06-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 19, 1998 Mini Skid-Steer Loaders Deliver Big NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster Co.) ABC Groff, located here, has announced the availability of three new Ramrod mini skid-steer loaders, models 550,750, and 900. These hydraulic self-propelled mini skid-steer loaders deliver big performance in small places. Machines are driver-friendly with an unobstructed view of all work ing conditions. The mini skid-steer loaders are equipped with self-centering con trols which stop dead all drive, lift, or leveling movements when the operator’s hands are removed from the controls. Machines are easily transported in a trailer or pickup truck. According to Bill Beck, sales manager at ABC Groff, two of the models share a 16 hp air-cooled gas engine. One has both a 16 hp gas or 16 hp diesel engine. One has a 20 hp air-cooled gas or diesel engine. The 550 T has a 550-pound load capacity with a lift height of 65 inches with a 16 hp gas engine. Cochran Places First BOONSBORO, Md James G, Cochran, CEO and head auc tioneer of JG. Cochran Auctioneers and Associates, Ltd., placed first in the 1999 Maryland State Auctioneers Bid Calling Championship, spon sored and conducted by the Auctioneers Association of Maryland, during the Maryland State Fair in Timomum. Packard Joins White Oak Mills ELIZABETHTOWN (Lancas ter Co.) White Oak Milts, in its continuing effort to provide qual ity service to its dairy customers, has added Amy Packard, Troy, to its professional dairy team. Pack ard will serve as a full-time White Oak Mills dairy feed formulations programmer/purchaser. At White Oak Mills, Packard will be responsible for overseeing dairy computer formulating and assisting witih commodity pur chasing. Her new duties include providing technical support to White Oak Mills’ dairy specialists and customers, updating feed formulas, purchasing ingredients, generating ingredient spread sheets, monitoring grain and feed contracts, and maintaining feed quality control measures. Since her graduation from Pennsylvania State University in December 1997 where she earned a bachelor of science degree in dairy and animal science with a daily production/management op tion, Packard has been employed by Nichols Agway, in Nichols, N.Y. as a part-time customer ser vice representative. In addition, she served as a research data col lector for Penn State University’s agronomy department and as sisted with the farm management Performance Standard on the 550 T is 4- wheel hydrostatic drive, single-handed steering, tropical air flow, and rub berized shields. Electric start and quick attach are also standard. The 750 T-G uses a 16 hp gas engine with a 750-pound load capacity with a lift height of 65 inches. It uses a 16 hp gas engine, and four-wheel hydrostatic drive, single-handed steering, tropical air flow and rubberized shields, and electric start and quick attach are all standard. The 750 T-D is a 16 hp diesel engine with all the features of the 750 T-G. The 900-GT has a 20 hp engine air cooled gas engine (the 900 T-D is a 726 cc diesel engine) with a 900-pound load capacity. Lift height is 65 inches. Four wheel hydrostatic drive, single handed steering, tropical air flow and rubberized shields, and electr ic start and quick attach are all standard. Ramrod is a division of Leon’s Manufacturing Company, Saskatchewan, Canada. Auctioneers from throughout the state participated with judg ing by representatives of other auction firms in the Mid- Atlantic region Cochran has been in business for more than 26 years, conduct ing about 300 auctions yearly. Dwayne Flook, also with the Cochran firm, placed third in the state championship. Amy Packard, Troy, re cently joined White Oak Mills’ dairy team as a dairy programmer/purchaser. for Pack-Herd Holsteins, a 100-head registered Holstein herd located in Bradford County. Last summer, Packard com pleted a dairy research internship in Northern Ireland with the Northern Ireland Agricultural Re search Institute. During this internship, she assisted with vari ous grazing trials as well as with a 12-week dairy cow experiment which compared various protein supplementation levels with grass pasture. Packard replaces Staci Barnett, of Quanyville, who has served as a While Oak dairy programmer since June 1997. Weed Control Plots Planted DEKALB, lU. The debut of Dekalb brand Roundup Ready® com allows more than 10,000 growers to do something they’ve never done before apply Roundup Ultra™ over the top of their com. And what’s happening now in com Helds all across the United States has growers and researchers looking closely at this new prod uct While the traditional chemical application window has slammed shut on many growers across the Com Belt, Roundup Ready com customers have been able to maxi mize the benefits of this new prod uct Early indications show that Roundup Ready com weed con trol systems are more effective than traditional programs. In many parts of the country, unfavorable weather conditions early this spring have had a toll on conventional herbicide systems. In dry areas of the Com Belt pie Perennial Ryegrass Booklet Available OGDENSBURG, NJ Perennial Ryegrass (lolium perenne) is the highest quality forage grass available today. In many respects it outperforms other grasses. It is a cool season grass and therefore produces most in the spring and fall. During hot (greater than 90 degree) and dry periods it will go dormant, but will continue to produce as soon as temperature drops again. People have been trying perennial ryegrass in the past, but the varieties being used were not adapted to the climate of the Midwest and Northeast. Some varieties were brought over from New Zealand and other varieties were developed Company Enters Marketing Agreement TUNKHANNOCK (Wyoming Co.) PR Pharmaceuticals Inc., Fort Collins, Colo., announces a sales and marketing agreement with Sire Power, Inc. Tunkhannock. Sire Power, celebrating 60 years of leadership in the artifi cial insemination industry, has a direct presence in the nation’s dairy market. Sire Power will market the full line of EfferCept products to the dairy industry. Products include EfferCept Vet, a new technology in mastitis control, the Soft Guard series of condi tioning additives, as well as other supporting products EfferCept Vet is a safe high- Kubota Tractor Announces Finance Program TORRANCE, Calif - Kubota Tractor Corporation (KTC) announced five new finance options on its compact and utili- ty tractors. The program, a first for KTC continues through Sept. 30, 1998. All finance options, on approved credit, offers zero down payment and terms that range from no interest on a 12- month contract to 8.49 percent APR for 60 months with interest and payments waived for the Roundup Ready Com emergence herbicides have al lowed weed escapes. While in other areas, good growing condi tions combined with frequent ear ly season rainfall have prevented timely applications of several postemergence herbicides. “These contrasting weather conditions have not been a con cern with Roundup Ready com,” said Tracy Klingaman, Dekalb’s agronomic trait manager. “The new Roundup Ready com system is not affected by these weather conditions and is showing strong performance throughout the Com Belt. Crop safety also is an ad vantage as Roundup Ready com is showing little to no stress when compared to other com that was subjected to ALS and growth regulator herbicides.” Roundup Ready technology al lows growers to combine the elite germplasm of Dekalb hybrids with the weed conotrol flexibility of Roundup Ultra, which controls in areas with hardly any killing frosts. Besides that, farmers didn’t know how to manage and fertil ize Perennial Ryegrass to make it persist. The combination of the above left a lot of farms frus trated, they knew the quality of Perennial Ryegrass, but didn’t know how to grow it. Barenbrug USA and Modern Forage Systems have been importing genetically improved varieties from [continental] Europe. Those imported vari eties proved to be winterhardy and farmers have been success ful with letting those varieties to persist. Also universities in Wisconsin and New York have seen that those varieties live ly effective teat dip and spray in an easy-to-use, easy-to-store tablet form. These convenient, concentrated effervescent tablets dissolve quickly in water to give exact strength every time. The active ingredient in EfferCept Vet, hypochlorous acid, offers 100 times the bacte ria killing power of bleach, but is far more gentle to the teats and udder, and the hands of the milker. Unlike bleach, which is neutralized quickly in organic matter typically found in dairy environments, EfferCept Vet maintains killing power as an effective mastitis preventative.' More than a quarter of a million dairy cows from every region of the country have been effective- first six months. Compact and utility tractors include the B-Series, 821 and L 35 tractor/loader/backhoes, L- Series and Grand L, and the complete line of M-Series utility tractors including the all-new M6BOO/8200/9000. Kubota's new M-Senes trac tors are equipped with a three liter, 202 cubic inch, ETVCS four-cylinder diesel engine pro ducing 68, *B2 or 90 horsepower respectively. Power and perfor mance can be enhanced with more than 100 grasses and broad leaf weeds. “We’re proud to be the first and only seed company to offer Roundup Ready corn, and we compliment all growers who quickly adopted the new tech nology,” said Vernon Benes, De kalb central marketing manager for com products. “We also look forward to seeing the results at harvest time. Early field plots show Dekalb brand Roundup Ready com is quick to germinate and is outgrowing competitive hy brids of similar maturities. That should mean big yields this fall.” Benes says Dekalb anticipates releasing an additional five to se ven hybrids in 1999, making the total Roundup Ready hybrid se lection almost a dozen. These products will range in relative ma turity from 95 to 115 days. A top priority will be an expansion of hybrid choices in the southern Com Belt. through their winters. Barenbrug thinks now is the time to make farmers aware of the possibilities with these improved varieties. Therefore they have composed a booklet that tells how to grow and man age Perennial Ryegrass in the Midwest and Northeast. The booklet contains articles of experts, but also contains the story of nine farmers who have been successful with growing Perennial Ryegrass for several years. v The booklet .is called “The Secret of Their Success” and is available free for farmers and associates. People can order up to three copies by calling Barenbrug at (800) 547-4101 ly treated with the product under real farm conditions Soft Guard Additives are specifically formulated to pro vide a moistunzing/conditionmg agent for teats when using EfferCept Vet solutions Soft Guard Aqua-Blue Additive provides a color indicator for visual inspection of proper teat dipping or spraying procedures, in addition to moisturizing and conditioning the teats. The EfferCept Vet and Sire Power marketing agreement will serve dairy customers by enhancing localized support and service, while accelerating mar ket awareness of this new prod uct introduction. turbo-charging and mter-coolmg technologies. Kubota performance matched implements such as loaders, backhoes, tillers and mowers are covered by the special financing program when purchased with a qualifying tractor. "We're continually adding new and more powerful equip ment to our line up," said Robin Killian, senior vice president, sales and marketing. "By pro viding more choices and now a greater number of finance options, Kubota customers have more flexibility when purchas ing new products."
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