Robert Shearer of Mount Joy, Pa., placed second in the
national conventional dryland division of the 1997 National
Grain Sorghum Producers Yield Contest.
Pictured from left are Robert and Doreen Shearer with Mark
Lyle, Pioneer's worldwide sorghum/sunflower marketing manag
er.
Shearer Tops 1997
NGSP Yield Contest
DES MOINES, lowa - Robert
Shearer of Mount Joy, Pa., was
recognized recently as a 1997
National Gram Sorghum
Producers Yield Contest winner.
The award presentations were
made during the 1998 Sorghum
Conference in Reno, Nev.
The 12 th annual NGSP Yield
Contest recognized 103 state
winners and 12 national win
ners in four divisions: conven
tional dryland, conventional
irrigated, no-till dryland, and
no-till irrigated.
a first-time NGSP yield
contestant, Shearer placed first
in''the state conventional dry
land division and second m the
national contest m this division
Pioneer brand 8313 gave him
the winning gram sorghum yield
of 164 bushels per acre
"I plant Pioneer products
because they have done better
than any other hybrids I have
tired," said Shearer, who plants
grain sorghum on about one-
High-Residue Field
Cultivator Added
To Product Line
SHELL ROCK, lowa -
Unverferth Manufacturing
Company, Inc. announced the
addition of the High-Residue
Field Cultivator to its Brent®
brand line of tillage products
The implement is designed from
the ground up for maximum
residue handling.
Optimum, plug-free perfor
mance is assured with an under
frame clearance of 25 3/8 inches
and five rows, spaced 32 inches
apart, of coil-spring or two-piece
flex shanks. Shanks are set on
six-inch spacings and equipped
with seven-inch sweeps.
Walking tandem axles with 9.50
x 15 tires on both the base and
wings, and front stabilizer
wheels with 5.90 x 15 tires, pro-
third of his acres and also raises
corn and hogs.
"Pioneer is proud to recognize
Robert Shearer as a yield con
test winner," said Linda Wyss,
product manager, sorghum and
corn feed traits, Pioneer Hi-Bred
International, Inc. "Since not all
fields have the same production
capacity, management decisions,
including seed selection and irri
gation, play a large role in deter
mining grain sorghum yield.
Were pleased that our hybrid
helped him achieve a winning
yield."
The first place winner in the
national conventional dryland
division went to Kenneth
Beaver, Johnson County,
Nebraska.
More information on
sorghum hybrids and other
Pioneer products is available
from your local provider of
Pioneer brand products or by
checking the Pioneer world wide
web site: http://www.pioneer.
com.
vide exceptional field stability
and flotation
The heavy-duty mainframe is
132 inches long and constructed
of 1/4-mch thick, 4-mch by 3-
mch steel tubing for maximum
durability and residue flow
Tillage depth is easily adjusted
with a single-point hydraulic
control and a highly visible
incremental depth gauge And
leveling the Brent High-Residue
Field Cultivator takes only sec
onds with its innovative hitch
design featuring “dial-in” hitch
height adjustment. Parallel lift
keeps field cultivator level in
raised or lowered position.
Soil-surface leveling options
include a four-bar harrow with
7/16-inch by 17-inch coil tines,
Farm Credit Stages
Groundbreaking Ceremony
YORK (York Co.) - In
February, York Farm Credit
staged a groundbreaking cere
mony for its Cumberland Valley
office.
This 6,700-square-foot facili
ty, the first building being erect
ed in the Farm Credit Business
Center, should be completed in
six to eight months, reported
Building Commitee Chairman
John Cope.
The new Cumberland Valley
office will provide lending and
financial services to agricultural
and rural residents of
CumberL ud, Franklin, Fulton,
and Perry counties. These ser
vices were previously provided
by the Carlisle and
Chambersburg branch offices,
according to Building
Committee member Clifford
Hawbaker.
Various York Farm Credit
board and advisory council
members were present, as well
as Franklin & Cumberland
County Cooperative Extension
agents Phil Wagner and Duane
Duncan, respectively. Also in
attendance were representa
tives of Dennis E. Black
Engineering, Inc. and Palmer
Construction, the firms con
TS Tractors Grab Attention
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) Smart styling in the new
TS tractors from New Holland
gels your attention, but it’s the
way they work that you will really
appreciate.
Powerful 304-cubic-inch Gene
sis™ engines produce up to 32
percent torque rise while running
at low-rated speeds for durability.
Engines are fully “cmmission
ized” to comply with all regula
tory exhaust emission standards.
The three new models come in
70, 80 and 90 PTO HP sizes.
Transmission options include Bx 2,
12x12,16x16 Electroshift™. 16x4
and 24x24 Dual Command™.
Plus, a 25 MPH top gear option is
Conventional Combine Is ‘Made In America’
ATLANTA, Ga. The last
Massey Ferguson® conventional
combines manufactured in Noth
America were the MF 850 and MF
860 models. Many are still in use
today by U.S. and Canadian farm
ers who value their reliability and
crop-saving performance.
For the past eight years, Mas
sey, Ferguson has marketed con
ventional combines built by a
European manufacturer to MF®
specifications. During this period,
farmers had requested Massey
Ferguson to once again build
quality conventional combines in
North America to meet their
needs.
In July, Massey Ferguson intro
duced a new conventional com
bine to MF dealers at its North
American Dealer Meeting in Kan
sas City. The new MF 8680 Con
ventional Combine, a large Class
or single Rolling Harrow® bas
ket with coil-tine leveling bar.
Tine angle and down pressure of
the four-bar harrow are effort
lessly adjusted to match residue
conditions with conveniently
located, easy-to-turn crank han
dles. The Rolling Harrow level
er features aggressive saw
tooth, angled blades with simple
York Farm Credit's recent groundbreaking ceremony fea
tured, from left, Clifford Hawbaker, York Farm Credit director;
Richard Ross, Black Engineering; Jay Rush, York Farm Credit
president; John Baker, realtor/developer, Re/Max Realty; John
Cope, York Farm Credit director; and Denny Fraker, Palmer
Construction.
tracted to design and complete
the project. Mark Butterbaugh
attended on behalf of State
Representative Jeffrey Coy.
Franklin County Commission
ers Bob Thomas and Warren
Elliott also joined the ceremony.
available for faster road travel
Product manager Paul Trella says
these hard workers have, in addi
tion to smooth lugging power,
best-in-class turning radius and
driver visibility. Deluxe cabs with
dual doors, large glass area, air
ride seats and tilt-telescope steer
ing ensure maximum operator
comfort to reduce drive fatigue, he
notes.
Automatic differential locks are
standard on TS tractors equipped
with 16x16 and 24x24 transmis
sions. Hydraulically engaged front
differential locks with one-touch
control switches for more reliable
towing load control at higher
ground speeds or in poor traction
conditions, are provided for the
VI machine designed by company
engineers and built at an Agco®
plant in the U.S., was enthusiasti
cally reviewed and operated by
MF dealers at the meeting.
Tom Draper, Massey Ferguson
product marketing manager, sum
marizing the capability of this new
machine, said: “The new MF 8680
incorporates new productive fea
tures and technology that will
make Massey Ferguson a leader in
combine technology as we ap
proach the 21st century.”
Features include large center
line cab, productive operating
controls, wide, large diameter cy
linder, separator conveyor belt,
large grain lank at 300-bushel ca
pacity, heavy duty ground drive
system, clean burning 260 hp en
gine, lateral header control, and
complete header lineup.
downpressure adjustments,
The Brent High-Residue
Field Cultivator is available in
working widths from 34 to 22
feet. Additional features include
taillights for safer road travel,
standard equipment safety
chain and combination single
tang/clevis hitch.
Equipment for the ceremony
included a new John Deere trac
tor provided by Dale Clugston of
Clugsto Ag & Turf and an
antique Case tractor and plow
donated by York Farm Credit
Board member Lester Martin.
12x12, 16x16 and 24x24 drive
lines.
Dual open-center gear pumps
provide over 18 GPM hydraulic
flow, the company says. A single
joystick control for ease of .opera
tion is standard on all cab units. A
separate steering/transmission
lube pump has 9.2 GPM flow.
Four remotes are available as op
tions. Closed-center 21 GPM sys
tems are also available.
Trella notes that Dynamic Ride
Control™, a New Holland exclu
sive to counteract the “bounce”
when transporting heavy 3-point
implements, is standard on units
equipped with electronic draft
control.
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Massey Ferguson’s new
MF 8680 Class VI Conven
tional Combine, built at the
company's Independence,
Mo. plant, Incorporates many
new productive features in
cluding a roomy centerline
cab, large diameter cylinder,
300-bushel grain tank,
260-hp Cummins diesel en
gine, and a complete line of
headers.