M-lancastar Farming, Saturday, May 20. 2000 Kimmel Joins Corporate Office As Senior V.P. LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Phil Kimmel has been named senior vice president business develop ment for Farm Credit Services, a $5 billion financial services co operative headquartered in Louisville, Ky. He will lead a new division which includes the finance, mar keting, agribusiness, and leasing functions. This team will work together to pursue growth op portunities in all market seg ments taking advantage of improved pricing and capital positions. Kimmel has more than 25 years experience in Farm Credit, including serving the last eight year as president of Keystone Farm Credit, a $350 million as sociation serving the southeast ern part of Pennsylvania. He also worked for nine years at the Louisville office. Forage Harvester Available With Kernel Processor BOISBRIAND, Quebec, Canada Make your forage work harder for your dairy and beef herds with a harvester that cracks the kernels while harvest ing. Dion Machineries has an nounced the release of their latest forage harvester, the Dion 1224Xc. This latest harvester is just one example of the high quality products offered by the short liner. The Canadian based manu facturer has been producing high quality forage equipment since 1920. The Dion 1224Xc is the latest harvester to impact the market. The unit is available with the “Corn Cracker” kernel processor which Dion says re search has shown that processed corn silage increases milk pro duction between 2 to 3 pounds per day. Other research has shown increased production of up to 6 pounds per day. Rate of gain for beef herds can also be increased with processed corn kernels. The forage harvester has a straight through design which improves harvesting capacity while slashing energy consump tion. All crop entering the har vester is cut, processed, and blown in a direct line. The unit has an intake width of 24 inches, Rovendale Ag And Barn Equipment Honored BRODHEAD, Wis.—Jerry Smith and Steve Pesik, Knight Manufacturing Corp., awarded a Dealer Sales Plaque for out standing sales efforts in 1999 to Rovendale Ag and Barn Equip- I SUPPORT Phil Kimmel He is a graduate of Penn State with a bachelor’s degree in agri cultural economics and rural so ciology. rvT3. Dion 1224Xc harvester is available with the “Corn Cracker” kernel processor. Dion says research has shown that processed corn silage increases milk pro duction between 2 to 3 pounds per day. which is the same width carried right through the 12-knife cutter head and four-paddle blower. Dion offers two model harves ters. The first comes as a 150- 300 hp model with a maximum volume capacity of 25,469 cubic feet per hour at a 3 /a-inch cut, making it the largest capacity pull type harvester on the market. The second comes as a 90-150 hp model with a maxi mum volume capacity of 20,732 cubic feet per hour at a 3 /s-inch cut. Both units may be equipped with an 84-inch wide windrow attachment and your choice of a two- or three-row corn attach ment. ment of Watsontown, Pa. This award was presented during the recent Knight sales and service meeting in Cham bersburg, Pa. Knight, with manufacturing facilities in Brodhead and Gree ley, Colo., is a leading manufac turer of 3000 Series Reel Auggie TMR mixers, 4000 Series Botec TMR mixers, 8000 Series Pro Twin Slinger side-discharge spreaders, and 1000 and 1100 Series box spreaders for both ag ricultural and commercial/in dustrial use. Dealer Among First To Offer New Self-Propelled Field Sprayer NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster Co.) - Messick Farm Equip ment, Inc. Elizabethtown, is among the first dealerships in North America tc offer a new product for cash grain produc ers, New Holland’s SFSSO self propelled field sprayer. The new SFSSO self-propelled field sprayer is designed and built by Ag-Chem Equipment Co., Inc. It is marketed through New Holland’s global distribu tion network as part of a joint venture agreement between the two companies, and is the first product offering of the joint ven ture. The SFSSO sprayer is de signed for custom applicators and large farming operators. “With the introduction of new plant varieties, spraying is now one of the most critical op erations on the farm, alongside seeding and harvesting,” said New Holland product market ing manager Greg Emmanuel. “Some producers cover their Agreement Reached For Required RACINE, Wis.—CNH Global N.V. announced that an agree ment has been reached for the sale of its partnership interest in Hay and Forage Industries (HFI) to AGCO Corporation, subject to approval of the U.S. Department of Justice. The sale was agreed to under terms set by the Department of Justice for approval of the busi ness merger of Case Corpora tion and New Holland to form CNH in November 1999. It will give AGCO sole ownership of HFI. Case IH and AGCO have been joint venture partners in HFI since 1991. “We have taken actions to ensure an uninterrupted supply of equipment and parts through our dealer network,” said Jim Irwin, vice president of the Case IH North American agricultural business. Under the agreement, Case IH-branded hay and forage products will be supplied through the HFI plant to the Case IH distribution network Corn Checkoff Pays Off Plastics Plant BLAIR, Neb. checkoff-funded research yields results for farmers if you have a vision, work with industry, and set priorities,” said Lee Klein, National Corn Growers Associa tion (NCGA) president-elect and a farmer from Battle Creek, Neb. Klein has proof. Today, he and other NCGA leaders partic ipated in the groundbreaking ceremony at Blair, Neb., where Cargill Dow is building the first world-scale manufacturing fa cility to make plastics and natu ral-synthetic fibers from corn. “Cargill Dow’s action culmi nates research and market de velopment on polylactic acid (PLA), and NCGA members and all corn growers who pay the checkoff can take pride that their dollars funded the research that has led to this new facility,” Klein said. Expected to be on-line by late 2001, the new facility will use 40,000 bushels of corn per day for an annual use of 14 million New Holland’s SFSSO self-propelled field sprayer is designed for custom ap plicators and large farming operators. The SFSSO’s rugged “C”-channel frame flexes to maintain wheel to-ground contact in ail ground conditions, espe cially when working on uneven terrain. fields as many as six times during the season, so depend able, cost-effective spraying equipment is a necessity for effi cient operation.” The SFsso’s rugged “C”- Case IH Divestiture until March 2001. Case IH deal ers will also have a steady supply of parts for Case IH products produced at the HFI plant through a 10-year renew able agreement. A separate Case IH line of hay and forage products is in devel opment to replace the HFI line. The new line will be available in the fourth quarter of 2001, en suring an uninterrupted product supply. “Our dealers and hay and forage customers can rely on Case IH to provide superior products and services, now and in the future,” said Irwin. “These actions demonstrate our commitment to the hay and forage industry.” Full terms of the agreement were not disclosed. CNH is successfully working toward complying with all regu latory divestiture requirements in North America and Europe. The company recently reached an agreement with the A.R.G.O. Group in Italy for the sale of the With bushels. The plant will turn com into polymers, small chips or pellets of plastic-like material that manufacturers will then process into fabrics for clothing and plastics for cups, food con tainers, packaging, and home and office furnishings such as carpets. Cargill Dow empha sized that this is the first time a renewable resource, corn, “stands alone on price and per formance.” “Corn Klein explained how the NCGA worked with Cargill Dow. “Since 1994, corn growers at the national and state-level organizations have made PLA applications research a top pri ority,” he said. “Besides encour aging Cargill and helping the company seek funding through Department of Commerce grants, NCGA invested checkoff New Holland facility in Bre ganze, Italy. The agreement is pending approval of the Euro pean Commission. In February, CNH completed the divestiture of the Austrian commercial distribution rights of two of its compact tractor models to Lindner Trak torcnwerk GesmbH, an Aus trian agricultural machinery maker. CNH will continue to produce die Steyr model M-948 and M-9SB and Case IH models CS 48/58 tractors at its Case IH Steyr plant in St. Valentin, Aus tria. Under terms of the divesti ture agreement, the St. Valentin plant will supply these tractors to Lindner, which as agreed to sell these tractors to Austrian Case IH and Steyr dealer net work under their respective brands. Lindner also will sell the tractors under its own brand through its own dealers. The agreement was approved by the European Commission and al ready has been implemented. dollars from farmers to fund basic research to get things going. And Cargill helped us evaluate research opportuni ties.” Klein said the combination of Cargill’s expertise and Dow’s strong industry position will yield important new products for consumers and will open an important market for corn growers. He further illustrated some of the longer-term opportunities for corn. “This opens the door to the possibility of other price competitive consumer products made from renewable resources such as corn. The tremendous potential for consumer goods could eventually lead to demand for another 500 million bushels. That additional demand could add 25 cents to the price of a bushel of corn.” Jg^mwaor channel frame flexes to main tain wheeel-to-ground contact in all ground conditions, especially when working on uneven ter rain. Power transfer and trac tion are smooth and steady with full-time four-wheel hydrostatic drive. It maintains all four wheels on the ground for maxi mum traction, stability and per formance, and offers a smoother ride and longer machine life. The three-range hydrostatic transmission allows travel speeds of 11 mph to 26 mph. Hy drostatic dynamic braking is standard. A 70-gallon fuel tank provides enough fuel to work a full day, so the operator can spend more time spraying and less time refueling. Variable-rate leaf-spring sus pension allows the boom to remain stable, regardless of load. It also provides consistent application rates and reduced maintenance costs and reduces operator fatigue to allow for longer operating hours in a day.