D6-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, Juna 13,1998
ENB To Open Akron Office
AKRON (Lancaster Co.)
The Ephrata National Bank re
cently broke ground for the con
struction of a new full-service of
fice along Rl 272 adjacent to The
Akron Restaurant.
The area’s strong agricultural
base played an important role in
the bank’s choice of a location for
its Akron office. The Ephrata Na
tional Bank, serving farmers since
1881, is maldng a concentrated ef
fort to expand its agricultural cus
tomer base. The new branch’s
proximity to the rich farmland in
West Earl, Warwick, Manheim,
and Upper Leacock townships
played an important part in the
agricultural sector growth strate
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Retrofit Supplies
More Digestible Forage
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
LSC Equipment of Lancaser
has announced the introduction of
its patented Kernel Processor Re
trofit Kit for John Deere models
3950 and 3970 forage harvesters.
Available through local John
Deere dealers, the unit is installed
into a harvester, resulting in full
capability to crimp high moisture
com, and crack dry com, without
loss of speed, power, or yield.
Able to supply forage that is
more digestible, the retrofit will
quickly pay for itself by reducing
feed waste and increasing milk
production.
The heart of the retrofit, an inset
with two 9-inch x 24-inch ma
chine grooved rolls turning at dif
ferent speeds, moves processed
silage quickly through to the auger
assembly of the harvester. Its
power center, a system of sprock
ets, pulleys, and belts, runs
smoothly and quietly and requires
no additional horsepower.
The insert is easily removed for
processing haylage by taking out
four bolts on each side, along with
the drive belts and replaced with a
haylage chute which is included
with the kit Conversion for mak
ing haylage can take as little as 30
minutes.
Retrofits are completed by au-
Kuhn Helps Break
World Plowing Record
VERNON, N.Y. On March
4, Kuhn, in conjunction with
John Deere and Kleber,
smashed the world record for
the number of acres plowed in
24 hours.
Maurice Donval, a farmer
from Finistere, France, plowed a
total of 445.7 acres in 24 hours.
This record far exceeds the pre
vious record of 315.5 acres set in
Germany in September 1995.
This record was achieved
using a Kuhn-Huard
Challenger, 15 bottom, semi
mounted, roll-over plow. The
plow covered 25 feet of ground in
one pass and was fitted with a
Kuhn-Huard H 4 Helicoidal
Triplex'” Mouldboards set a 20
inches and ZXE skimmers. The
Farm families will be able to
take advantage of Ephrata Nation
al’s no-fee checking accounts,
trust services, and other reason
ably priced banking products. The
bank offers agricultural loans (in
cluding real estate loans with
terms up to 20 years, and fixed
rates up to 10 years with no pre
payment penalties), as well as
term loans and operating loans.
Most agricultural loans will be
processed and serviced by Robert
N. Zook, the bank’s vice president
of agricultural lending, who is
familiar with many of the farmers
in the area of the new Akron of
fice.
The new Akron office is ex
pected to be open for business in
early 1999.
IfF* 1,
LSC Equipment of Lancas
ter, has announced the intro
duction of Its patented Ker
nel Processor Retrofit Kit for
John Deere models 3950 and
3970 forage harvesters.
thorized shops in your area and
typically cost less than one tenth
the cost of self-propelled equip
ment designed to process silage in
the field. For mere information,
contact your local John Deere
farm equipment dealer or write to
LSC Equipment. 2008 Horseshoe
Road, Lancaster, PA 17601.
plow was pulled in furrow by a
John Deere 9400 tractor fitted
with 4 - Kleber 710/70 R3B tires.
Maurice Donval plowed non
stop for 24 hours with refueling
taking place on the move. The
volume of soil turned over is cal
culated at 588,600 cubic yards,
or more than 1.28 billion pounds
of soil (average working depth
for the plow as 9.8 inches). Four
hundred-eighty gallons of fuel
were consumed during the 24-
hour period for an average con
sumption of 1.077 gal ./acre.
Maurice Donval is no
stranger to the field of world
championship plowing. In 1989
Donval won the French plowing
championship and in 1992 he
won the world 24 hour record
MOUNT JOY (Lancaster Co.)
It’s a fact that fanning is get
ting more and more competitive.
As a result, fanners are searching
for ways to get greater productivi
ty out of not only their land, but
their equipment as well.
One farming operation in Lan
caster County discovered a new
way to make a piece of agricultur
al equipment more profitable
without even using it on the farm.
In the summer of 1997, Phil and
Roger Garber of Garber Farms.
Inc. found themselves with an op
portunity to get their hands on a
Case IH Quadtrac prototype.
According to Phil Garber, how
ever, there was some concern
about whether the operation
would get enough use out of the
Quadtrac to justify the cost.
Some creative thinking was
needed. And when Garber joined
forces with Hoober, Inc., the local
Case IH dealer, and Ken Kreider,
president of BR Kreider & Son,
Inc., an area excavation firm, a
solution appeared.
With the help of Hoober, Inc.,
BR Kreider & Son reached an
agreement with Garber Farms to
lease the Quadtrac as needed.
“It was a great way for me to
get the size tractor I wanted a
new one, instead of something less
desirable,” said Garber.
Kreider, meanwhile, was a bit
wary of how the Quadtrac would
perform, so the agreement was a
good solution for his company as
well.
“I was skeptical about how well
a farm tractor would hold up to the
constant load and abuse that our
equipment puts up with every-
Rockingham Mill Signs
Dealer Agreement With Pennfield
HARRISONBURG, Va.
Rockingham Mill, a Shenandoah
Valley livestock feed manufactur
er, has been selected as the exclu
sive dealer in Virginia for Penn-
Held Feeds.
Under this agreement, Rocking
ham Mill, which markets feeds
under the Rockingham and the
“Big R” brands, can incorporate
Pennfield ingredients and tech
nology in its products plus offer
other products under the Pennfield
Feeds brand.
“Pennfield is an industry leader
in dairy nutrition,” said Steve
Bird, vice president and division
BASF To Participate In
Preferred Customer Program
PARSIPPANY, NJ. Ameri
can Cyanamid and the BASF, two
of the leading marketers of crop
protection products in the United
States, announce that they have
formed an agreement where
BASF will participate in Ameri
can Cyanamid’s Harvest Part
ners® preferred customer pro
gram.
The Harvest Partners program,
with a record of 212.5 acres.
Since then, the record was
raised to 269.3 acres in 1993 and
315.5 acres in 1995.
This record is confirmed and
will be cited in the Guiness Book
of World Records.
Quadtrac Provides
Extra Income For Farm
In the summer of 1997, Phil
and Roger Garber of Garber
Farms, Inc. found them*
selves with an opportunity to
get their hands on a Case IH
Quadtrac prototype.
day,” said Kreider. “Not to men
tion the amount of hours in a day
that we run a piece of equipment
“That’s one of the reasons I like
the agreement we came up with in
terms of leasing the Quad. It is
sort of a cooperative effort be
tween ourselves, Garber and
Hoober and that’s appealing. It
gave us a chance to see what the
Quad could to in conditions we
work in, how productive it would
be and how durable it would be,”
Kreider said. “It’s good for Hoob
er to see how their machine is run
ning and it is good for Garber be
cause the tractor can be running
even when they’re not using it.”
The lease arrangement has been
so successful that, according to
Garber, BR Kreider & Son is us
ing the Quadtrac around 6S per
cent of the time, with Garber
Farms using it the remaining 3S
percent
“Once the operators from BR
Kreider got on the machine, they
really liked it” said Garber. “One
manager of Rockingham Mill.
“Pennfield’s patented process of
steam rolling grains such as com,
soybeans and'barley, Super Flake
(TM), greatly increases rumen di
gestibility and is on the leading
edge of technology. We plan to in
corporate Super Flake grains into
our Rockingham dairy rations
which will be a real plus for our
customers here in the Valley and
throughout the state.”
“We are very pleased to be
come a working partner with
Rockingham Mill,” said Bob
Buehler, vice president of Penn
field’s Ag Products Division.
“Farmers in the Central Shenan
launched by American Cyanamid
in 1993, is a customer loyalty pro
gram that rewards eligible, partici
pating growers and retailers for
the purchase of selected products.
Although American Cyanamid
and BASF both intend to offer the
program, each company will have
separate promotions for grower
participation and product eligi
bility.
The agreement between Ameri
can Cyanamid and BASF will
give participating growers in
creased opportunities to earn Har
vest Points® award credits for
valuable redemption items. Many
BASF products are eligible. For
retailers, participation in the in
dustry’s first and only preferred
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Founded in 1919 in Harrison
burg, Virginia, as a flour and feed
milling company, Rockingham
Mill is now a division of RMC,
Inc., which also operates Rocking
R Hardware retail stores and Ram
Plumbing Supply primarily serv
ing Rockingham. Augusta. Shen
andoah, and surrounding counties.
customer program means they will
be able to fulfill Cyanamid and
BASF product promotions quick
ly and efficiently through a single
fulfillment mechanism. Earlier
this year, Cyanamid and Novartis
Crop Protection, Inc. formed an
agreement to include select
Novartis products in the program.
The Harvest Partners® pro
gram has awarded Harvest
Points® award credits to growers
who purchase Cyanamid crop pro
tection products. Beginning this
year, growers will earn points for
the purchase of proven Cyanamid
crop protection products, and se
lect Novartis and BASF products.
Cyanamid AgriCenter™ dealers
will continue to earn points for the
sale of Cyanamid products.
of the reasons is the ride is better,
smoother. And the cab keeps them
out of the weather and it has a
radio and all those type of things.”
Longtime pan opera ter Bemell
Moyer at BR Kreider & Son
agrees with Garber’s assessment
of the Quadtree.
“From the operator’s stand
point, I’d say the ride is the best
thing about the machine,” said
Moyer, a pan operator for over 28
years. “The ride is much smoother
compared to other machines
where you bounce around a lot,
which can lead to backaches and
other problems.
“And once I started running the
Quadtree, it didn’t take long for
me to know that this machine was
going to help me do my job bet
ter,” Moyer said. “It’s much faster
than other pans and it loads twice
as fast.”
And in the excavating business,
just as in fanning, production is
the key. Kreider monitors the pro
ductivity of each machine, and he
likes what he’s seen.
“From what we’re seeing, the
Quadtrac is moving twice the dirt
that we move with the TS-14s. For
good dirt, top soil and good fill we
can really move a lot of dirt with
that machine,” Kreider said.
“Basically, the Quadtrac is mov
ing 34 cubic yards of dirt with one
man versus 17 cubic yards of dirt
on our other pans.
“Plus, with the traction you get
with the Quadtrac. you’re able to
work in conditions that are a little
too wet to work with a conven
tional pan,” Kreider said. “So
that’s a definite advantage a>
well.”
doah Valley have relied on Rock
ingham Mill for almost 80 years.
Both of our companies are fo
cused on'providing the finest qual
ity dairy feed. Together, we can
offer dairy producers products that
will boost milk production and
improve their bottom line.”