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EMM Sales & Service
Marks Anniversary
BROWNSTOWN (Lancaster
Co.) EMM Sales and Service
celebrated its 30th year in busi
ness Oct 15 - 16 with an open
house featuring a luncheon feast
and dealer equipment show here.
EMM supplies specialized
equipment and trailers to the bulk
feed transportation business.
EMM lists virtually all feed trans
port companies in the Mid-Atlan
tic region among their many cus
tomers, along with a growing list
of customers from Maine to South
Carolina.
Several customers, such as
Pennfield Corporation, Wenger
Feeds and Agway, to name just a
few, have been EMM customers
for more than 20 years.
In 1974, Jack Conrad, president
of EMM, was instrumental in de
signing the first tank feed truck for
Canadian manufacturer, Walinga
BAGS Hires Business
Development Director
EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.)
Jeffrey Cunningham has been
named director of business devel
opment for Brubaker Agronomic
Consulting Service, LLC (BAGS).
Cunningham’s primary respon
sibilities are to develop new busi
ness opportunities and to enhance
BAGS existing business relation
ships.
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) — New Holland’s new TN
Tractors are hard-working, eco
nomical tractors designed for
all-purpose use, said New
Holland product marketing
manager, Joe Weicksel.
“Customers told us what they
wanted, and the New Holland
design engineers responded by
building an economy tractor
with the time and money-saving
features customers asked for.”
Farm Tire In Eight New Sizes t 0 “ r ” P W r/IXS
tractors with lots of power,
according to Weicksel. “They’re a
great choice as a chore tractor
for any size farm. What really
appeals to customers is their
ease of operation, the ease of
getting on and off the tractor,
and the great visibility from the
operator’s seat.”
The durable, quiet, fuel-effi
cient New Holland/Iveco engines
deliver up to 36 percent torque
rise to handle the most demand
ing conditions. All TN engines
are 3-cylinder, 179-cubic-inch
displacement with rated power
at 2,300 rpm. TNSS and TN6S
models are naturally aspirated;
Models TN7O and TN7S are tur
bocharged.
The customer can select a TN
tractor with one of five state-of
the-art transmissions;
The BxB Synchro Command™
transmission (available with
mechanical or power shuttle)
features synchronized, helical
cut gears for smooth, precise, on
the-go shifting.
“Five speeds are in the 2 to 8
mph working range which
makes this transmission a great
choice for most applications,”
Cunningham has extensive
agricultural background. Prior to
joining BAGS, he was employed
as director of sales by Hoffman
Seeds, Inc., Landisville, from
1985 through October 1999. He
has a bachelor’s degree in geog
raphy and environmental studies
from the State University of New
York Genesco.
AKRON, Ohio Goodyear is
expanding its DuraTorque line of
rear bias farm tires with eight new
sizes.
The new sizes are: 8.3-24;
9.5-24; 9.5-42; 12.4-38; 15.5-38;
18.4-30; 18.4-34; and 18.4-38.
“Since its inception, the Dura-
Torque has been popular among
farmers looking for a durable yet
affordable bias tractor tire for gen
eral farming applications. The
new sizes are in response to the
growing demand for this type of
tire,” said Dave Weed, Good
year’s applications engineer for
farm tires.
The bias tire is engineered to re
sist Held hazards, including stub
ble damage, because its wide tread
arc better protects the carcass.
Also, a flat tread radius improves
the tire’s footprint, resulting in
better traction, slower wear, and
more uniform ground pressure.
The self-cleaning action of the
single-lug design allows for excel
lent traction in the mud.
Inc. Today that Erst unit is still in ■
service. EMM is also a dealer of
Alumatech round-bottom trailers.
In 1998, EMM went interna
tional, providing grain hauling
equipment to the Pena Family in
Mexico. The Pena’s company,
Transportistas Y Molinaros, is the
largest hauler of grain com for tor
tilla chips in Mexico. EMM outfit
ted each custom-designed trailer
for the Pena’s with eight Eve-ton
compartments, a hydraulic bottom
auger, air deliver equipment, and
an air-ride suspension.
In addition to providing cus
tom-designed straight-truck bod
ies, EMM provides custom trailers
and mounts up to 40 feet with
25-ton payloads and permit loads
to 32 tons. EMM also offers cus
tomers full-service repair and re
trofitting along with inspections
and large-truck painting.
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Jeffrey Cunningham
The DuraTorque Bias farm
tire resists field hazards be
cause of Its wide tread arc.
Also, Its flat tread radius Im
proves the tire’s footprint, re
sulting in better traction,
slower wear, and more uni
form ground pressure.
Forage Seed Company Allies
With AgriCulver Seeds
ALBANY, Ore. Advanta
Seeds Pacific, Inc. (ASP) an
nounced that it has recently enter
ed into an exclusive marketing
agreement with forage seed distri
butor AgriCulver Seeds of New
York.
Under the terms of the alliance,
AgriCulber, which is headquarter
ed in Trumans burg, has sole rights
to market ASP’s entire line of for
age seed products in New York,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Mas
sachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Is
land, Maine, New Hampshire, and
Connecticut.
AgriCulver Vice President Rod
Porter said that ASP’s straight
seed products and pasture mixes,
the latter marketed under the trade
name Multi-Grazer, are a good fit
for the Northeast Smaller dairy
men (200 cows and less), who are
growing more and more of their
own feed and pasturing their cows
Chicoine Becomes Pioneer President, CEO
DES MOINES, lowa Jerry
L. Chicoine will bead Pioneer Hi-
Bred International, Inc., as presi
dent and chief executive officer
with the completion erf the merger
between Pioneer and DuPont
The merger was approved re
cently at the special Pioneer share
holders ’ meeting.
As DuPont announced pre
viously, Chicoine will report to
Richard R. Goodmanson, DuPont
executive vice president and chief
operating officer. Chicoine suc
ceeds Charles S. Johnson, who
DuPont has named executive vice
president and member of the of-
New Holland Introduces Four New TN Tractor Models
longer, are especially good cus
tomers, he said.
Although beef cattle are raised
in the Northeast dairy cattle,
mostly of the Holstein breed, by
far and away outnumber them,
Porter said.
He said that the chief reason
AgriCulver agreed to link up with
ASP is because of ASP’s varied
forage product line. “They have a
good diversity of species avail
able, plus very good producing
varieties.” AgriCulver. he added,
was also looking to enter into an
exclusive arrangement with a
leading forage seed breeder.
Of all the ASP forage products.
Porter believes the company’s
perennial ryegrasses, both diploid
and tetraploid, and Multi-Grazer
mixes will be the most popular in
the Northeast. ASP’s high-pro
duction forage-type tall fescues,
such as Fuego and the recently re
fice of the chief executive, report
ing to DuPont Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer Charles
O. Holliday Jr.
Chicoine becomes die eighth
president of the company that
Henry A. Wallace founded in
1926.
Chicoine was a member of the
Pioneer board of directors and has
served as executive vice president
and chief operating officer since
1997. He has also served as the
company’s chief financial officer,
corporate secretary, and a member
of Pioneer’s Corporate Manage
ment Committee.
said Weicksel. “If synchronized stant mesh transmission with
gears are not an important fac- mechanical shuttle is a value
tor for the customer, the BxB con- priced option.
Agway Conference
Honors Several
SEVEN SPRINGS (Somerset
Co.) Several representatives of
Agway Keystone Agricultural
Products were honored here recen
tly during the Agway Keystone
Summer Conference.
Sales Manager of the Year
Award was presented to Samuel
Evans, Martinsburg, and Salesper
son of the Year Award went to
David Hunsbetger, Mifflin town.
Recipients of the Agway
600,000 Club Awards were Jeff
Shaffer, Ron Dolbow, David
Hunsbetger, and Frank Glunz,
Case, Textron Systems
Developing Grain Analyzer
RACINE, Wis. Farmers
will be able to measure the pro
tein and oil content of grain
being harvested by their Case
IH combines in real-time with a
new mobile grain analyzer.
The analyzer, already in
development, is part of a ven
ture between Case Corporation
and Textron Systems, Wilmington,
Mass. Textron Systems is a sub
sidiary of Textron Inc.
“There’s a lot of talk today in
agribusiness about segregating
high value, identity-preserved
grain,” said Jim Stoddart, Case’s
vice president of strategy and'
leased Seine, with their high heat
and drought tolerance, should also
draw interest in light of the severe
drought that hit the region this
year.
Porter sees good potential for
about half of the 20-some Multi-
Grazer pasture mixes because of
the diversity in the line. ‘They’ve
put together good combinations of
different varieties. Very seldom
will a producer seed just one
variety they’re looking for a
combination.”
Adrian VanderHave, forage
specialist for ASP, expects that a
significant part of AgriCulver’s
forage product sales will be made
up of ASP seed. He noted that
there has been a trend in the forage
seed industry for seed companies
to work more and more with local
distributors, as opposed to going
through wholesalers.
An attorney and CPA, Chicoine
joined Pioneer in 1986 as senior
general counsel. Prior to that he
was a partner in the Des Moines
based accounting firm of McGlad
rey & Pullen.
Bom in San Bemadino, Calif.,
Chicoine moved to lowa at a
young age. He grew up and com
pleted his schooling in Le Mars,
lowa, a community in the North
west comer of the state. He receiv
ed a bachelor’s degree from
Momingside College in Sioux
City, lowa, and a J.D. in 1969
from the University of lowa in
lowa City.
feed sales consultants. Also hon
ored were Don Fair and Bill Black
iston, feed sales consultants,
Greg Cox, feed sales manager. The
award recognizes the top sales per
formers within the Enterprise
region.
Randy Carper, v.p. of sales, and
David Chambers, director of oper
ations, presented Dave Hunsber
ger, Mifflintown, with the Sales
person of the Year Award. Agway
Facility of the Year Award went to
Tom Ferry and Fred Brumbaugh,
Cunyville.
business development, “but
without a rugged, inexpensive,
highly accurate grain attribute
measurement system, it is
impossible to do. Together with
Textron, we’re solving that prob
lem.”
The analyzer uses near infra
red (NIR) sensing technology,
which is an accepted standard
for analysis for grain in labs.
However, to date, these delicate
NIR instruments have been
mostly limited to use by expert
technicians in laboratory envi
ronments.