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Tru-Test Introduces Group Scale
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas An electromechanical group
scale lets you “load 'em up and move ’em out” while get
ting a fast, accurate weight.
Tru-Test Incorporates Its electronic technology with the
mechanical group scale to provide the same speed, digital
accuracy, and confidence as found in the full line of Tru-
Test scales.
This scale Is legal for trade In all 50 states. Durable con
struction both in the scale and Its electronic components
(load cell and digital Indicator) will give the user the ad
vantage on weighing for many years. The Tru-Test Electro-
Mechanical Group Scale Is designed specifically to weigh
live animals and will lock onto a stable weight within 5-10
seconds.
Bt Corn Hybrids Round
Out Cargill Product Line
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -
Four new Bt corn hybrids round
out the Cargill Hybrid Seeds
European corn borer-resistant
hybrids. All Cargill Bt hybrids
compared favorably to other Bt
hybrids and conventional corn in
1998 test plots
“We now have a complete
product offering across most
maturity groups,” said Dr. Dan
Froehhch, Cargill agronomy ser
vices manager. “The Bt hybnds
performed very well in head-to
head tnals against competitive
hybrids and Cargill non-Bt
hybrids with similar genetics ”
In addition, Cargill will intro
duce limited seed quantities of
hybnds that stack the Bt trait
with tolerance to Liberty l herbi
cide from AgrEvo USA
The four new Bt hybrids are
“additional ammunition in the
war on bugs,” Froehhch said
Following are the hybrids
• 40218 t A 100- to 102-day
hybrid with very good early
vigor and drought tolerance
Tall and attractive, 40218 t
responds well to high fertility
and moderately high plant popu
lation.
• 452 IBt. Adapted to all soil
types, 452 IBt performs best at
medium to high planting popu
lations. This 104- to 106-day
hybrid would be the preferred
choice if late planting is neces
sary and makes and excellent
companion to Cargill 3677 and
6303 hybrids, Froehlich says.
•652 IBt. Sharing many
traits with Cargill 6303, this
hybrid is again having a consis
tent top-performing year.
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Excellent stalk strength, dry
down and fast emergence gives
this shorter-statured, 110- to
112-day Bt hybnd the winning
edge.
• 75218 t. A medium-tall, 112-
to 114-day hybrid with excellent
late-season plant health.
Excellent standability allows for
a wider harvest window
Two new Cargill hybrids com
bine resistance to European
corn borer with Liberty Link 1
technology.
• 50218t/LL A 106-107-day
hybnd, 5021 Bt/LL shows out
standing early vigor, yield
potential and ear flex It’s an
excellent choice for conventional
tillage and no-till systems
• 78218t/LL This 114- to
115-day hybrid has top-end yield
potential at moderate popula
tions due to outstanding ear
flex, and excellent standabihty
and test weight
In Cargill product evaluation
plots and research trials, the
four new Bt hybrids yielded as
well or better than popular
Cargill non-Bt hybnds 3677 and
4111.
“High yield potential is
important,” Froehlich said,
“because prevention of yield loss
due to corn borer is what justi
fies investment in the Bt trait,
even in a year when com borer
pressure is relatively light.”
According to information
released by AgrEvo, Bt hybrids
will net the producer an addi
tional $3 to $5.63 per acre,
assuming the price of com is
between $2 and $2.50 per bushel
and low European com borer
infestations only 3.5 per-
LEMASTERS (Franklin Co.)
The Bth Annual Snider’s Ele
vator Inc. Horse Seminar was held
recently, despite eight inches of
snow. More than 100 people at
tended the event held at the Le
masters Community Center.
Introductions were made by Su
san Snider, marketing manager of
Snider’s Elevator Inc. The first
speaker, Dr. Colleen Wilson, is a
researcher for Famam Companies,
Inc. A resident of Arizona, Wilson
has formulated many products for
Famam, including Maxflex and
Performax. Wilson discussed the
older horses and their needs for
supplements. The audience was
invited to ask questions.
The second speaker, Heather
Heider, discussed horse feeds.
Heider, a Southern States equine
feed and tech representative, dis
cussed the nutritional needs of
senior horses. The audience asked
questions during Heider’s presen
tation. Many people in the room
are owners of senior horses. Also,
Heider discussed proper feed
management from birth through
maturity.
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Door prizes were given out be
fore the end of the seminar. A
ST. LOUIS, Mo. A recent
study by Cornell University ani
mal scientists Dr. Dale Bauman
and Dr. Robert Everett establishes
the effectiveness of Posilac®, bo
vine somatotropin (BST) in on
farm settings over multiple years.
“Beginning in 1994 with the
commercialization of Posilac,
supplemented herds produced the
equivalent of eight to 12 pounds
more milk, per cow, per day, for
each animal supplemented with
Posilac,” said Bauman.
The eight-year study compared
340 northeastern commercial
dairy herds: slightly less than half
supplemented with Posilac and the
remainder, a control group, man
aged by producers who had never
purchased a dose. Comparing
Northeastern Dairy Herd Im
provement (DHI) data with Mon
santo Dairy Business records, the
scientists concluded that supple-
DENVER, Colo - Bill McCoy,
a broker and feedstock operator
from Lancaster, PA , took part in
a director training session
designed to educate producers
about their roles and lesponsi
bihties as new appointments to
the National Cattlemen’s Beef
Association (NCBAj board of
directors
McCoy was appointed to the
checkoff division of the NCBA
board in February to represent
the views of the Pennsylvania
Beef Council.
cent yield loss. per acre against 182.1 bushels
Cargill 65218 t averaged per acre from Pioneer 3489.
188.3 bushels per acre against “The 4.6-bushel yield advantage
182.1 bushels per acre from represents $3.41 more gross
Pioneer 3489. That’s a yield income per acre,” Froehlich said,
advantage of 6.2 bushels per “These trials clearly show the
acre and additional gross income benefits of planting Bt corn,
of $7.19 per acre, Froehlich said. Especially high-performing Bt
Cargill 45218 t equaled hybrids that outyield the compe-
Cargill 42208 t in performance tition.
and matures two days earlier. For more details, producers
In 1998 strip trials, Cargill should contact their Cargill
75218 t averaged 186.7 bushels Hybrid Seeds dealer.
Snowy Day Brings Large Turnout
To Snider’s Horse Seminar
Bovine Somatotropin Effective
Over Multiple Years
McCoy Receives Director Training
McCoy, along with other
At the recent seminar, from left, Heather Heider, South
ern States feed and technical representative; Susan Sni
der, Snider’s Elevator Inc. marketing manager; and Phyllis
Snider, Snider’s Elevator Inc. treasurer, take a moment to
discuss the Southern States complete line of horse feeds
before the start of the eighth annual seminar.
month supply of free horse feed, of Chambersburg. Donations were
compliments of Southern States, accepted for the Franklin County
was given out to two winners. The Therapeutic Riding Center. Also,
winners were Bill Nutwell of some horse grooming supplies
Clear Spring and George Brindle were donated.
mentation with Posilac signifi
cantly and consistently increased
milk production throughout multi
ple years.
In addition to determining the
sustained response to Posilac, the
study also compared average days
in milk, average age in the herds,
somatic ceil counts (SCC), and the
levels of fat and protein content
between herds supplemented with
Posilac and the control herds.
“ Both parameters average
days in milk and average age of
the herd remained consistent
between the control herds and the
herds supplemented with Posilac,”
said Bauman. “This indicates
sound reproductive performance
and continued cow health for
herds supplemented with Posilac
throughout the four-year study.”
Additionally, the findings de
monstrated herds supplemented
with Posilac exhibited no change
industry' leaders, participated in
the March 11-12 director train
ing in Denver to get a more com
plete understanding of NCBA,
its operating structure, and its
partner organizations
“It’s important that NCBA
directors fully understand the
organization and its operating
structure,” said George Swan,
1999 NCBA president and host
of the training session. “We are
part of a complicated industry
with a complex governing struc
ture. If board members have a
good understanding of how
NCBA operates, they will be bet-
in the pattern of SCC across the
lactation, and were at a similar
SCC level. The post-approval per
iod SCC score averaged 106,000
for the control group and 113,000
for the BST group. The study fur
ther indicated fat and protein con
tent increased proportionally with
milk yield.
The scientists also determined
genetic improvements and
changes in herd management im
proved in both the control and
Posilac herds at the same rate of
two percent each year from 1990
to 1998.
To qualify for the study, supple
mented herds must have continu
ously used Posilac since June
1994 in at least 50 percent of the
milking cows. The only require
ment for the control group was to
be a DHI test herd. No additional
parameters were placed on the
randomly selected herds, Bauman
said.
ter able to represent and edu
cate their constituents.
The NCBA director training
session was held in conjunction
with a training session for new
appointments to the Cattlemen’s
Beef Board (CBB) - the group
charged with overseeing the $l
- beef checkoff program.
NCBA contracts with the
Cattlemen’s Beef Board to con
duct checkoff programs on
behalf of the industry.
“We hold our training ses
sions in cooperation with CBB,
because it is also important that
NCBA directors understand the
operating procedures of our
partner organizations,” said
Swan. “Directors need to be able
to communicate about the value
of the beef checkoff program and
that we contract with the CBB
on a cost-recovery basis - mean
ing that we do not profit from
work conducted on behalf of the
beef checkoff.”
NCBA will next meet in
Denver during the Cattle
Industry Summer Conference,
July 17-21.