C2-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 22, 1996
Purina Sponsors Pork
Leadership Conference
ST. LOUIS, Mo. More than
30 youths from 28 states will re
ceive a comprehensive overview
of the pork industry, including in
formation on pork promotion and
research this summer.
The young people will attend
the Bth annual Pork Leadership In
stitute on July 11-16 in Des
Moines and Washington, D.C.
This five-day conference is spon
sored by Purina Mills and the Na
tional Pork Producers Council, in
association with the National Pork
Board.
‘This unique learning experi
ence symbolizes our commitment
to help prepare young people for
leadership positions in agribusi
ness,” said Glenn Shields, swine
business group director for Purina
Mills. “These men and women
Monster Truck On
Display At
COLUMBIA (Lancaster Co.)
The legendary Ford “Big
foot®,” the five-time world
champion of monster truck racing,
roars into Chapman Ford in Col
umbia, for a three-day display and
ground pounding car crush.
Known around the world as
“The Original Monster Truck®,”
this is the newest edition of Big
foot, celebrating the release of the
all-new 1997 Ford F-150 pickup
trucks. The truck will be on dis
play June 27-29 at Chapman Ford
on Columbia Ave.
The new ’97 Ford Bigfoot is
one of 16 racing, exhibition, and
display vehicles that have carried
the Bigfoot name over more than
20 years. This includes six
computer-designed winners of
tubular chassis race trucks, win
ners of monster truck racing
championships in 1990, and win
ners of four straight champion
ships from 1991-1995.
Bigfoot and the entire monster
truck phenomenon were started by
Bob and Marilyn Chandler, in St
Louis, Mo., in the mid-’7os.
Chandler, a construction contrac
tor, owned a Ford F-250 4x4 pick-
Record Earnings
LEWISBURG (Union Co.)
Northeastern Farm Credit, ACA,
reported a net income of $949,000
for the quarter, an increase of
$416,000 or 78 percent compared
to an income of $533,000 for the
quarter ended the same period in
1995.
The improved earnings over the
same period last year are primarily
the result of the favorable impact
to the association by the consoli
dation of the Farm Credit Bank of
Columbia and the Farm Credit
Bank of Baltimore on April 1,
1995, to create AgFirst Farm Cre
dit Bank.
Total loan volume on March 31,
1996, was $198.4 million, a 2.8
percent decrease from year end.
Robot T. Reich, chief executive
officer and president. Northeast-
will return home with a better un
derstanding of the issues facing
the industry.”
Topics for study and discussion
at this year’s Institute include the
environment, foreign trade, The
Pork Quality Assurance Pro
gram®*, and Taste What’s Next™
advertising promotion campaign.
The conference will include trips
to lowa State University, a nearby
pork producer and to Capitol Hill
in Washington.
The 34 young people in this
year’s program were selected by
the pork producer associations in
their home states. Since the Pork
Leadership Institute program be
gan, 228 young people have parti
cipated in the conferences, and
promoted the industry to thou
sands more.
Dealership
up truck. Chandler used his tough
Ford truck on the job and for off
road family fun on the weekends.
But he found many ways to break
even the toughest of trucks.
He discovered there was no
place in the Midwest to get four
wheel drive parts and service.
Recognizing" a potential market,
Chandler and his wife, Marilyn,
left the construction business to
start Midwest Four Wheel Drive.
They still used their Ford 4x4 as a
work truck, and partly as a promo
tional tool for the new business.
They tried out new parts on the
truck, and kept making it bigger
and better, always a step (or two)
ahead of everyone else. Soon the
truck itself became an attraction.
In 1979, it made its first paid
appearance at a Denver car show.
Truck pulls in arenas and stadiums
soon followed.
Then, in 1981, Chandler tried
something that forever changed
the monster truck concept He
decided, just for fun, to see if he
could drive Bigfoot over a couple
of junk cars. A few months later,
he duplicated the stunt in a sta
dium show. The rest is history.
ern Farm Credit, ACA, said,
“Loan volume through the first
quarter was slightly below expec
tations. Farmers continued to be
cautious about extending their
debt positions due in part to the
uncertainties witnessed in milk
and feed prices, and the new farm
bill. However, we foresee that
programs contained in the farm
bill should result in increased loan
demand as private sector financ
ing replaces funds previously pro
vided through commodity credit
nonrecourse loans and deficiency
payment advances.
“Competition continues to be
keen,” said Reich. “Our patronage
program and competitive rates,
however, make the association the
lender of choice for agricultural
credit in northeastern Pa.
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Dealer Facility Welcomes Community
At Grand Opening
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Not for sales, but to allow the
community to walk through the
new building. That’s why Landis
Bros. Inc., has scheduled a “We
Welcome You” grand opening
celebration tomorrow, Sunday.
June 23, from 2 to 6 p.m. at their
new location seven miles west of
Lancaster along Route 283 at the
ML Joy-Manheim exit.
"We have serviced the Lancas
ter County community since
1920,” Herb Noll, general mana
ger said. “We just wanted to give
everyone the opportunity to see the
new facility. We think maybe peo
ple will like to take a Sunday after
noon drive after church and stop in
to see us. We want to have refresh
ments and have a good time visit
ing with our friends.”
The special celebration is one
year to the day from the time of
groundbreaking for the new
28,230 sq. ft. building. Located on
a nine-acre site, the new building
combines open space visibility in
its first floor retail area, with a
smooth work flow in the spacious
service areas. The building has
been planned to provide optimal
customer service with good work
ing conditions for the employees.
Landis Bros., Inc., is unique in
that they have limited themselves
to one major brand, John Deere.
But they are diversified in that they
serve farmers, building contrac
tors, homeowners for lawn and
garden equipment, and commer
cial groundskeepers.
In addition, a major part of their
with customer Steve Figard. Jere Patches, right, searches
the computer to check Inventory.
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welcome visitors at the "We Welcome You” grand opening
celebration. From left, Herb Noll, general manager; Jerry
Snavely; Parke Sollenberger, service manager, seated, and
Carole Horn.
business comes from repair ser
vice. They service not only what
they sell but also farm, construc
tion and grounds equipment from
other users as well. No seasonal
employees are hired because spe-
cial shop promotions, along with
the need to repair farm machinery
in summer and snow removal
equipment in winter, has made
repair service necessary all year.
Cranes have been placed in the
work areas so that they have plenty
of headroom to work on used
equipment and to assemble new
machinery.
“Farmers seem to have a very
good attitude, and arc pleased to
have us out here in the country,”
Noll said. “They are drirving trac
tors in to be worked on, and this
gives us a lot of service business.
“We have had an excellent
spring selling season, especially
on hay tools. John Deere targeted
these products to gain additional
market share so we were able to
write a lot of business on mower
conditioners and hay balers. The
medium- size tractor market for
farm and grounds care is also very
strong.”
“We have always tried to wel
come everyone,” Noll said. “We
want to give the personal touch.
That’s why we called it the ‘We
Welcome You’ grand opening
celebration. Our employees will be
here to host the visitors, and this
will fit right into our business phi
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