C4*Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 9, 1995
Keystone Farm Credit
Forms Alliance
LANCASTER (Lancaster
Co.) —Keystone Farm Credit and
American Express Financial
Advisors (AXP Advisors)
announced that effective Decem
ber 1, 1995, they have formed an
alliance.
AXP Advisors will provide
financial planning services and
products to Keystone Farm Credit
customers through Keystone’s
Lancaster and Quarryville
branches in Lancaster County and
their Avondale branch in Chester
County.
Phil Kimmel, Keystone Farm
Credit president, said that they
expect to expand the program to
the rest of Keystone’s 15-county
territory in the near future.
American Express Financial
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Pioneer Hi-
Bred International Inc. plans to
use Monsanto Company’s tech
nology for Yield Gard insect pro
tected com in Pioneer brand seed
com.
Monsanto licensed the technol
ogy for Yield Gard to Pioneer for
use in Pioneer’s proprietary breed
ing lines.
“We’re pleased the leading seed
company has chosen the leading
Pour-On Offers Lice-Free Guarantee
WHITEHOUSE STATION.
N J.—ln yet another industry first,
Merck AgVet is offering produc
ers with beef and non-breeding
age dairy cattle the opportunity to
rid their herds of lice—
guaranteed.
The company announces its
Lice-Free Guarantee Program fea
turing Ivomec® (ivermectin)
Pour-On as part of a comprehen
Case Receives Awards
For Innovation
RACINE, Wis.—Case Corpo
ration continues to receive numer
ous awards for product excel
lence. Adding to this list, four
Case IH agricultural products
were recently named among the
Agricultural Engineering 50.
The AE 50 selects products
based on outstanding innovations
in product or systems technology.
The four Case IH products receiv
ing recognition are the 2100
Series Axial-Flow® combines,
2155 Cotton Express® picker,
8850 High Performance Self
propelled Windrower, and the
6800 Combo-mulch Ripper.
“At Case we’re dedicated to
providing superior products and
services for our customers," said
Jon Carlson, vice president. North
American sales and marketing.
“Receiving the AE 50 awards
reinforces our commitment to
quality and customer
satisfaction.”
Advisors, Inc., headquartered in
Minneapolis, Minn., provides an
array of financial products and
services to nearly two million
individuals and businesses
throughout the nation. For the past
two years, AXP Advisors has
established relationships with
commercial banks and credit
unions in a number of states to
deliver financing planning ser
vices to their customers.
“We are convinced that farmers
and other rural residents have a
need and a desire for high-quality
financial planning through their
financial institution. We are able
to offer that, as well as a wide
range of quality investment pro
ducts, through this program,” said
Jim Cheat, senior vice president
for AXP Advisors.
Pioneer Plans Insect-Protected Hybrids
agricultural biotechnology com- against European com borer.”
pany as a partner in developing The protection in Yield Gard is
insect protected com seed,” said provided by a protein derived
Tom Klevom, Monsanto’s busi- from Bacillus thuringienses (Bt),
ness director for com. a common, naturally ocurring soil
“We’re excited about the resis- microorganism.
tance to com borer offered by this Foliar preparations based on Bt
new technology,” said Jack Cava- has been used for insect control
nah, vice president and director of for more than 30 years by home
com research for Pioneer. “Pion- gardeners, organic growers, and
eer customers will derive addi- -other farmers. The protein is
tional value from this protection effective in controlling certain
sive parasite control regime.
This initiative is expected to
enable cattlemen to recoup some
of the more than $lOO million they
fail to realize annually due to
depressed livestock performance
attributed to lice.
"Cattle producers don’t want to
see their herd losing hair and rub
bing against fences due to lice,”
said Brad Helen, cattle feedlot
Companies—component/
material suppliers, equipment
manufacturers, and system
developers—from many different
industries submitted nominations
to be honored among the AE 50.
Top developments were selected
by a panel of national engineering
experts to receive the highly
prized recognition for addressing
market needs.
The 2100 Series Axial-Flow
combine is one of fo*ur Case
IH products awarded this
year's Agricultural Engineer
ing 50.
Prepares
SOUDERTON (Montgomery
Co.) —Leidy’s Inc. has recently
begun construction on a 42,000
square foot expansion.
Leidy’s has operated a pork
processing plant since the early
1900 s. This new production facili
ty will double their capacity for
production of pork specialty pro
ducts and consumer cut fresh
pork.
“We have a wonderful relation
ship with many eastern Pennsyl
vania growers. And with the
expansion of our facility we look
forward to doing more business in
the not-too-distant future,” said
Thomas Leidy, president. “Our
new facility will offer an animal
holding area that will allow for
greater convenience in delivery
times and schedules.”
“Our grandfather developed the
Leidy passion for excellence; our
father perpetuated it; and we are
institutionalizing it,” said Leidy.
“Safety has always been a primary
concern in our plant operations.”
Leidy’s, Inc. has received an
AMI award for safe workplace
practice.
“We voluntarily set up a total
quality control program for our
product manager with Merck
AgVeL “If they do, it’s likely that
their cattle are not performing to
their potential, which can mean
higher production costs and
reduced profits.”
Increased - production costs in
lice-infested cattle can stem from
decreased weight gain, reduced
vitality, anemia and a weakened
immune system. These problems
often appear in calves, yearlings
and unthrifty animals. Costs can
also rise from damage caused by
excessive rubbing by cattle
against facilities.
Both biting lice and sucking
lice are responsible for producing
problems in cattle.
“Producers who want to have a
lice-free herd this winter and next
spring will find it relatively easy
to accomplish if they follow the
recommended guidelines,” said
Duane Maye, DVM, cow-calf pro
duct manager at Merck AgVet
“However, producers must spend
some time thinking about manage
ment strategies that take into
account housing and pasture
situations.”
Here are the keys to making
Merck AgVet’s Lice-Free Guar
antee Program work:
•Treat all animals entering the
same confined pen or pasture with
Ivomec Pour-On within a four-day
period.
•Keep all untreated animals out
of pens or pastures housing treated
animals. Eliminate contact
between treated and untreated ani
mals in adjacent pens or pastures.
•Treat every animal according
to dosage and application recom
mendations stated on the label.
Leidy’s
Looking over the blueprints for Leldy’s expansion are
President Thomas Leidy, left, and Vice President and Chief
Operations Officer Terry Leidy.
plant It’s a more expensive way
to do things but we believe it’s
what gives us a better product and
is essential in ensuring the safety
of the worker and the sanitation
standards we require for the meat
we deliver to the store.”
target insect pests, but harmless to
humans, animals and birds. It also
allows other, beneficial insects to
thrive.
ELIZABETHTOWN (Lancas
ter Co.) —White Oak Mills is
pleased to announce the addition
of Larry Weinstein of Lancaster as
vice president of finance.
His daily responsibilities
include overseeing the accounting
and management information sys
tem departments.
Having earned a bachelor of
science degree in accounting and a
master’s of business administra
tion from York College of Penn
sylvania. he previously worked as
a CPA for Miller, Miller & Co.,
CPAs, as vice president of finance
for Round Hill Foods, and most
recently as controller for Brown’s
of Carolina. He joined- White Oak
Mills on July 24.
Pleasure, Work Driving
Horses Make Comeback
BRIDGEVILLE, Del.—The
Carriage Place, a commercial
horse and carriage business owned
and operated by Ed and Deana
Banning, Clydesdale breeders, is
offering one of the most com
prehensive three-day beginner’s
driving clinics in the east, on the
following dates: Dec. 28-30, Jan.
25-27, Feb. 22-24, and March
21-23.
The clinics will take place on
The Banning’s Clydesdale Horse
Farm on County Rd. 531 (just
before Four Paws) outside of Sea
ford, Del.
Each seminar will begin at 6
a.m. and end after sundown all
three days. The morning clinics
will cover grooming, nutrition,
horse and stable care, harness
Expansion
For Future
Weinstein Joins
White Oak Mills
Beginning the early 1900 s,
Leidy’s has grown to its present
size, processing more than
600,000 pounds of pork per week.
Leidy is one of a few full-line
medium-sized pork processing
plants in the country.
Com with Yield Gard protects
against European com borer and
other boring insects order
Lepidoptera.
Larry Weinstein
care, breaking and training of
horses, safety, dental, veterinary
and hoof care, while afternoons
will be open for harnessing, driv
ing and working single and double
horses in the Held, pulling a disc,
plow, work sled, drag, fore cart,
wagon and manure spreader. Ench
person will receive plenty of one
on-one, hands-on driving experi
ence daily.
A tentative schedule of trainers
and staff are Wendy Fearins, Har
rington, Del., George Parris,
Delmar, Del., Jim Parkinson,
Dagsboro, Del. and Clint Glenn,
Ed Evans, and Billy Bean, Laurel,
Del. A veterinarian from Cokes
bury Equine Clinic and Larry
Simpson, an equine dentist, will
conduct a portion of the training.