C4-Lanc«ster Fanning, Saturday, April 15, 1995
Delp Is
Moyer President
SOUDERTON (Montgomery
Co.) —On April 1, R. Lee Delp,
48, of Lansdale will become presi
dent and CEO of Moyer Packing
Company. He succeeds Curtis F.
Moyer, 71, of Harleysville who
will remain active in the business
as chairman of the board of
directors.
A member of the company’s
board of directors, Delp is a prin
cipal in R L Delp & Company, a
management practice working
exclusively with CEOs, presidents
and owners to build businesses.
He spent 20 years with Malvern
based National Liberty Corpora
tion where he rose through man
agement to become senior vice
president. Delp is a past president
of Mennonite Economic Develop
ment Associates (MEDA), an
international nonprofit organiza
tion.
Moyer has been active in the
family business for more than 50
years and has been president for
over 30 years. He has a history of
community involvement, having
served on the boards of Penn
Foundation, Univest Corporation,
Clayton Kratz Fellowship, Freder
ick Mennonite Home, and Eden
Mennonite Church.
The company has also an
nounced the appointment of three
senior vice presidents: John R.
Hendricks, 50, William G. Mortal.
Ciba Seeds Receives
Registration For
Transgenic Corn
GREENSBORO, N.C. Ciba
Seeds (a division of Ciba-Geigy
Corporation) was recently granted
a limited registration from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) for commercial production
of com hybrids genetically engi
neered for protection against crop
pests.
This represents the first lime a
federal regulatory agency has
approved commcrical scale pro
duction of a transgenic com crop.
However, a registration allowing
marketing and sale of the material
is still under review at EPA. A
decision by EPA regarding full
commercial approval is expected
Cyanamid Creates
Chemical Protection Video
WAYNE, NJ. A new video
promoting the use of environmen
tally sound farming practices and
products is now available through
American Cyanamid Company.
Entitled “Common Ground,”
the 12-minute video covers
advances in agriculture during the
past 100 years. Specifically, the
area of crop protection chemicals
is explored, from development to
commercial use.
“The video was created to show
how farming methods and the
R. Lee Delp
48, (both of Telford) and Michael
Silverberg, 52, of Spring House.
Hendricks has been with Moyer
Packing Company for 30 years
most recently as -vice president
rendering division. Mortal, an
executive with 10 years at the
company, was vice president
finance. And Silverberg, holding
positions of increasing responsi
bility over his 23-year tenure, was
vice president-beef division.
within the next several months.
Commonly referred to as “Bt
com,” this particular product is
genetically modified for protection
against European com borer, an
insect pest that annually costs U.S.
com producers nearly $1 billion in
yield losses.
This grant of registratipn
enables Ciba Seeds, a world leader
in crop biotechnology, to produce
commercial quantities of transgen
ic com on more than 9,oooacres in
1995 for the 1996 growing season.
The EPA also granted to Ciba
Seeds an Experimental Use Permit
(EUP) for research activities on
approximately 400 acres during
this period.
environment successfully co
exist,” said Robin Hansen of the
public affairs department at
American Cyanamid. “People
involved in die agricultural indus
try as well as those unfamiliar with
farming will gain a new under
standing of the role played by crop
protection chemicals. Modem
crop protection products follow
strict environmental guidelines,
and it’s important that more people
understand the safeguards in the
Deere Dealerships Win R
EPHRATA (Lancaster
Co.) —Agriculture dealerships in
the area were recently recognized
with the John Deere Signature
Award Program.
This award was bom out of the
words that John Deere himself
used many years ago in the forma
tion of the company that now
manufactures and markets John
Deere products worldwide
through John Deere dealerships.
The quote was: “I will never put
my name on a product that does
not have in it the best that is in
me.
Signature performance awards
are obtainable for achieving
superior performance in sales
department, parts department, and
service department. The overall
dealer Signature Award is
awarded yearly to the dealership
that exceeds the criteria for all
three departments.
Dealer Signature Dealership
winners for 1994 business year
were: Adamstown Equipment,
Inc. of Adamstown and Landis
Bros., Inc. of Lancaster and
Lebanon.
Parts Signature winners were
Lehigh Ag. Equipment, Inc. of
Allentown; Pikeville Equipment,
Inc. of Oley; and Enfield Equip
ment, Inc. of Whiteford, and
Oxford.
Service Signature winners were
Enfield Equipment, Inc. of White
ford, and Oxford.
New One-Pass
Conservation Planting Team
The Rawson Zone-Till™
Cart features the Zone-
Tillage™ system’s patented
three coulters per row. The
adjustable width coulters
work In unison to completely
till a four- to eight-inch wide
seedbed that encourages
faster soil warmup, more uni
form germination and early
plant growth.
product development and registra
tion process.”
American Cyanamid is dedi
cated to meeting the needs of far
mers and others involved with
agriculture through the production
and distribution of educational
materials. For a free copy of the
video and corresponding brochure,
write to: American Cyanamid
Company, Public Affairs Depart
ment, 17 N. Washington Ave.,
Minneapolis, MN 55401, (612)
337-6600.
Bill Hushon, service mana
ger of Enfield Equipment,
Inc. receives Service Signa
ture Award from Geff Burris,
territory aftermarket mana
ger, John Deere Company.
William Hughes, parts
manager of Enfield Equip
ment, Inc., accepts Parts Sig
nature Award.
tadt of Pikeville Equipment,
Inc. receive Parts Signature
Award.
KALIDA, OH—Unverferth
Manufacturing Company announ
ces the availability of its Zone-
Tillage™ System Planting
Team—the pairing of the Rawson
Zone-Till™ Cart with the best
choice of planting units available.
Working together, they create the
ideal one-pass conservation tillage
planting system.
The Rawson Zone-Till™ Cart
features the Zone-Tillage™ sys
tem’s patented three coulters per
row. The adjustable width coulters
work in unison to completely till a
four-to-eight-inch wide seedbed
that encourages faster soil warm
up, more uniform germination and
early plant growth. The carl’s
Morrissey
On Farm Credit Board
LANCASTER (Lancaster
Co.) —Craig M. Morrissey has
been selected to serve as the out
side director on the Board of Key
stone Farm Credit.
The announcement was made
by Wilmer Hostetler, chairman of
the Keystone Farm Creidt Board.
Morrissey will serve a three
year term. The outside director
position is filled by an individual
who is not a borrower or employee
of Keystone Farm Credit and is
appointed by the elected members
of the board.
Morrissey is vice president/
finance of Bernard C. Morrissey
Insurance in Ephrata. His duties
include writing and servicing poli
cies to the agency’s farm custom
ers, plus responsiblity for all com
puter hardware and software, pay
roll, and finances for the insurance
firm.
Morrissey was graduated from
Lancaster Catholic High School,
Penn State University, and Mil
lersville University. He became a
'V
Gavin Grim, parts manager
of Lehigh Ag. Equipment,
Inc. accepts Parts Signature
Landis Bros., Inc.; Ray
Peters, sales; Jesse Miller,
parts; and Jerry Snavley, ser
vice receive Dealer Signature
Award from Jerry Thomas,
territory manager, John
Deere Company.
Ervin Weaver, co-owner,
Adamstown Equipment, Inc.;
Brian Staudt, sales; Mike
Martin, parts; and Ronald
Good, service receive Dealer
Signature Award.
independent hydraulic control
allows on-the-go coulter depth
adjustment for prescription plants
ing precision.
The Zone-Till™ Cart also fea
tures a high-capacity liquid fertil
izer tank that allows the operator
to spend more time planting
between refills. Stainless steel liq
uid injection nozzles are standard
for one side of each row, dual
injection nozzles are available for
both sides.
The field-proven planting and
insecticide units, available in six
or 12-row models, were deve
loped specifically for operation in
high-residue, low-tillage environ
ments.
To Serve
licensed property, casualty, acci
dent and health agent in 1985 and
was accredited as an insurance
adviser by the Insurance Institute
in 1993.