I I know most of us grain farmers are beginning to look forward to the spring planting season. The warm spring sun is sure going to feel good after the winter we’ve had. This year may be a year to look forward to. In fact, it just might be one of the best years for grain farmers in a long time. Subsoil moisture looks good amt so do grain prices. For The Best Tillage Equipment 1 Made, See Binkley & Hurst Bros.' TodayL/-^'-' FROM HARDPAN SHATTERING TO RESIDUE) COVERED FINISHED SEEDBEDS... \ .SUNFLOWER EXCEEDS YOUR TILLAGE NEEDS \ ■SUNROWER RIPPERS ★VERSATILE Back 36- ★ ADAPTABLE • 10’ & 14’ Frames In Stock ★ mi iru * W# Will Install Your 2 Choice Of Number Or ★ PROVEN Shanks To Match Your Cheek Out Tractor Horsepower These Features: ✓ sioo lb. 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Small non-foldup Sizes 10* To 32* PTliyi TYsWTIPgT 133 Rothsvllls Station Rd. 08S ngz} LUlufpi?i7M3-0395 (717) 626 ' 4705 V BOO-487-2978 YLVANIA MASTER nHMT RN GROWERS ASSOCIATION President’s Message Curt Hakestraw President. PMCGA 1 know after the last few shoit com crops we have had. the price would collapse the following year. This year, several reasons are making the price look very promising. First of all, with wheat prices as high as they are, there should not be much substitut ing wheat for com. Wheat prices have a good chance of being high for this year’s crop because the Kansas wheat crop Belling, uplifting set lon In the sell allows water te enter and be retained In subaell, minimizing runoff. Yield Increases up te 10 bu. mere com par acre,” Lancaster Co. farmer. DISC HARROW? is looking poor. Second, the com and soy bean crop in the southern hemi sphere is continually being down-graded. This should lead to a continued good export of U.S. crops. Next, Dr. Louis Thompson, along with a number of other meterologists, are predicting that weather patterns over the Midwest will not be typical for a big Midwestern com crop. • New extended frame length tor bettor treeh clearance • Auto-reset trip • Heavy-duty 4'x6'xH' mainframe construction. • Hydraulically controlled coulter gangs (optional) can be adjusted on the go or raised completely in clean soils. • Walking tandems to belter conform in uneven ground conditions. TRANSPORT WIDTH On ' Units Up To 24*2" rklng Width Is A 12’4" Trsnsport. iH WARRANTY flpl* Lip Sultd billon ItauntMl, (•gnaubl* IEARINGS JE SHAFTS r • w. ” a§. inutleolly TonjiMd A lyrino-loodod To .ooaonlna, woor And Tillage Application Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 16, 1996—Pige Finally, usuage is projected to be around nine billion bush els for 1996-1997. With 82 millioon acres planted and 74 million acres harvested at an average yield of 125 bushels per acre, a total crop would be 937 billion bushels. A crop this size would only add 300 mil lion bushels to the carryover Corn Growers Take Seat At Table WASHINGTON, D.C. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman named an Ohio farm leader active in the National Cora Growers Association (NCGA) to a newly-formed advisory committee on concen tration in agriculture. Brent Porteus, a com farmer and immediate past president of the Ohio Com Growers As sociation (OCGA), accepted the appointment to serve on the 21-member committee. Glick man formed the group to exa mine the impact of shrinking competition in meat packing and other segments of agricul ture. “I want to represent the best interests of com growers,” Por teus said, “I’m going into this assignment with an open mind and without any agenda.” U.S. farmers produce more com than any other crop. Most of it is used to feed livestock for meat production. The committee plans on ex aming competition in many segments of agriculture. Por teus mentioned two that will at tract his attention. # WARNING, ALL SILO OWNERS Check your silo now for rotten staves. If you have been using your silo for 10 to 15 years for either corn silage or haylage, it is time to SHOTCRETE. RESURFACES INTERIORS: • Coats the silo’s interior 9 Protects feed in storage 9 Durable tough acid resistant * Increases useful life 9 Economical REPAIRS HOLES: 9 Repairs even large holes 9 Up to twice the strength of the original slave * Rapid application 9 Durable surface EXTENDS USEFUL LIFE; * Support (or old foundation* 9 Special repairs can be made quickly and economically 9 Little or no forming needed 9 Stronger than the original When you think your silo is beyond repair Lancaster Silo Co., Inc. 2001 Horsctho* Rd. • Lancaster, PA • (717) 299*3721 and be the second smallest car ryover in history! I know there are a lot of maybes and assumptions writ ten here. However, with a little luck and the help of God. this season will develop to its full est potential and be one of the best ever. ‘The impact of consolida tion and mergers in the meat packing industry can be very significant to the viability of livestock producers who also rely on us,” Poiteus said. “But I want the committee to look further than just that. I want us to examine the in creased consolidation of the transportation sector, especial ly the rail system and the impact it’s having on com and other grain producers.” Com growers across the country express concern about railroad car shortages and other problems which slow the movement of grain and depress prices. Porteus farms 1,000 acres of com, soybeans, and alfalfa in eastern Ohio with his father and brother. They also run a cow-calf operation. He led the Ohio com growers in 1995 and now serves on the board of directors and government rela tions committee of the NCGA. The Coshocton County, Ohio farmer holds a bachelor’s in agricultural economics from Ohio State University. S. 4 K? Before The silo ■ interior After The surface is with piaster damaged and stave reconditioned and a new thick exposed 1 ipj I ■S- i , '' *** Before A hole it worn After With the hole repaired completely through the tilo wall by Shot Crete and a new surface applied the tilo it ready for years of use Before The bottom pert of After The Shot Crete the staves are completely worn System repairs and replaces away the missing structure THINK OP SHOTCRBTB! 213 Sincerely, Curt Rakestraw loush surface will protect stored feed