C4-Lancaster Firming, Saturday, December 16, 1995 CVC Adds SHIPPENSBURG (Cumber land Co.) Cumberland Valley Cooperative has announced the addition of Michael L. Cook of Mercersburg to its staff. Cook is joining Cumberland Valley Co-op as a farm consultant and will be working in the Frank lin County area. He has been in the agriculture field for several years and brings a broad base of experience with him to Cumber land Valley Co-op. Cook started his agriculture experience by working on a dairy farm as well as the last three years in a swine production facility. He also has a beef feedlot where he raises cattle. Indy Car Promote WEST BEND, Wis. It isn’t often that star athletes ask compa nies for the opportunity to become a spokesperson. It’s usually the other way around. But that’s exactly how Indy Car star Scott Pruett has become the national spokesman for Gehl Company, a manufacturer of con struction and agricultural equipment Gehl Company started using Indy Car racing to promote their products seven years ago when they became the “Official Con struction Equipment Company” for Elkhart Lake’s Road America and The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Calf. It was a similar situation then when the two tracks contacted Gehl offering to trade official status, advertising oppor tunities and tickets and hospitality for use of Gehl Dynalift rough terrain forklifts and skid loaders. According to Jim Barnes, national sales manager for Gehl’s Construction Division, “Scott called us last spring after he had been testing his Indy Car at Road America. He’s building a new house in California and doing a lot of the excavating and landscaping work himself. He had seen some Drill Shows Many Improvements MOLINE, 111. John Deere engineers have taken the notion “bigger and better” and applied it to seeding equipment The result is the new 1520 Integral Drill that holds up to 67 percent more seed than previous models, while offering improved seed-placement accuracy and consistency. Replacing the SIS and S2O Series, the 1520 Integral Drill is available in both 15- and 20-foot seeding widths. The grain boxes hold 42 and 40 bushels, respec tively, which means fewer stops to refill and more time for seeding. The double-disk furrow open ers feature a quarter-inch offset for better penetration in hard soils and moderate residue. A choice of 6, 714 , and 10-inch opener spac ing is, available. With a turn of the knob on the optional active hydraulic down pressure system, the operator can set down-pressure across the drill Consultant Michael L. Cook Driver To Equipment Winning Indy Car driver Scott Pruett poses in front of a new Gehl skid loader in from of the home he Is build ing outside of San Francisco, Calif. Pruett will be the new spokesman for Gehl equip ment in 1996. of our equipment at work there and decided that he’d really like to have one of our skid loaders to help him with some of the work in building his new house in Califor nia. We chatted and the result is that Scott Pruett has a new Gehl skid loader and Gehl Company has a new spokesman.” Pruett, who drives for the Pat rick Racing Team, finished seventh in year end points and won the first Indy Car race of his career at the Michigan SOO this year. for consistent opener penetration in varying field conditions and residue levels. A depth-gauging press wheel on each opener ensures accurate seed depth and proper seed-to-soil contact for uniform emergence. The John Deere 1520 Integral Drill Is available in 15* and 20-foot seeding widths. It features large grain boxes for fewer stops to refill, active down-pressure hydraulics for consistent opener penetration In chang ing field conditions, and depth-gauging press wheels to further ensure consistent seeding depth. Case Introduces Soybean Drill RACINE, Wis. A larger ver sion of the popular 5400 mounted Soybean Special, the new Case IH SSOO Soybean Special, is a 30-foot, trailing, two-section,' front-fold grain drill. Like the 5400, the 5500 pro vides many of the advantages of a planter for a price that’s competi tive with grain drills and more efficient. According to Kurt Schenck, Case Corporation product manager-implements, the 5500 prepares the ground for seed much the same way Case IH Early Riser® planters do, but uses a grain-drill feed cup metering system. ‘The 5500 accommodates the narrower row spacing customers Highlights LINCOLN. Neb. An improved lineup of early and mid season com hybrids highlights the 1996 new NC+ Hybrids product releases. NC+ will add 10 new com hybrids for 1996. Half of the new com releases are under 100 days in maturity. New com releases include; • NC+ 1005: An 86-day hybrid with outstanding yield potential and excellent drydown. Reaches black layer early and has excellent standability. It is adapted to north ern and western areas of the Com Belt with goo 4 potential to move 'south. • NC+ 1222: A 91-day hybrid with good yield potential for its maturity. Produces high test weight grain and has very good early growth. Its primary area of adaptation is the Northern and Western Com Belt • NC+ 1366: A 93-day hybrid that produces high quality grain with excellent test weight and good food com potential. High yields Tor maturity and rapid dry down. It is adapted for Colorado, Wyoming, western Nebraska. South Dakota and Minnesota. • NC+ 1S8S: A 94-day hybrid that dominates yields in its maturi ty. Excellent drydown and a high ly flexible ear for superb perfor mance when planted at medium densities. It has very widespread adaptations from east to west across the Com Belt. • NC+ 2075: A 99-day hybrid with very good yield potential and consistent and reliable perfor mance. Good standability, semi flex ear and very good test weight Its primary area of adaptation is the Northern and Western Com Belt. • NC+ 3711: A 106-day hybrid with high test-weight grain and excellent yields across the North ern and Western Com Belt Food grade quality grain on a white cob and very good standability. • NC+ 4044: A 107-day hybrid with excellent yields and superb drydown. Responds well to high, populations and has improved standability over NC+ 4275. It is adapted to all areas of the Central Com Belt with good potential to move south. • NC+ 4919: A 110-day hybrid with superb yield potential and very good fall integrity. Excellent eye appeal with girthy ear and lower ear placement. It has a wide area of adaptation with good southern mobility. _• NC+ S2S2: A 111-day hybrid with very good early vigor and good stay greet and ttydown. Produces tall plant with medium high ears and very good test The new Case IH 5500 Soy bean Special Is a 30-foot, trailing, two-section, front fold grain drill. The 5500 pre pares the ground for seed much the same way Case IH Early Riser® planters do, but uses a grain-drill feed cup metering system. Improved weight. Adapted to California and the Eastern Com Belt • NC+ 5445: A 113-day hybrid with excellent yield potential and good tolerance to most foliar dis ease. Good potential to move south of its main area of adapta tion, which includes the entire Central Com Belt. New soybean releases include: • NC+ 2A15; Early Group 11. Good brown stem rot resistance and excellent tolerance to iron chlorosis. Outstanding yield per former with excellent adaptations to narrow rows. • NC+ 2A22: Early Group 11. An excellent performer in variable soils. Very good iron chlorosis tolerance and ideal for use in row seeding. Encapsulated WILMINGTON, Del. Top- Notch preemerge com herbicide, a microencapsulated formulation of acetochlor plus a crop safener, will be widely available to most Northeast growers in 1996. According to Dr. William Cur ran, extension weed scientist at Penn State University, Top Notch performed better than several non encapsulated herbicide treatments in 1995 no-till com trials. Top- Notch also showed as much as 40 percent greater activity on triazine-resistant lambsquarters compared to some other preemerge grass herbicides. BRILLION, Wis. The versa tile Brillion Landcommander™ tillage tool is available with IS-inch shank spacing, in addition to the 24- and 30-inch spacings already available. “The new 15-inch spacing option makes the Landcomman der even more versatile,” said Michael Irish, Brillion’s general sales manager. “It gives farmers another option, by providing total ground breakout, even in heavy soils.” The Landcommander is the most versatile conservation tillage system available, Irish said, and can be used in the fall or spring. When followed with a Brillion Held cultivator and pulverizer, this Com Seed To Be Widely Available Tillage Tool Available With 15-lnch Shank Spacing have been asking for,” said Schenck. The unit has 24 openers, staggered for IS-inch row spac ing, with one 20-inch center skip between drills. It’s also available with 7.5-inch spacing. The working width without markers is 30 feet 5 inches. The 5500 Soybean Special folds to a transport width of 17 feet 1 inch, conveniently done from the tractor. Schenck noted that a key con sideration in the development of the Soybean Special drills has been the need for equipment that can handle high-residue condi tions. The staggered arrangement of the row units provides more clearance for surface residue to pass through the unit Lineup Releases • NC+ 2A85: Late Group 11. A top yield performer with excep tional yield for its maturity. Very good standability and excellent drouth tolerance. • NC+ 3A27STS: Early Group 111. Tolerant to SU herbicides with very good emergence. Adapts to any row width and has good phy tophthora tolerance. • NC+ 3A30: Early Group 111. Good standability and early emergence. BSR and SCN resis tance and good sclerotinia tolerance. • NC+ 5A44: Mid Group V, Good emergence, good standabili ty and SCN resistance. Moderate ly resistant to stem canker and frog eye leaf spot. Formulation Top Notch was registered for use by the EPA in 1995 in all northeastern states except New York and Massachusetts. It con tains the same active ingredient and crop safener found in Surpass EC and Surpass 100. According to Mark Whalen, product sales lead for Zeneca’s Northeast district, Top Notch was designed to provide the most con sistent control of annual grasses in no-till com, including foxtails, fall panicum, bamyardgrass and crab pass. It also performs exception ally well in reduced tillage and conventional tillage, as well as on highly organic soils. combination will help producers meet their conservation tillage needs. Front disc gangs cut through heavy residue while working the ground to a depth of 6 inches. The working depth is easily adjustable, and so is the disc cutting angle, to help make residue management more effective. Auto-reset shanks follow the front disc gangs and work the ground eight to 20 inches deep, breaking up hard pan and impro ving water holding capacity and root growth. The shanks feature a unique, parabolic design that pulls easier and stays in the ground bet ter, providing maximum soil lift and shatter.
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