C6-Linc«»tef farming, Saturday, September 30, 1995
Roger Angstadt stands beside the 5500 Tractor prior to
the banquet. Also introduced at this program was an all
new cab option that will be availaule on all Augusta trac
tors above 40 horsepower. Plkevllle Equipment, Inc. was
one of only 150 dealers In North America to receive a spe
cial invitation from John Deere to attend this program.
Pikeville Rep Attends
Tractor Intro
OLE Y (Berks Co.) Roger Angstadl of Pikeville Equipment, Inc.
was in Augusta, Ga. the week of Sept. 11 to attend a worldwide intro
duction of a new tractor from John Deere.
The 73-horsepower 5500 Tractor is Deere’s newest model. It is an
other model in a line of John Deere tractors ranging in power from 15
horsepower to 73 horsepower that are built at the Augusta factory.
Bowl Provides
Continuous Water
LITITZ (Lancaster Co.) A
new Zimmerman water bowl pro
vides water automatically and
continuously.
Larger in capacity than conven
tional bowls, the Zimmerman
water bowl assures a continuous
supply of fresh water. Cows drink
from a pool of water. Air intake is
reduced, overflow is eliminated,
and feed is kept drier.
Made of safe, durable PVC that
won ’ l support bacterial growth and
resists buildup of mineral deposits,
the bowl fills from the bottom, is
easy to clean and will last for years.
Supported by heavy duty steel
mounting brackets and clamps, the
bowl is guaranteed unbreakable
when properly installed.
Pull-Type
Provide
GOODFIELD, 111. DMI Inc.
has added two new models to its
nutri-plac’r® line of fertilizer
applicators.
- The nutri-plac’r 4300 replaces
the nutri-plac’r 4250 while taking
a step forward in precision applica
tion flexibility. The nutri-plac’r
3300 offers fanners the conveni
ence and control of owning their
own applicator while providing
dealers an economical rental
applicator.
Model 3300 offers the flexibili
ty of accurate pull-type NH3 appli
cation, preplant or sidedressed,
into multiple row spacing of up to
13 rows. It is available in working
widths of 22,5 feet, 27.5 feet, and
32.5 feet adaptable to 30 inch, 36
inch, and 38 inch rows in side
dressing or indexing, and fully
A new Zimmerman water
bowl provides water auto
matically and continuously.
Two designs are available, the
WB9SP (with fill valve) for adap
tation to existing systems and the
WB9SG gravity fill for new
installations.
Applicators
Flexibility
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DMI Inc. has added two ;
new models to its nutri
plac’r® line of fertiliser
applicators.
adjustable single or walking tan
dem main frame wheels.
Model 4300 allows more flexi
bility for a variety of applications
such as pre-plant or side-dress and
precision dual placement of liquid
and NH3 through the usfc of an
At Kreider Farms, visitors and staff observe a double-4 parlor. From left, Marian
Kreider, Phil Kimmel, Bill O’Brien, Steve Deppen, Noah Kreider, Tom Dively, Phil Vls
ser, Mark Hayner, Darryl Gross, and Gregg Gillespie.
Farm Credit Directors
Tour Lancaster County
MANHEIM (Lancaster Co.)
The group included a lemon far
mer and a Texas cattleman. All
176 of the visitors, representing 40
states, toured the Amish countrys
ide and visited Lancaster agribusi
ness to leant about the importance
of farming to the area recently.
The 176 directors of Farm Cre
dit banks and districts are “very
impressed with the Amish life, the
amount of agricultural production
per acre, and the area’s work eth
part of the tour, the directors visited Amish farms In the southeast part of
county, ate at a local smorgasbord, visited the New Holland plant, and toured
1,000-cow operation at Krelder Farms In Manheim.
Company Receives Patent
Claims For Corn
DEKALB. 111.—Dekalb Gene
tics Corporation said that it has
received a notice of allowance
from the U.S. Patent and Trade
mark Office for claims to trans
formed com expressing a com
storage protein.
Expression of this protein acts to
elevate the level of amino acids
stored in the kernel. Com is the
mainstay of livestock diets, and
with higher levels of essential ami
no acids, com would be a more
nutritious feed grain and require
optional SOO-gallon liquid tank.
The 4300 comes in 27.5 feet, 32.5
feet, and 37.5 feet widths with a 15
foot main fraime. Units can be
equipped with single wheels for
side-dressing 30 inch rows or
walking tandems for a smoother
ride in rough fields.
ic,” said Tom Welsh, director of
ag marketing for AgFirsl Farm
Credit Bank, Columbia, S.C.
In cooperation with Keystone
Farm Credit, which hosted the
event, AgFirsl invited the various
directors to Lancaster as part of a
two-day seminar on “New Expec
tations and Realities” at the Her
shey Convention Center.
Welsh said the directors, policy
leaders for their agricultural dis
tricts. were impressed with the
fewer feed supplements.
‘To the best of our knowledge,
this is the first time that the Patent
Office has allowed claims to fertile
com plants into which a preselcted
gene has been inserted using gene
tic engineering techniques,” said
Brace P. Bickner, Dekalb’s chair
man and chief executive officer.
‘This is an important milestone for
Dekalb, which was the first in the
industry to establish a biotechnolo
gy program in 1975, and the first to
transform com in 1990.
“Enhancing the nutritional qual
ity of grain is a key focus of our
biotechnology research,” Bickner
said. “We anticipate that com
hybrids offering improved feed
value for swine and poultry will be
on the market by the end of this
nearness and overall care of ihc
land lhat farmers cxhibil. As pan
of ihe lour, ihe directors visited
Amish farms in the southeast pan
of the county, ate at a local smor
gasbord, visited the New Holland
plant, and toured the 1,000-cow
operation at Kreider Farms in
Manhcim. At Kreider Farms,
directors observed a double-4 par
lor and watched as com silage was
packed.
century. Since almost one-half of
domestic com consumption is used
for swine and poultry feed, we
believe there is a substantial mark
et for com with improved nutri
tional composition.'*
Dekalb is using the seed storage
protein to elevate levels of
methionine, an important ingre
dient in broiler and layer diets. The
company also holds an exclusive
license to a patent covering a
method of increasing the levels of
lysine in plants as well as an exclu
sive license to a patent covering
plants, seeds, and cell cultures with
elevated levels of tryptophan. Lys
ine is a key ingredient in both
swine and poultry diets, while
tryptophan is an essential amino
acid in swine feed.
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