Orlando To Host Nation’s Top Com , Soybean Growers Events include; •Early registration event; The first 1,300 growers and family members who register for a full package will receive a ticket to this year’s early registration bonus event, sponsored by BASF. This year’s kickoff event at world famous Sea World is not to be missed and sure to be the best yet. • Seminar topics include “Marketing In the New Mil lennium;” “Building Yields One Seed at a Time,” “The Complexity of Today’s Export Market,” and a special taping of AgDay TV’s Weekend Marketplace. •Learning center topics: Sponsored by Rhone-Poulenc, you’ll learn how to implement sound agronomic and produc tion management practices to increase corn and soybean yields, reduce costs, and make you more efficient. •A bigger and better than ever trade show, featuring more than 580 exhibit booths. A one-stop-shop to learn about new products coming to the marketplace. •A wide array of quality family entertainment diver sions, including Walt Disney World and Sea World. Bt Corn Hybrids SAINT LOUIS, Mo.-Thou sands of com and soybean growers from across the US. will be heading to sunny Orlando, Fla. this March to attend the largest commodity event of the year-Commodity Classic 2000. An estimated 3,800 of the nation’s corn and soybean growers and industry leaders are expected to converge March 5-7 at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center for the fifth annual 1999 Pa. Commercial Hybrid Test Reports Lehigh Dan Hunsicker April 28 Not Harvested Franklin Franklin For No other name gives you so many value-packed silo products for filling and construction. 36 dome roofs, 12 related accessories 3 silage spreaders 8 hatches and vents tor oxygen limited silos 2 types of interior coatings Sealed pipe side center-fi system 16 ladders, safety cages and platforms 36 filler pipes plus - accessories 14 pipe support brackets combined convention and trade show of the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) and the American Soybean Association (ASA). “Orlando is an appropriate place for us to plan and build for the future of agriculture as we enter a new century of challenges,” said NCGA Pres ident Lynn Jensen. “Atten dees can certainly expect to have plenty of quality attrac tions and events along with all there is to see and do in (Continued from Pago 32) John Koons Joel Wenger April 26 October 27 silo equipment, think “Lancaster” 35 center-fill gooseneckers for bottom 31 center-fill unloading silos goosenecks Orlando.” Commodity Classic is the premier venue for growers to learn and network with lead ing innovators in crop pro duction and agribusiness in dustry representatives to improve their efficiency and profitability. Classic 2000 agenda includes a diverse range of production, educa tion, new product seminars, and top entertainment events. “By reputation, Comm- April 27 October 26 motorized tnbutors 11 chute dormers, funnels 20 chute styles 10 types of silo rods, plus lugs and nuts 11 sizes of door frames am m Lancaster LEVEL-FLO Silo equipment with a heritage of quality Mam Office Branches Mount Joy PA Footvilte, Wl Zumbrota MN (717)653-2239 (608) 876 6146 (507)732 7886 Fax (717) 653-9806 Fax (608) 876-6147 Fax (507) 732-7925 Com Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 29, 2000—Page The steel products on your silos have to be tougher than nails if they’re going to last That’s why more dairymen trust Lancaster silo equipment for lasting value from top to bottom Thirty years ago we invented the silage spreader as the best way to fill silos But maybe you don’t know just how many products we make If your concrete or steel upright storage system needs parts and equipment, Lancaster makes it We use good ideas from practical farmers like you to constantly make our products work better and last longer You see, with us the job is more than just bending metal It’s using the best materials and dedicated craftsmanship to give you more value for every equipment dollar For silo equipment, do yourself a favor Insist on Lancaster for every item For the Lancaster dealer nearest you, call today 1-800-635-8708. wwwlancasterlevel-flo com odity Classic’s educational seminars attract the best within our industry and go a long way in helping keep pro ducers on the cutting edge of new technology,” said Marc S. Curtis, president of the American Soybean Assoc iation. Back by popular demand at Commodity Classic 2000 is thought-provoking and high ly entertaining technologies futurist Dr. Lowell Catlett. Catlett’s knowledge of tech nologies and their implica tions on the way we live and work has earned him the rep utation of one of the best in his field with corporate and association audiences nat ionally and internationally. Catlett’s presentation is sponsored by Dow AgroSci ences. Classic climaxes with a Monsanto-sponsored concert featuring country music superstar Ricky Skaggs, whose chart topping talent covers country, bluegrass, and gospel music. (Continued from Page 29) tive that is much more effective, con sistent, economic and environmental ly sound than foliar insecticides. For example, non-Bt hybrid sweet com can require 12 or more insecticide applica tions in a single season for the produc tion of sweet corn for fresh market sales.” Controversy over production and use of genetically modified crop culti vars has focused a great deal of public attention on Bt corn. “Debate sur rounding the use of genetically modi fied crops should bebased on risk/bene fit assessment including environmen tal impacts, livestock impacts, and potential human health threats,” said Munkvold. “Consumers and regulatory agencies should consider the food safe ty and environmental implications of Bt corn when making decisions about its use.” For more information about Bt corn, visit the APS October/November fea ture story at http://www.scisoc.org. The American Phytopath-ological Society (APS) is a professional scientific orga nization dedicated to the study and control of plant disease with 5,000 members worldwide. For more infor mation on APS, contact APS Headquarters at (651) 454-7250 or aps@scisoc.org. 201