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Martin Completes Program
READING (Berks Co.)
Reading Area Community Col
lege has announced that Michael
J. Martin, New Holland, has suc
cessfully completed the auction
eering certification program.
The Certiciate Program was de
signed to provide students with in
depth knowledge of the tech
niques, procedures, and principles
of communication, appraisal,
management, marketing mid law.
Successful completion of the
program enables the student to sit
for the Pennsylvania Auctioneer
Licensing Exam. The exam was
held in Harrisburg on March 18.
Auctioneers Attend
Estate Specialist Seminar
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.
Sanford L. Alderfer and Vernon
L. Martin attended the Estate Spe
cialist Seminar offered by the
Auction Marketing Institute head
quartered here.
Twenty-eight auctioneers
throughout the United States and
Canada attended the seminar, de
signed to help auctioneers net
work with other professionals in
the financial, business, and legal
community.
The Auction Marketing Insti
tute programs are designed to edu-
DuPont, Griffin
Announce Joint Venture
VALDOSTA, Ga. DuPont
and Griffin Corporation an
nounced they have completed ne
gotiations and formally launched
their new joint venture, Griffin
LJL.C., in April.
Griffin LX..C. is based in Val
dosta, Ga. and led by R.A. (Rusty)
Griffin, who serves as CEO of the
company. The Griffin L.L.C.
work force grew to about 1,100
employees worldwide when about
500 DuPont employees transfer
red to the joint venture.
As part of the equal partnership
agreement, DuPont is contributing
four post-patent crop protection
products along with manufactur
ing facilities in Barranquilla, Co
lumbia, and Goiabal, Brazil. The
products are Karmex® (diuron
herbicide), Lorox® (linuron
herbicide), Manzate® (mancozeb
fungicide) and Vender® (fenbu
tatinoxide miticide). Griffin is
contributing more than 30 crop
protection products as well as its
manufacturing facilities in Val
dosta, Houston and Camacari,
Brazil. Griffin is also contributing
its aquatic treatment, nursery sup
ply and ornamental products.
“The joint venture broadened
Griffin’s global market access and
strengthened its position as a lead
er in supplying post-patent crop
protection products. Griffin is al
ready the world’s leading supplier
of copper-based fungicides, and
the new products give Griffin a
broader product portfolio to meet
Michael J. Martin
cate and train auctioneers in ways
to enhance their services to clients
and customers.
The Auction Marketing Insti
tute awards the Certified Auction
eers Institute (CAI), the Ac
credited Auctioneer (AARE), and
the Graduate Personal Property
Appraisal (GPPA) designation to
auctioneers who meet educational
and experiential requirements.
Sandy and Vernon are the own
ers of the Sanford Alderfer Auc
tion Company in Hatfield, Pa.
DuPont and Griffin Cor
poration have completed ne
gotiations tor their new Joint
venture, Griffin L.L.C. Pic
tured, from left, Rusty Griffin,
CEO, Griffin L.L.C., and
James C. Borel, vice presi
dent and general manager,
DuPont crop protection
products.
the needs of its customers in more
than 80 countries,” said Rusty
Griffin.
Griffin’s management team
retained responsibility for manag
ing the company on a global basis,
and strategic decisions will be
made by the Members Committee
(directors) of Griffin L.L.C.
Winterhardy Perennial Ryegrass
LOGDENSBURG, NJ.
European winter perennial rye
grass varieties seeded in 199 S
continue to perform well in New
York on the farm as well as in the
research plots.
A study conducted at the
USDA/NRCS Big Flats Plant Ma
terials Center has shown that Bar
enbrug’s BG-34 Perennial Rye
grass stand is in excellent shape
following three New York win
ters. Adjoining plots of a Winter
hardy Orchardgrass have sus
tained damage and lost stand den
sity. The work is being carried out
by Darrell Emmick, grasslands
specialist for NRCS (National Re
sources Conservation Service).
Why the emphasis on perennial
ryegrass? It is the highest energy
ATLANTA, Ga. Massey
Ferguson is introducing its next
generation of world tractors with
increased performance to meet the
needs of today’s progressive farm
er.
The new MF 4200 mid-range
tractor series, with eight models
from 55 to 99 PTO horsepower,
cover the power categories most
in demand by farmers in North
America and throughout the
world.
Massey Ferguson dealers from
across the U.S. and Canada enthu
siastically reviewed and operated
the new 4200 Series cab tractors at
the Massey Ferguson North
American Dealer Conference in
Kansas City.
Massey Ferguson has been the
world’s best-selling tractor brand
for the last 34 consecutive years,
and the company is confident the
new 4200 Sales tractors wil be a
major factor in maintaining this
leadership position well into the
21st century.
Massey Ferguson’s 300 Series
tractors gained recognition among
world farmers for high levels of
productivity and reliability. The
new MF 4200 Series tractors build
New Holland Adds Discbine
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) —The new Model 1412 New
Holland Discbine® features a
flail-type conditioner for more
vigorous conditioning and faster
curing in grass hay crops. But, the
two-speed flail conditioner can be
slowed to minimize leaf loss in al
falfa and other legume crops.
Unlike leafy alfalfa and clover,
grasses can absorb vigorous flail
action conditioning with mini
mum leaf loss, said New Holland
hay tools product manager Joe
Griffiths. The reduced rotor speed
Opening Of New Service Facility
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Keen Leasing, Inc., a full-ser
vice truck leasing, truck rental,
and truck maintenance company,
announces the grand opening of
its new five-bay service facility
here.
Founded in Carlisle in 1968,
Thrives In Northeast
and protein cool season grass
available. Its high palatability also
results in very high intake by live
stock.
Research on BG-34 Perennial
Ryegrass at Utah State University
has resulted in mid-lactation dairy
cattle producing SS pounds of
milk per cow with no grain sup
plements. The above are some of
the temperate climate areas in the
world use perennial ryegrass.
Barenbrug, the world’s largest
grass seed company, markets the
BG-34 Perennial Ryegrass Mend
for use in pastures. Many North
east grazers are using the ryegrass
blend to thicken up existing pas
ture stands. Perennial ryegrass is
relatively easy to establish into ex
isting forage through no-till seed-
New World Tractor
From Massey Ferguson
Massey Ferguson’s new
MF 4200 Series tractors,
eight cab models 55 to 99
PTO hp, 2* and 4-wheei drive,
feature flat floor cabs, roof to
floor tinted glass for excep
tionally visibility, and three
exterior designs standard,
low profile, and high visi
bility.
on the proven quality and dura
bility of the MF 300 Series with
the added benefit of more than 70
percent of its features and designs
being new or re-engineered for in
creased productivity and relia
bility.
“In developing the new 4200
Series, priority has been given to
providing a wide choice of equip
ment and options for customers,”
said John Sargeant, Massey Fer
guson marketing product man
ager. “We feel the more closely
With Flail Conditioner
adapts the “1412” for legumes. A
hand crank adjusts the gap be
tween the flails and the condition
ing hood to control the amount of
conditioning. This new machine is
especially well adapted for heavi
ly fertilized, high yield crops, he
said.
The company indicated that the
new Model 1412 Discbine® slices
right through dense crops that stay
wet or even are turning brown and
gummy in the stubble area—con
ditions that plug a sickle bar. The
eight-disc, 10-foot 4-inch modular
Keen Leasing Announces
Keen has a long history of service
to the transportation industry and
is celebrating its 30th anniversary.
Keen, a regional company with
branches throughout central Penn
sylvania, Maryland and Virginia,
has its corporate headquarters lo
cated in Harrisburg, and offers
ing or broadcasting it a chain har
row or other drag is used. On
moist soils, perennial ryegrass can
be broadcasted immediately be
fore the season’s first grazing with
livestock. Livestock punch the
seed into the ground where it then
may grow. A normal grazing pat
tern may be followed. Full stands
of ryegrass can be established
conventionally.
BG-34 contains a blend of three
very late maturing (late heading
date) varieties. These varieties are
hardly determined to go into seed
bead (because of shorter daylight
than Europe) which is a major ad
vantage because it increases pala
tability of the grass stand even
more.
users can tailor a tractor to their
specification and performance re
quirements. the more value and
productivity they will receive
from their choice.”
The new MF 4200 Series mod
els are available with 2- or
4-wheel drive and are available in
three exterior cab and sheet metal
designs Standard, low profile,
and high visibility.
Standard models have a gently
sloping hood and a new fiat-floor
cab. Low profile models feature a
reduced height cab and slanted
hood profile for the lower overall
height and compactness necded to
operate in restricted space areas,
including buildings.
High visibility models feature
the new flat-floor cab in combina
tion with the slanted hood profile
for excellent forward visibility
while operating loaders and other
equipment that require the highest
degree of visibility possible.
The MF 4243,4253. and 4263
are “value priced” models with a
standard 12F/4R transmission and
value-packages options for the
customer who wants a quality cab
tractor with standard features,
high productivity, and reliability.
cutter bar slices through fire ant
and gopher mounds without slow
ing. This 120-inch flail conditioner
picks up the crop as it passes the
cutter bar and conditions it to re
move the waxy outer crop surface
for rapid dry down.
Windrow shields allow crop
discharge from three feet to a full
width seven-foot swath. A "bent
tongue” design with on-thc-go hy
draulic swing provides excellent
maneuverability in narrow lanes,
gates, and on field margins.
companies that operate trucks a
wide array of services to meet cus
tomer’s transportation require
ments.
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