DfrLancaster Farming, Saturday, May 18, 1996
Round Baler Special For Silage
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) The New Holland Model
644 Silage Special round baler is a
superior baler for dry crops, but
has unique features that make it
even better for material baled
between SO and 6S percent mois
ture for silage.
Bales are formed by a combina
tion of rolls and belts. The front
rolls pivot to provide a large core
forming area. Bale weight is large
ly supported by the floor roll as
the bale forms.
Sealed in plastic, the
1,300-pound 4x5-foot bales pre
serve quality crops as palatable,
very digestible, high-protein sil
age, said New Holland product
management. A new, optional
Bale-Slice™ system uses retract
able knives to slice the bale after
the core is formed. The knives
retract just before wrapping
begins. Slicing the crop allows
firm packing and easier feeding.
The internal slicing action speeds
ration making when bales are pro
cessed in the new TMR mixer
Ag Driver Earns Award
BROGUE (York Co.) A
truck rodeo was recently held for
custom applicators in Pennsylva
nia, New Jersey, Delaware, and
Maryland by Lebanon Agricolp.
Carl Swope of Brogue finished the
day in his 1994 CMC spray truck
as the overall winner.
He was scored on six categories
safely loading his truck with a
prescribed mix of water and lim
itation pesticides, safety inspec
tion of his equipment, applying a
prescribed amount of water in an
exactly measured area, drift con
trol around obstacles placed in the
field, a test of consistency in
nozzle rate across the width of the
boom, and written test of rules and
regulations. Applicants were
given scores of 0 in each category
that they were more than 4.5 per
cent off not much room for
Chapman Joins
White Oak Mills
ELIZABETHTOWN (Lancas
ter County) White Oak Mills
has announced the addition of
John Chapman, Manheim. as vice
president of pork production.
With more than 20 yean of
swine production experience.
Chapman is responsible for over
seeing White Oak’s entire pork
production division. His new
responsibilities include supervis
ing production personnel, making
routine facility visits, and oversee
ing hog placement and
transportation.
In addition. Chapman will man
age the pork production’s record
keeping system and genetics prog
rams. Serving as a liasison and
establishing regular communica
tion between Wagner Enterprises
contract producers and the com
pany, he also will implement cost
and quality-control strategies
while assisting with the expansion
of contract operations.
A graduate of Mobridge High
School, Mobridge, S.D., Chapman
The New Holland Model
644 Silage Special round bal
er Is designed for the addi
tional weight and stress of
baling hlgh-molsture crops.
Twine or net wrap options
are offered. The optional
Bale Slice™ system features
a series of knives In the star
ter roll that slice the bale as It
forms. The knives retract just
before wrapping begins. The
Internal slicing makes bales
easier to feed or process in
TMR mixer-feeders.
feeders designed for round hay
and silage bales.
New Holland engineers
designed the 644 Silage Special
for best performance in the widest
range of conditions, the company
error.
Another York countian, Brian
Ziegler, York, finished a close 2nd
Carl Swope
continued his education in Eli
zabethtown College part-time for
two years and earned an account
ing certificate.
He was employed as a financial
analyst and manager of integrated
pork production at Pennfleld Cor
poration for the past eight years
and worked at White Oak Mills as
vice president, sales and market
ing from 1983 to 1987.
John Chapman
said. The machine has a two
position stuffer to accommodate
both drier and high-moisture
crops. Stuffer tines are steel
welded teeth for smooth feeding
action in tough, heavy crops.
A wide pickup makes it easier
to fill bales end to end for
improved shape and density. The
pickup tines are closely-spaced for
best performance picking up from
either unraked, wide mower
conditioner swaths or windrows.
The sledge follower roll and tail
gate nose roll have welded steel
loops and heavy-duty, sharpened
scrapers to avoid gummy crop
residue buildup. Unlike fixed
chamber balers, the Model 644
Silage Special variable chamber
bale forming lets operators choose
any bale diameter. Wide dies and
a reinforced axle are designed to
cany the additional weight of
heavy silage bales.
The 644 Silage Special is avail
able with Auto-Wrap™ twine or
Fastnet™ wrap with plastic
netting.
in the post-emergence division of
the competition in his 1994 Patriot
by Tyler.
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Brian Ziegler
Northrup King Receives
Experimental Use Permit
GOLDEN, Minn. The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) approved an 8,400-acre
experimental use permit (EUP),
which allows Northrop King
Company and the government to
evaluate the efficacy of the com
pany’s com borer resistant hybrids
during the 1996 growing season.
EUPs are part of the EPA’s
approval process for herbicides,
pesticides, and plants which are
genetically transformed to provide
resistance to insects and diseases.
With this EUP, Northrup King
will plant the equivalent of 3,000
bags of Bt com seed in small- and
laige-scale plots in 39 states this
spring.
“The scope of this EUP
7,100 acres larger than last year—
gives agronomists, our sales force
and dealers, and farmers who act
as plot cooperators an opportunity
Charles J. Wonsidler, left, was recently recognized by
Agco Allis. At right Is Robert Ratliff, Agco CEO.
Wonsidler Recognized
By Agco Allis
ATLANTA, Ga. Charlie
Wonsidler of C.J. Wonsidler
Brothers. Quakertown, Pa., was
recently recognized for outstand
ing sales performance in 1995 by
Agco Corporation.
As one of the company’s top
Dekalb Targets Production
Plant Upgrades
DEKALB, 111. Responding
to their expanding seed business
and their corporate goal of impro
ving the reliability and quality of
their seed products, Dekalb has
announced an ambitious five-year
capital improvement program.
Nate McGuire, Dekalb’s vice
president of operations, said the
company, will invest more than
$lO million in this program’s first
year alone.
“With demand increasing for
Dekalb seed, many of our plants
are operating above their designed
capacity,'” said McGuire, adding,
“To meet current demand and
future growth goals, our facilities
and equipment will be modernized
with the latest technology in seed
conditioning equipment to
improve seed quality and plant
to more closely evaluate the per
formance of our Bt hybrids in
small- and large-scale plots,” said
Edward T. Shonsey, president and
CEO of Northrop King.
“Throughout the industry,
quantities of Bt com commercial
ly available for planting this year
are extremely limited,” Shonsey
said. “So the number of acres in
the Northrup King EUP means
that farmers will have a better
opportunity to observe the effica
cy of these hybrids alongside trad
itional hybrids in a field or test
plot near their own operations.”
Shonsey noted that the test plots
also will further demonstrate pro
duct performance and increase
demand for the product for the
1997 planting season when larger
quantities of Bt com seed will be
available to farmers, after the EPA
has granted full registration.
performers in farm equipment
sales, Wonsidler was invited to
attend Agco’s annual dealer con
ference in Orlando, Fla. Only 400
of the more than 7,000 Agco deal
ers from around the world were
invited to join this elite group.
productivity.”
While Dekalb is increasing the
seed production quality and
capacity, they are also expanding
irrigated seed acreage planting.
Plants slated for upgrading
include:
• Kearnev, Neb. The
improvements at Dekalb's Kear
ney com seed plant include nearly
S3.S milhoii or new seed dryers
and storage for seed awaiting
conditioning.
• Waterman, 111. Improve
ments at Dekalb’s Waterman com
seed plant include nearly $1.2 mil
lion for conversion to husk-on
harvesting and new truck scales.
• Tuscola, 111. The improve
ments at Dekalb's Tuscola com
seed plant include nearly
$300,000 for a new climate con
trolled seed warehouse.
• Illiopolis, 111. Improve
ments at Dekalb’s Illiopolis com
seed plant include nearly
$300,000 for a new automated
packaging system.
• Grinnel, lowa Improve
ments at Dekalb’s Grinnell, lowa,
com seed plant include more than
$1.5 million for convention to
husk-on harvesting.
• Boone, lowa Improve
ments at Dekalb’s Boone, lowa,
com seed plant include nearly $1
million for conversion to husk-on
harvesting.
• Crawfordsville, Ind.
Improvements at Dekalb’s Craw
foidsville com seed plant include
nearly $400,000 for a climate con
trolled seed warehouse.
• Redwood Falls, Minn.
Improvements at Dekalb’s Red
wood Falls soybean seed plant
include nearly $475,000 for state
of-the-art seed conditioning
equipment aimed at improving
seed quality.
• Olivia, Minn. Dekalb’s
recently acquired Olivia soybean
seed plant will undergo nearly
$250,000 of improvements to
bring the facility up to Dekalb’s
quality and capacity standards.