M.H. Eby Inc. has introduced a new punch panel alu minum livestock trailer. Named “Bull Ride™,” the revolu tionary design was unveiled to enthusiastic audiences at the recent Mid-America Truck Show. Eby Unveils New Punch Panel Livestock Trailer BLUE BALL (Lancaster Co.) M.H. Eby Inc. has introduced a new punch panel aluminum livestock trailer. Named “Bull Ride™,” the rev olutionary design was unveiled to enthusiastic audiences at the recent Mid-America Truck Show. • Bull Ride features .075-inch thick aluminum side sheets with double embossed ventilation holes that are large and plenti ful to provide ample air flow. The side sheets are riveted on 3-inch centers to both legs of extruded aluminum hat-post uprights, giving Bull-Ride the strongest sides in the industry, Eby’s new design conserves weight and includes these stan dard specifications that contin ue to reinforce the company’s reputation for strength, quality, and durability: • 8-inch deep extruded alu minum suspension beams. New Holland Offers Grain Belt Headers For Self- Propelled Windrowers NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster Co.) The efficient cutting and smooth feeding of a combine draper header is available for New Holland self-propelled windrowers. The new Model 994 S Grain Belt draper headers fit the HW series of New Holland Speedrowers® as well as previ ous Models 2450 and 2550. Draper headers are ideal for swathing grains, cereals, and specialty crops. The large-diam eter bat reel (or optional pickup reel) provides superior cleaning while the low-profile cutterbar and lateral float system allows cutting of the shortest cereal or specialty crops. The floating feed auger and the extra-long retractable fin gers combined with the extra wide, single center belt result in high-capacity harvesting. The auger is located under the feed ing housing to keep grain from Vi Usr s ' Business * News ft '■ ” sv '. , * "H’ky'' • Aerodynamic front end with bull nose and adjustable air vents. • Extruded aluminum rear frame with 12-inch center post, left side rollup door, and corru gated right side panel. • Hard alloy, high-button alu minum floors with longitudinal ridges. • Heavy duty 3-inch alu minum I-beam crossmembers on 12-inch centers. • Formed and punched divide gates on each deck with double center beam construction for superior strength. • Smooth aluminum interior walls to minimize animal bruis ing and facilitate cleaning. • Premium quality running gear: Meritor 22,500# axles, Bridgestone radial tires, and extended life brakes. Bull Ride™ models are avail able in 48-foot - 53-foot lengths and both 102-inches and 96-inch widths. twisting or tangling, even in tough conditions. New Holland Model 994 S Grain Belt headers feature strong draper belts which feed evenly across the entire width of the header for increased capaci ty. Belt speed is easily adjusted using flow control and flow divider valves mounted on top of the header. The smooth, reliable cutting system is hydraulically driven, and designed for long life with low maintenance. The hydraulic system is self-contained, elimi nating pulleys and chains. All models offer both single and double-knife drives, and include a choice of large-diame ter bat reels, UII pickup reel or HCC pickup wheel. Other options include low-friction skid plates, header transport, castor ing gauge wheels, remote can vas, speed control, hay guard and cross auger kit XT:*®*. •i. • t *r~ > f -**l t <^<,x I * £ v ' Ac* NC+ Introduces “Plus Boxes” For Bulk Seed Com Delivery LINCOLN, Neb. NC+ has announced that customers will be able to receive bulk orders of hybrid seed corn in the new “Plus Box” center flow gravity containers for the 2000 delivery season. Plus Boxes are compatible with and have the same features as containers used in the seed industry. According to NC+ Operations Manager Charlie Harrold, “Plus Boxes allow us to offer our cus tomers the very best in conve Hay Creek Fall Festival Sept. 10-12 mm. MORGANTOWN (Berks Co.) Are you looking for an outing for the whole family? Don’t set tle for just another day out. Take the kids to a place that surpass es other festivals in educational value and fun, and treat yourself to a cultivating experience. The Hay Creek Fall Festival scheduled Sept. 10-12 at the Historic Joanna Furnace, a rem nant of Berks County’s once thriving iron industry and sup porting community. The area is rich with iron ore, abundant with woodland for charcoal, limestone, and contains water ways that are an excellent power source. A product of its era, the fur nace came about from the efforts of only a few men. A few men grew to be a whole community, now evidenced in the many buildings on site at the festival. There is the casting house where items such as cannon balls, sash and gate weights, hol lowware and box stoves were once made. The massive char coal storage building houses many of the site’s artifacts and is the showcase of Joanna Furnace restoration. As long as DES MOINES, lowa Long term use of yield monitors and other precision farming prac tices will make good growers better by giving them new infor mation management tools for their farm operations. So said, Tom Doerge, preci sion-farming agronomist with Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., who has studied precision technologies for the last two-and -a-half years. Recent surveys suggest that only 13 percent of all Com Belt farmers own yield monitors or use variable-rate input applica tion equipment. But initial con cerns about equipment costs and training and uncertainty about economic returns are disappear ing as growers begin to under stand the potential benefits of these technologies. “Yield monitors offer growers in-field, real-time benefits at harvest,” said Doerge. “For example, growers can collect yield results without disrupting their harvest operations. In addition, they can make on-the go moisture decisions as to whether it would be more eco nomical to dry grain on-site, or take it directly to the elevator for immediate storage. They also can use yield data to capture early season contracts or mar keting premiums by getting nience, safety and durability when it comes to handling bulk seed corn. These containers are reusable so they eliminate the waste and disposal costs of jumbo bags.” The Plus Boxes will hold 2,500 pounds (50 traditional units) of seed corn. The contain ers are easy to unload and move with the use of a forklift. They have a built-in pallet, so they eliminate the storage and dis posal problems associated with traditional wood pallets. *1 * , When a group of 1,200 vol unteers come together and commit themselves to authen ticity and excellence, the result is The Hay Creek Fall Festival. Buildings, people, crafts and food are recreated to provide one memorable experience. Hay Creek draws festival-goers, the proceeds will go toward this cause. This year Hay Creek under takes the restoration of the cast ing house walls, which need to Yield Monitors Create On, Off Farm Profit Opportunities yield results immediately from the first-harvested fields and evaluating if they will have enough grain to satisfy existing contracts or obtain additional contracts at a more favorable price.” But the benefits don’t stop there. In fact, Doerge wants growers to know that informa tion collected from a yield moni tor can make a difference both on and off the farm throughout the year. Growers can create detailed field and load yield summaries, evaluate the cost of weed con trol, study the effects of drainage challenges, check hybrid consistency within a field, or develop a historical spa tial database for each of their fields. “With a proven yield history and database in hand, growers may be able to command a high er price when selling farmland,” Doerge said. “Also, records they create can help them enhance fair land rental agreements, pro vide ‘traceback’ information for food safety officials, or document environmental compliance. There are many opportunities. There may be no better way to keep detailed field-by-field records than with a yield moni tor, but good data must be col lected over time. Growers can’t Lancaster ramuiiy, ommuajr, nuyuai i-w While the center flow gravity design on the Plus Box allows for a maximum emptying speed of 30 seconds, the operator can safely adjust the flow with the side-mounted sliding door. Manufactured from high-den sity polyethylene plastic for durability, the Plus Box resists impact and protects the seed from moisture and rodents. They can be stacked four-high when full, and nest when empty for optimal space utilization. be stabilized and require deep tuck pointing by masons. The third arch within the furnace itself is another site of restora tion this year. At The Hay Creek Fall Festival, on secluded 18th-cen tury surroundings you’ll catch a whiff of hickory fires and coal fired steam engines. Take in the sweet blend of dulcimer and strolling folk musicians. In the Early American craft and food sections sights, sounds and smells overwhelm. There “mem bers of the historic plantation community” demonstrate and interpret in period garb. At the Blacksmith shop watch the steam rise and hot iron sizzle. Wait for your soup as it froths in big iron kettles and grab an apple fritter hot off the iron grill. The festival committee takes its crafts very seriously. That is why Hay Creek has hand-picked 150 craft exhibits to suit every one’s taste. Whether it’s Early American crafts made the tradi tional way such as hand-blown glass, spider lace or Windsor chairs, or modern crafts such as dried flowers, jewelry or stained glass, Hay Creek promises a shoppers’ paradise. measure the results of a yield monitor program at the end of one season like they can with variable-rate technologies. Rather they should understand that benefits accumulate over the long term. Growers who invest in yield monitors must be willing to tackle a learning curve, especial ly if they plan to do their own mapping and analysis. They also must have the proper equipment to store large data files, and they should be willing to develop a historical spatial database that includes soil survey maps, elec trical conductivity maps, aerial images and other information. It’s a lot of work, but Doerge believes growers will embrace precision farming technologies, especially as equipment becomes more integrated, mea sure more traits than just yield and offers even more farm man agement information. A growing network of private consultants and mapping professionals are available to help growers get the most value from their precision farming investments. MILK
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