MIDDLETOWN, Del. A “S of food and fun. The officials brainstormed with special day of customer apprecia- . afternoon a focus meet- the farmers on what the farmers tion was on Wednesday by Hoober where a few key far- would like to see different in the Equipmentlnc., with a large crowd mers officials from Case combines or what they would like on hand for seminars and an even- headquarters, to see in the future. y are,. Hoober Equipment; Harold Bower, Caee IH area sales manager; Chuck Hoot ~ Hoob er Equipment; and Jim Minnlham, Case IH product service manager for combines. Customer Appreciation Day Held Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, February 11, 1995-A29 Jim Minnihan, product service manager for combines, conducted the focus session. Discussion included future trends such as planting com in 22-inch rows with seeds further apart in the row so that the plants are scattered more evenly over the field. On farms in the Midwest, where this has been tried, production increased eight to 10 percent. But in the past, down com at harvesting time had been a problem. But some thought that new varieties may have overcome this problem. Minnihan likened the fanner’s pickup truck to “your mobile farm office.” He said farmers are not just farmers anymore. The are farm managers with phones and even computers in their farm truck. With large equipment, many farm operations have become a two- or three-man job. But the idea was presented that this is not all bad. With all the opportunity for a farm accident with the large machinery, it is good to have another person beside the operator in the back fields at harvest time so one person js not alone if an accident happens. F.O. March Milk $14.38 ALEXANDRIA, Va. Mid dle Atlantic Order Market Admin- Later they had a customer ser vice clinic for combines to help customers get top production from their machines. Harold E. Bower, area sales manager, said the company looks for a good year for all farm equip ment lines, especially the 2100 series combine, and they have a large number of the combines sold and back-ordered at the factory. This machine has been very well accepted. “We see the farm economy as good at this time and hopefully it will continue through 1995,” Bow er said. “Last year was an excep tional year. Results just announced from the end of the year show sales up 14 percent for Case Corporation North America. We are looking for continued improvements. I don’t know if it will be 14 percent. But we have shown profits over the last 12 quarters where each of these quarters have been belter than the corresponding quarter in the previ ous year.” The Hoober’s also have a loca tion in Intercourse, Pa. istrator Rex F. Lothrop recently announced a Class I milk price of $14.38 per hundredweight for March 1995. This price is down 3 cents from February and is $1.06 below last March’s Class 1 price. Lothrop also announced a Class in milk price of $11.40 per hund redweight for January 1995 and a Class UI-A price of $lO.ll per hundredweight for the month. The Class 111 price was down 6 cents from the previous month, while the Class m-A price decreased 14 cents. The March 1995 Class I price and the January 1995 Class 111 price are based on the January 1995 Minnesota-Wisconsin manufacturing milk price of $11.35 per hundredweight at a 3.5 percent butterfat content The January 1995 butterfat price was 64.48 cents per pound, down 2.95 cents from December. The January skim milk price per hundredweight was $9.48.
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