for post-emergence spraying
& no till conditions
• Safety accessories available:
* chemical inductor
* clean water dispenser
* boom flushing and tank rinsing systems
PENNSYLVANIA
BLOOMSBURG
D&E EQUIPMENT
307 Edgar Ave.
717-784-5217
CHAMBERSBURG
FARM SERVICE
975 S. Mam St.
717-264-3533
HINES EQUIPMENT
Cresson - 814-886-4183
Altoona- 814-742-8171
GEO. V. SEIPLE &
SON, INC.
1521 Van Buren Rd.
610-258-7146
CA7ENOVIA
CAZENOVIA
EQUIPMENT
3200 Rt. 20 East
315-655-8620
3987 Rt. 11 South, Cortland
607-756-5603
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CHEMICAL INDUCTOR
MORRIS
INTERNATIONAL,
INC.
Rt. 26 North
814-652-6101
KITTANNING
W.C. CRYTZER
EQUIPMENT, INC.
Route 85
412-543-2441
STANLEY’S FARM
SERVICE
RD #l, Box 46, Off Rt. 125
717-648-2088
LEWISBURG
ERDLEYFARM
EQUIPMENT
Salem Church Road,
Off Rt. 45
717-524-2408
CLYMER
GALLUP & TEN
HAKEN
8922 W. Main St.
716-355-4236
• 500,650,800,950 & 1000
gal. tanks
• Diaphragm pump
• EC electric controls (150 psi+)
with HardiMatic & constant
pressure
• Snap Fit Color Tips w
• 650 and 950 have
tank designs
KERMIT K. KISTLER
Rt. 143,
99 King Hwy.
610-298-2011
LONE MAPLE
SALES
Route 119
412-668-7172
NEW HOLLAND
ABC GROFF, INC.
110 S. Railroad Ave.
717-354-4191
ECKROTH BROS.
FARM EQUIPMENT
Rt. 443 & 895
717-043-2131
MEW HAMPTON
SOSLERS GARDEN
Rt. 17M
(Near Middletown)
014-374-3621
MILL HALL
DOTTERER
EQUIPMENT
Route 64
1-800-356-3397
STQNEBORO
ELDER
SALES/SERVICE
Greenville Sandy Lake Road
412-376-3740
SPE INC.
Tomahawk Rd.
717-265-4440
BARTRON SUPPLY
Route 92
717-836-4011
RIVER HEAD
LONG ISLAND
CONSTRUCTION
1241 Old Country Rd.
516-727-8700
NEW JERSEY
FARM RITE, INC.
122 Old Cohansey Rd.
609-451-1368
MARYLAND
FREDERICK
D.W. OGG
EQUIPMENT CO.
5149 Cap Stine Rd.
301-473-4250
LINEBORO
WERTZ FARM
EQUIPMENT
4132 East Mam
1-800-839-1992
Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming,
Saturday, February 11,1995—Page 17
Commitment To
NCGA
SHELTON, Neb. Missed basketball
games. From time to time, that thought
comes to mind when Rod Gangwish con
templates the year ahead. As newly elected
president of the National Corn Growers
Association (NCGA), Gangwish expects
that he’ll be investing lots of time in meet
ing the responsibilities of NCGA’s presiden
cy this year.
Leadership comes with a price. But for
Gangwish, the opportunity to lead NCGA is
a commitment that, at least for a while, will
have to be first. Gangwish, who with the
help of two full-time employees farms
1,400 furrow-irrigated acres of com, soy
beans and alfalfa near Shelton, Neb.
Gangwish has two teenage sons and a
daughter who help out on the farm. Gang
wish’s wife Jane works as a physical thera
pist.
As the volunteer, elected leader of nearly
30,000 com growers, Gangwish has a big
responsibility. Congress is reaching increas
ingly crucial points in its consideration of
the 1995 farm bill. And com growers are
positioning themselves to help set the poli
cies that will affect them.
“There are many facets to the farm bill.
There are many pieces of legislation that
will affect the farm bill,” said Gangwish.
“There will be more debate on clean water,
clean air, the environment and conservation
reserve. Com growers have to be prepared.
If we don’t take the opportunity to take the
lead on the issues that affect us, we forfeit
the chance to have a voice in the outcome.
“We have to assess which battles we can
influence and which ones we can win. And
even if we can’t win an issue, we must at
least speak our piece,” said Gangwish.
Eleven years ago, Gangwish began par
ticipating in the local com growers associa
tion’s group in Buffalo County, Neb.
“NCGA was an organization bettering a
segment of agriculture I was interested in,”
he said. “It gave me a chance to make a dif
ference and have a voice in what’s impor
tant to me. In some small way, I felt I could
participate in bringing new products to mar
ket.”
That interest in new products still drives
Gangwish. Policy decisions made in Wash
ington, D.C. will continue to profoundly
affect the growth of new market opportuni
ties, he believes.
“New uses for agricultural commodities
will be a major part of the ‘95 farm bill,”
said Gangwish. “There are indications that
the federal government will be moving
away from traditional farm payments and is
looking toward supporting new uses and
new products to increase demand for com.
As com growers, we must use resources like
partnership dollars that we find in the gov
ernment to help us search for new uses and
new demand for our crop.”
During the past several years,com grow
ers have worked diligently to increase
demand for ethanol. And Gangwish expects
that struggle to continue, even though the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) recently granted a 30 percent market
share over two years to renewable fuels in
areas participating in the Clean Air Act’s
Reformulated Gasoline (REG) program.
“As long as ethanol is competing against
Big Oil, farmers will have to champion the
fight to maintain and expand this 500 mil
lion bushel market.”
Also this year, Gangwish will guide
NCGA through the transition period of
changing chief executive officers (CEO).
lowa farm native Christine Wehrman now
leads NCGA as CEO.