820-L«ncMt*f Farming, Saturday, January 22, 2000
Speakers at the recent International Silo Association
88th Annual Meeting in Madison, Wis. From left, Bob Fran
cis, national sales manager for Soilenberger Silos Corp.;
Adam Shaffer, employee at Dovan Farms; JasQjn Van Gilder,
family member of Dovan Farms; and Drew Frebman, presi
dent of the international Silo Association.
Meeting Showcases One
Of Country’s
MADISON, Wis. Silo buil
ders, farmers, extension personnel,
and media were on hand to hear the
answer to a question recently: why
build <me of the nation’s biggest
silop?
Althc 88th meeting of the Inter
national Silo Association in Madi
son, Wis., Jason Van Gilder,
Dov»n Farms, Berlin, Pa.,,
explained about the large silo at 7
Dovan Farms.
The new poured concrete silo,
measuring 30 feet in diameter and
132 feet tall, has a capacity of
3,000 tons or more of com silage.
Constructed in 1998, the silo is
equipped with an elevated floor so
the feed truck can drive through
and be quickly loaded.
Dovan Farms is able to load
more than a ton per minute with no
one needed to pack the silage.
Farm personnel can typically
Monsanto Reduces
Risk For Growers
ST. LOUIS, MO. - More than
32,000 Midwestern growers who
faced unexpected weed flushes
or crop loss or had to replant due
to severe weather in 1999 found
that'* Monsanto’s innovative
Roilftdup Technology Value
Package™ (TVP) Rewards
Program reduced their financial
risk.
Growers who make qualify
ing purchases of Roundup
Ready® soybeans or corn,
YieldGard® insect-protected
corn or Yield Gard and Roundup
Ready corn stacked genetics and
use Roundup brand herbicide on
their technology acres, are eligi
ble to participate in the TVP,
which is a risk sharing program
for growers who use Monsanto
technology. The TVP refunds the
technology costs of Roundup
Ready and Yield Gard products if
the jrop is destroyed and can not
be replanted. If there is time to
repjtpit, the company waives the
technology costs/seed premium
if th&field is replanted with the
same Monsanto technology.
To be eligible for TVP; labeled - J
Roundup brands, Field Master or
Largest Silos
unload a ton a minute.
The Van Gilders ate able to save
thousands of dollars in labor and
machinery costs each year with the
new system. With increased feed
quality and less than five percent
loss, the tower silo could be an ide
al system for the farms’ expanding
herd. Another silo, perhaps taller,
is being planned for future
expansion, i
The larjfe silo Costs more fhan,
any horizontal system. But they
will be able to pay the difference in
three years and enjoy convenience,
improved feed quality, and
savings.
After visiting Dovan’s open
bouse last winter, fanners from
Virginia asked Sollcnbcrgcr Silos
Corp. to construct a similar silo for
their operation. The farmers have
plans for another large silo in the
future.
new Ready Master ATZ must be
used for burndown and/or in
crop applications with any
Monsanto technology crop.
“This was a tough year for
Midwestern farmers, with too
much rain in some areas and too
little in other areas,” said Bart
Baudler, Monsanto marketing
manager for the North Central
region. “Growers who were
enrolled in the TVP could take
some comfort in knowing that
their investment in biotechnolo
gy products was not lost due to
unexpected weather conditions.
“Growers receive tremendous
benefits when they buy
Roundup brand herbiddes along
with Roundup Ready and
Yield Gard seed technology” said
Baudler. “But, if weather
destroys the crop, growers don’t
get to realize these benefits.
That’s why we refund the premi
um that qualifying growers paid
for the technology.”
The 2000 TVP offers growers
a refund of $6.50 per bag for
Rgundup Ready 4JB
per bagfor'Roundup Ready corn,
$24 per bag for Yield Gard corn,
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Southeast Ohio Farmer
PELLA, lowa - Roy Van
Meter, a longtime native of
Racine, Ohio, (located in the Hill
Country of southeast Ohio), is
Hie lupky winner of a brand new
Vermeer baler following a recent
sweepstakes drawing at
Vermeer.
The grand prize was given
away by the Pella, lowa hay
equipment manufacturer to
commemorate Vermeer’s 50th
year in business and to mark
production of its 100,000 th
baler.
Van Meter, a local Polled
Hereford purebred producer,
decided to enter the contest late
last winter after having read a
farm magazine article about
how Gary Vermeer had invented
the Big Round Baler back in
1971. Within the article were
instructions on how to write for
the entry form from Vermeer. He
wrote in, and the rest was histo
ry-
\ “I got this call in late April
from Mark Core (marketing
director at Vermeer), telling me
System Still Copycat-Resistant
* BIGLERSVILLE, (Adams
Co.) - More than two decades
after its introduction, the GVM
Hydra Spray has shown itself to
be proven against all imitators
Many other manufacturers have
tried to copy the system but no
one has succeeded.
A versatile
sprayer, the GVM Hydra Spray '*■ -*«
550-G comes-ftllly incorporated i L ‘ - jj &si
into ,2500 FotJ F-550m P er JJ$eP& Km&tSk C UtteYS 1
Duty 4jf4 piokpp* powa*ed|Dy "
m Increase Produc ' f
comes standard with a 6 speed
manual transmission or an
optional 4 speed automatic
transmission.
This unit features dual fuel
tanks, air-conditioning, AM/FM
stereo, and a Seatco Drivers
Seat, and comes equipped with a
heavy-duty front end at 6,000
pound with 7,000 pounds
springs, and a rear axle at
13,500 pounds with 14,500
and $42 per bag for Yield Gard
and Roundup Ready corn
stacked genetics if a grower’s
seed or crop is destroyed.
Sensenig
Promoted
LITITZ (Lancaster Co.) -
Northeast Agri Systems Inc.
announced the promotion of Jay
K. Seusenig to Pennsylvania
divisions, poultry production
sales.
Sensenig joined the company
in 1987 and served in various
positions, including equipment
installation and customer ser
vice.
Jay K. Sensenig
Vermeer’s 100,000 th Baler
mm
jWpr Meter, with his wife
Bonhie, farm the same land he
was bom on 58 years ago. The
Ohio Department of
Transportation employee .also
has three grown children not
involved in the operation.
Van Meter’s winning entry
form was picked by (Spry
Vermeer, the person who mint
ed the big round baler back* in
1971 after he was visiting with a
neighbor/friend who decided to
get out of the cow-calf because of
the hassels of putting up hay.
that I had won the Vermeer The winningentry was one of
Baler, and when you get a call approximately 40,000 sweep
like that, of course, you have a stake entries submitted by ipdi
tendency not to believe what you viduals who either wrote m ,
just heard, said Van Meter. s jg ned up at various farm
“So, I called him back three shows or visited Vermeer hay
days later, just to confirm it. I specialist distributorships
asked Mark, ‘if that baler that I throughout the U.S. during the
won was for real?’ And, without seven-month-long contest,
even skipping a beat, he Says to Jividen-Deckard of
me‘what baler?” Then he started - Farm Equipment (A
laughing and told me, ‘sure Vermeer ag retail distributor in
- enough, it was true/ What a ' Gallipolis, Ohio, approximately
great way to start the new hay miles from the winner) deliv
season,” he said. ered the baler on June 1L
Roy Van Mater wad the
lucky winner of a brand new
baler from Vermeer following
a recent contest.
pounds rear springs. Front and
back differentials feature 4.88
gearing.
The spray unit comes with a
550-gallon stainless steel tank
and 35-gallon side-mount rinse
tank with flush tube for easy
cleanup A 2 inch by 1 1/2 inch
Hypro pump system with stain-
MOLINE, HI. - John Deere
has introduced the MX and HX
Rotary Cutters, six new models
that combine features from pre
vious models with new technolo
gy for increased productivity
and safety. The cutters are com
patible with the 4000 and the
5000 Series John Deere tractors.
The six new cutter models share
several key features.
The cutters are built with
exclusive “Double Decker”
design. Two welded decks, each
up to 3.5 mm (0.138-inch) thick,
form the upper and lower sur
face of the rotary cutter frame.
This design, along with internal
stiffeners sandwiched for extra
rigidity between the decks, pro
vides strength and better cut
ting performance.
The top deck is domed, so
water and crop debris can roll off
the deck, reducing water
buildup and deck rust. Each cut
ter features a “Max Flow” cut
ting chamber, which allows for
maximum air flow between the
two decks, further improving
material distribution. John
Deere added gearcases for relia
bility and dependability, and
stumpjumpers for protection
against stumps, rocks and other
obstacles.
The HXIO Rotary Cutter fea
tures a cutting width of 10.5
feet. It incorporates heavy-duty
features and is versatile enough
to appeal to customers who do
Mopovin ijQUZSf&yf
less manifold and valves ajjd 2
inch stainless T-strainer iijafclso
• incljJjjijKlL The Raven 440 con
troller comes standard oifethis
unit along with a 33-g Mon
Simpson Foam Maker, a 10®al
ien flow meter, and 2 inch Ifflin
less control valve, as wellHs a
Speedo sensor. fit
John Deere introduced the
MX and HX Rotary Cutters, six
new models that combine fea
tures from previous models
with new technology for
increased productivity and
safety.
everything from pasture clip
ping and 2-inch diameter brush
to high volume crop shredding.
This rotary cutter is well suited
to high horsepower, high usage
hour applications.
MX Series Rotary Cutters
designate mid-duty features in
8-foot size and in a 10.5 foot size.
They are good for grass and
weed maintenance as well as 2-
inch diameter brush. l|iese
rotary cutters are suite# for
tractors under 100 PTO.hgt
MXS, MX6, and MX7 jingle
Spindle Rotary Cutters feature
1/4-inch side skirts, sttimp
jumpers, and 90 gearcase horse
power rating. They replad# the
516, 616 and 717 John Deere
models.
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