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.