Snider’s Elevator To Host
Annual Open House
LEMASTERS (Franklin Co.)
Snider’s Elevator Inc. will
host its 3rd annual Open House
and guided tours at their
Lemasters facility on Friday,
Nov. 6 and Saturday, Nov. 7 on
Lemar Rd.
Snider’s Elevator will have a
tent set up in front of their retail
store so that open house can be
held rain or shine. Vendors in
the tent will represent compa
nies such as dog and cat food
manufacturers and wild bird
feed suppliers, as well as horse
and dairy cow health suppliers.
Saturday morning, starting
at 7:30 a.m. Snider’s will be giv
ing out free pancakes and coffee.
Miniature horses trom
Harmony Hill Stables and South
Lawn Stables will also be in the
tent. Milking goats from Pipe
Dreams Fromage will be present
for a milking demonstration.
Sharon Hanna, local journey
man farrier, will be on hand to
demonstrate making horse
shoes. Also, dairy nutritionists
from Master Mix and Southern
States will be present to explain
feed formulations. Customers
can register to win doorprizes
such as a 19-inch color TV and a
Miller Joins Farm Credit
YORK (York Co.; - Alan J.
Miller of Somerset was recently
hired by Farm Credit as a finan
cial management service (FMS)
specialist.
Miller was formerly
employed by Svonavec, Inc., as
its controller. He has a bache
lor’s degree in accounting from
Penn State.
“We are very pleased to have
Alan Miller on our staff,” said
Jonas Kauffman, executive
director of Farm Credit
Financial Management Service.
“I am delighted to have been
able to hire an individual with
the strong accounting, tax and
financial expertise which Alan
brings to the job!”
Miller will serve farm clien
tele with the Pennsylvania
counties of York and Adams, and
in the Maryland counties of
Harford and Baltimore.
Financial products and services
which Miller will deliver include
accounting and record keeping,
tax planning and preparation,
financial statement preparation,
New Ag Software Announced
MINNETONKA, Minn.
SOILTEQ, a division of Ag-
Chem Equipment Co., Inc (Ag-
Chem), (NASDAQ/NNM:AGCH),
annouces the first phase of Ag
Central' M , their online database
and the release of the upgraded
SGIS 1M Software Suite
Ag Central, in coordination
with the upgraded version of
SGIS, provides a variety of ben
efits, new features, capabilities,
and support services creating a
complete decision support and
data management system tai
lored to agriculture.
The Ag Central database is
Winross truck, as well as many
other prizes. This year the
Nutro pet feed company will
give away a year’s supply of dog
or cat food.
On Friday afternoon at 3
local “D & S Bluegrass Band”
will perform at the store
entrance. Free food will be avail
able both days. Tours will be
leaving every hour of the open
house. Groups are welcome to
participate in the tours. Snider’s
grain receiving and feed manu
facturing facilities will be
included in the tours.
This year dairy farmers are
invited to participate in the free
dairy herd parasite evaluation
program, sponsored by Hoechst
Roussel. Dr. Gil Myers from
Magnolia, Ky. will be conducting
the parasite evaluations. Myers,
a graduate of the University of
Wisconsin, travels extensively
through the U.S. conducting
parasite evaluation clinics to
determine parasite burdens and
their effect on production in beef
and dairy cattle.
Snider’s Elevator open house
hours are Friday, Nov. 6 from
7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Saturday, Nov. 7, 7:30 a.m. to 3
p.m.
Alan J. Miller
payroll management, farm
accounting software, and busi
ness management consulting.
Miller can be reached at
Farm Credit Financial
Management Service’s toll-free
number, (800) 203-3625.
an enterprise Geographical
Information System (GIS) used
to store, analyze, and access
large agricultural datasets. The
main components of the system
are located at Ag-Chem’s corpo
rate office in Minnetonka. Ag
Central takes advantage of the
latest Internet and GIS tech
nologies to provide users with
data storage and archival,
online data access and viewing,
and aggregated queries and
analysis. In addition to the ben
efit of secure data storage, the
system provides the means to
reveal new knowledge that can
A.B.
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NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) This year marks Yanmar
Diesel Engine’s entry into the
U.S. market with its mini wheel
loader and mini excavator with
operating weights less than
10,200 pounds.
Yanmar excavators are
known for their uniquely bal
ances undercarriage system.
This offset-crawler design,
known as ViCTAS, expands the
width between crawler tracks
for greater transverse stability
and lengthens the tracks for
increased longitudinal stability.
The longer crawlers also boost
lifting capability, improve effi
ciency, and reduce operator
fatigue.
A spokesman for A. B. C.
Case Corporation Introduces Baler
RACINE, Wis. The Case
IH 8585 large square baler is
part of Case Corporation’s
largest-ever hay and forage
product introduction featuring
15 new products designed to
meet the increased productivity
needs of farmers.
“Case IH large square balers
are designed to produce the
highest quality hay with the
least amount of handling,” said
Marsha Dabich, Case IH live
stock production systems mar
keting manager. Complementing
the 8575 and 8950 balers, the
8585 baler completes the Case
IH square baler family for large
hay producers.
“The Case IH 8585 baler can
handle dry- or high-moisture
hay or silage, producing a three
by-four foot bale weighing up to
1,500 pounds dry,” noted Dabich.
“Large bales mean reduced time
loading and unloading. Similarly,
reduced handling in the baler
increases hay quality.”
To reduce the loss of protein
rich leaves, the Case IH center
line design flows hay gently
Hoffman Seeds Celebrates
‘Product of the Year’ Award
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Novartis Seeds Field Crops is
the winner of the agricultural
industry’s prestigious “1998 Prod
uct of the Year Award” for its
launch of its NK® Brand Bt com,
the first hybrids genetically en
hanced to control European com
borers.
Hoffman Seeds produces, mar
kets and distributes Novartis
Seeds’ full NK® Brand product
line in the Northeast and Mid-At
lantic, including com, alfalfa and
soybeans. This season, Hoffman
introduces several new com hy
brids for the East Coast including
Nl7-C5, N2l-V6, N29-Fl,
N3l-L4, N 52-82, N7O-D5,
NXB3OB and NXB6OB.
The award, sponsored by na-
then be used in management
planning and decision-making
activities.
The updated SGIS Software
Suite includes three Web-aware
utilities for the desktop, which is
part of Ag Central’s archival ser
vice. For Ag-Chem customers
wishing to take advantage of
this service, these utilities pro
vide a simple method to upload
and archive field boundary, soil
sample, as-applied, and yield
data. This service includes short
term on-line storage and long
term tape archival.
Groff Acquires Diesel Franchise
Groff’s spokesman explained
that mini wheel loaders are
extremely maneuverable because
of articulated steering and will
not disturb turf like other
machines.
Groff said that the acquisition of
the Yanmar mini excavator and
mini wheel loader will allow
through the system with the
least amount of handling. The
wide, low-profile pickup has
dual cam tracks on the left and
right side for smoother flow of
hay. Centering augers softly
transfer the hay to the packing
fingers. Once in the prepacker
chamber, bale flakes consistent
in weight and size are formed.
Weight sensors trigger the stuff
ing cycle, ensuring consistent
sizes. Leaves lost from the flake
of hay as it is lifted into the bale
chamber fall onto the next flake.
“Case IH large square balers
provide customers with consis
tent bale flakes, density and
weight,” said Dabich. “This
high-quality performance will
pay off for large hay producers.”
The balers also provide a
number of innovative features,
simplifying baling. Once the
bale is formed, an innovative
knotting system uses top and
bottom twine tensioners to even
ly feed twine around the bale,
eliminating twine disc pullout.
In addition, the 8585 baler has
tional trade magazine Agri Mar
keting, recognizes one agricultural
product each year for outstanding
marketing and impact in the mar
ketplace. This award highlights
the significant technological ad
MIFFLINBURG (Union Co.) About 130 producers and
agri-industry representatives attended the Mifflinburg Far
mers Exchange Trade Show held at the company’s head
quarters here in early September.
The field day featured the latest new products and a pig
roast for area formers. Mifflinburg Farmers Exchange is an
80-year-old company that provides feed and form supplies,
according to Roger Shuck, president. The trade show fea
tured suppliers who provided information to customers.
them to offer customers more
options and versatility at their
job sites. Customers currently
operating a tractor loader back
hoe would benefit by replacing it
with a skid steer loader and a
mini excavator.
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With a reasonable invest
ment cost, the combination
would be easier to transport,
take less fuel, and get the work
done faster.
Groff’s spokesman explained
that the mini wheel loaders are
extremely maneuverable
because of articulated steering
and will not disturb turf like
some other machines. These
machines will be attractive to
landscapers, nurseries, farmers,
and many other applications.
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Designed with a large hay
producer in mind, the Case IH
8585 large square baler pro
duces three-by-four foot bales
with dry weights up to 1,500
pounds. The large size reduces
handling, ensuring higher qual
ity hay and reduced labor
costs.
capacity for 30 balls of twine
the largest twine capacity of any
large square baler in the indus
try, permitting a full day’s baling
without interruption. And, a
new automatic centralized lubri
cation system provides positive
displacement of grease to 17
points on the baler for constant
lube flow and more efficient
operation.
vancc that Novartis Seeds has de
veloped for com growers through
out the world, a significant num
ber of whom used this technology
in 1998 to protect against this
yield-damaging insect.