk about the problems they are having get ting conservation work such as urban forestry also covered in the 1990 Farm Bill accomplished. Norm Berg, the Washington, D.C. representative of the Soil and Water Conservation Society, began the forum by telling the assembled group that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been required by the provisions of the previous two Farm Bills to do ness News The new Kinze Model 2600 Twin Line Planters, shown above, were part of a major new equipment pre sentation during a national sales meeting conducted at Kinze’s headquarter in Williamsburg lowa. Don Hoover & Mervln Nissly, Kinze Sales Dept., Binkley & Hurst Bros. Inc. attended. crop cultivation, and harvesting, and they toured Kinze’s newly expanded manfacturing complex. Farm Bill more with erosion control and protection of water quality, wild life habitat, and other related natural resources. He explained that each participate in the forum had been asked to talk about the problems they were experiencing because of these provisions, to discuss briefly what the causes of the problems were, and then to address what Congress and gov ernment agencies could do to address these concerns in the next Farm Bill. “USDA with their conservation and forestry programs are being asked to do more with conserva tion of our natural resources. We are being asked to do this while still maintaining what we do best: producing the best and safest food supply in the world,” he said. A listening panel had been set up and included Tim Smith repre senting Congressman Tim Holden of Pennsylvania; Tom Hebert, deputy assistant secretary of natural resources and environment Co-Operative Feed Dealers Acquires Fox Company CHENANGO BRIDGE, N.Y.—Co-operative Feed Deal ers, Inc. (CFD) has purchased The Fox Co., of Newfield, N.J., a sales agency that markets animal health and specialty feed products throughout the Northeast and eastern Canada. A joint statement issued by Lon Stephens, general manager of CFD, and Rex S. Fox, presi dent of The Fox Co., said the sale which took place Sept. I includes The Fox Company’s warehouses. Selma, Ala. —Bush Hogs new 90-inch wide air tunnel finishing mower is designed to' handle the large volume of material as well as dry and dew-covered grass that both commercial operators and property owners encounter fre quently. “High volume of material, dry, and dew-covered grass are a real ity of lawn maintenance,” said Robert O. Moore, Bush Hog vice president, sales. “The new ATH -900 air tunnel mower will increase productivity because it ST LOUIS, Mo. More than 2,000 of the nation’s top growers and industry leaders will take cen ter stage in Nashville, Tenn., February 26-28, at the National Corn Growers Association’s (NCGA) 1995 Com Classic. ‘This year’s annual com indus try event is bound to be a chart buster with the toe tappin’ loca tion, top-hit speakers and enter tainers, profit-boosting seminars and 250+ exhibit trade show,” said Glade Snoberger, Com Class ic chairman and com grower from Aurora, Neb. “And if those aren’t enough reasons to beat the band, many farmers and their families join the group each year primarily to share ideas with other success ful growers.” NCGA’s 37th annual conven- Forum Explores Future in USDA; Pearlie Reed, associate chief or the Soil Conservation Ser vice; Richard Duncan, Pennsylva nia state conservationist through the Soil Conservation Service; Cheryl Cook from the Farmer’s Home Administration; William Bamgartner, state executive direc tor of the Agricultural Stabiliza tion and Conservation Service; Dick Van Noy, Pennsylvania State Conservation Commission; and James Grace, Pennsylvania state forester. The first panel of the day began with a fanner. Jane Seidel, a Berks County dairy producer, talked about the problems associated with animal waste and other waste management. She stated that with the overall management of waste, the farm was turning into one big landfill. Besides the management of their own animal waste, other waste, such as newspapers and tires, was being shredded and used on farmns. Seidel stated problems with waste management are equipment, and inventory in Broadway, Va. and other assets. The sale was arranged by Hen drick Wentink of The Mont gomery Group, Inc. According to the statement, The Fox Company will continue to operate as a sales agency, a separate division of Co operative Feed Dealers. The Fox Company’s main office will remain in Newfield, N.J. and serve as headquarters for sales and service personnel. Air Tunnel Designed For Heavy Material The ATH-900 completes the Bush Hog air tunnel line with 60,72, and 90-inch wide models. provides a finished appearance in the heavy material and dew-cov ered grass conditions that are Growers On Bandwagon To Attend Corn Classic tion and trade show is slated to be a hit from beginning to end. Legendary football star Terry Bradshaw will kick-off the open ing general session, sponsored by DowElanco. The grand finale Tuesday Evening of Entertain ment, sponsored by Monsanto Company, will feature Louise Mandrcll and Lee Greenwood at the historic Ryman Auditorium. Recently reopened after a $8.5 million renovation, Ryman Audi torium has earned its reputation as the “Carnegie Hall of the South.” In addition to music, Nashville offers many other treasures to dis cover riverboat cruises, Civil War history, antebellum man sions, the famed Parthenon, Presi dent Andrew Jackson’s home The Hermitage, factory outlet center nothing new and read a report of waste management from the du>s of Plato. The report stated that when the stables filled up to capacity with animal waste, the river was diverted to sweep through the stables and clean them out. Seidel explained how waste management affected water qual ity downstream after heavy rain fall. While she agreed that man agement of animal waste had many benefits, she also cautioned that the management practices employed by farmers must be financially sound or they would not be adopted. She cautioned government officials on the listen ing panel that they had to set prior ities too. If it was important to dic tate the preservation and' protec tion of agricultural land, they had to stand ready to help farmers explore opportunities to make it financially sound and easy for the farmer to adopt this attitude too. The environmental community was also represented on the first panel through Lamonte Garber representing the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture. Garber talked about sustainable agricul ture as farming for the long term that protects family farms. He said we need to look at farming the way we are doing it now and make more of an effort to promote agri culture that is sensitive to the degradation of soil and water. Garber thought that agencies such as the Soil Conservation Ser vice were being hindered by staf fing cuts which would result in a reduction of conservation prac tices applied to the land. He .said that these practices reduce N the nonpount source of pollution. He also said that many farming pro ducers need more education with regard to water quality. He said often the reality of lawn mainte nance at parks, commercial build ings, estates, public buildings, airports, and farms. It delivers a finished cut in these conditions while providing low, easy main tenance and long-term durabili ty.” The ATH-900 completes the Bush Hog air tunnel line with 60, 72, and 90-inch wide models. For more information, contact Bush Hog, Dept. NR-ATH, P. O. Box 1039, Selma, AL 36701, (205)872-6261. shopping, golf courses, lakes for boating, woods for hiking, and more. For Nashville information, call their tourism hotline at (613) 259-4700. To register for Com Classic, call NCGA at (314) 275-9915. Strickland Appointed LANDIS VILLE (Lancaster Co.) Hoffman Seeds, Inc. has appointed Steve Strickland, Bain bridge, as sales representative for Lancaster County. Strickland will handle the full line of Hoffman products, includ ing Funk’s G® Brand hybrid com. Strickland has lived in the com munity 30 years and has been farming for IS years. He is involved in crop farming, raising steers, and managing layer houses. that when a farmer produces an acre of com, he or she doesn’t necessary understand what leach es into the soil and/or water sys tems when it rains. They don't understand what it is that happens nor how it affects the overall environment. Throughout the day, problems were also experienced by others directly and indirectly involved in the farming industry. For exam ple, Robert Yunker, representing the New York Land Improvement Contractors, talked to the panel about his inability to help farmers in installing conservation prac tices that would aid in water qual ity management He said it was a nightmare of regulatory abuse to wade through the paperwork, the permitting processes, the feeds, the overlapping or duplication of different agencies to try to get a single job done. He also felt own er’s rights were being diminished by government action and regularion “Government authority needs to be through the people who are governed not through those who are so out of touch with real life situations,” Yunker said. Since the 1990 Farm Bill also included the Forestry Stewardship emphasis, there were several for um participants who talked about forestry. Nancy Wolf, represent ing the Environmental Action Coalition and Alliance for Com munity Trees, said her state of New York had experienced a wonderful surge in urban forestry management and appealed to the panel to maintain this program in the 1995 Farm Bill. She stated that all forestry, whether rural or urban is part of the overall eco-system and that without more of it, espe cially in urban and suburban areas, sprawl will continue everywhere. (Turn to Pago 06)
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