D2-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Hay 27, 2000
10-Inch BeltVeyor From
Cmstßuster/Speed King
DODGE CITY, Kan. The 10-inch BeltVeyor success
fully solves the majority of bulk material handling prob
lems associated on the farm.
Completely portable and easily maneuvered into place,
the 10-inch BeltVeyor carries the material on a 12-inch
belt of stretch-resistant PVC with versatile Chevron cover
design.
The conveyor is available in standard lengths from 20
feet to 60 feet with horizontal take-up assembly that offers
approximately 210 degree belt wrap and driven with either
an electric motor or PTO. Field reports less cracking or
breaking when handling grains.
All models are available with stainless steel tube or cor
rosive materials. Accessories include enclosed discharge
spout, 90-degree spindle, adjustable deflector, and
double tail casters.
Case IH Names
Irwin To Key Post
RACINE, Wis. James L.
Irwin has been appointed vice
president of the North American
Case IH Agricultural Business.
In his new post, Irwin will
oversee all activities related to
the North American Case IH ag
ricultural business, including
marketing, sales, product sup
port, the Case IH dealer net
work, and communications.
He has counterparts in west
ern and central Europe, the
Confederation of Independent
States and central Asia, Austra
lia and New Zealand, Latin
America, and eastern Europe,
Africa, and Asia. He will report
to the worldwide Case IH head.
Irwin previously served as
vice president. North American
agricultural equipment sales for
Case Corporation. The North
American Case IH Agricultural
Business is part of CNH Global,
the company formed late last
year from the merger of Case
Corporation and New Holland.
The merger offers great op
portunity, Irwin emphasizes.
“Our long-term strategy of de
veloping common platforms
with differentiated features
stands to greatly benefit Case
IH, New Holland, and most im
portantly, our dealers and cus
tomers,” he said.
Irwin’s ties with the ag equip
ment industry go back to 1964,
when he started his career in
retail and wholesale sales man
agement at International Har
vester. Two decades later, when
Case joined with International
Harvester in 1985, he became
manager for eastern region-
James L. Irwin
North" American agricultural
equipment sales for the new
company. In 1991, Irwin was
promoted to director of the east
ern region, and in 1992 was
named region manager, Mid
west sales region.
Irwin also served as general
manager, North American sales
operations, before being named
vice president, North American
agricultural equipment sales, in
1996.
He has a bachelor’s degree in
business education from the
University of Nebraska at Kear
ney, where he was a football All-
American in 1963. He played
professional and semi-pro foot
ball the next year. In 1999, he
was inducted into the universi
ty’s athletic hall of fame.
Morningstar Marketplace Opens
THOMASVILLE (York Co.)
Morningstar Marketplace
a farm, flea, antique, and auc
tion market opened its doors
in July 1999 and celebrated with
a grand opening last August.
According to Morningstar,
this is the first new farmer’s
market built in central Pennsyl
vania in approximately 30 years.
The new complex is located in
Thomasville on Rt. 30, seven
miles west of York and approxi
mately 20 miles east of Gettys
burg. There is a total of 29 acres
with parking for more than 850
vehicles.
The two farm buildings are
home to 125 vendors, offering
farm-fresh produce, meats,
seafood, dairy, baked goods, and
several restaurant vendors serv
ing a variety of prepared foods.
The market has several clothes,
jewelry, arts and crafts, and col
lectable items. Fresh-cut flo
wers, bedding plants, and a
variety of herbs and spices can
be found throughout the com
plex. All indoor space is. air con
ditioned and heated.
In addition, the market offers
a courtyard and porch area for
vendors that prefer to be outside
but out of the sun or rain. All
markets are open Saturday from
8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday from 7
a.m.-3 p.m. Between 100-200
flea vendors offer treasures of
old and new. An outdoor space
can be rented for only $lO a day
or spaces can be reserved from
month-to-month by prepaying
$4O at the beginning of each
month.
Morningstar Marketplace re
cently started public auctions. A
couple times each month, auc
tioneer Butch Landis conducts
outside auctions, selling items
that have been delivered from
all corners of York County. Res
idents desiring to sell but unable
to get items here can call to
make arrangements for pickup.
Owner of Morningstar Mar
ketplace, Andrew W. Lentz, has
plans for a multi-arena auction
house in the near future. Recent
growth at the market includes
construction of a produce build
ing, making it easier for produce
vendors to load, unload, and dis
play farm-fresh vegetables and
fruits.
Beginning May 24, Morning
star Marketplace will conduct a
hay and straw auction, starting
at 5 p.m. in the porch and court
yard area. Prepared foods will
be available for purchase to
hungry buyers and sellers.
The marketplace’s antique
gallery is set up for co-op deal
ers. The market has only about
half of the finished showcases
installed, but more will be
coming soon. Showcases mea
suring 6 feet high by 4 feet wide
by 2 feet deep can be rented for a
minimal S4S a month. Floor
space is available in 8.5 feet by
10 feet or 8 foot by 10 foot sizes
on a month-to-month basis.
Items in the antique gallery
change from week to week as
vendors are constantly bringing
in new treasures and re
arranging their items.
The farm market has reserved
a booth to be used by nonprofit
organizations throughout the
area. Organizations can call to
reserve weekend use of the
booth in order to promote their
purpose, hand out literature, or
sell certain items that help sup
port their cause. The new com
plex is fully equipped and
approved for handicap access,
with ample parking and rest
room facilities.
A few tour busses are finding
their way to the new market. To
aid in the drivers’ and tour
guides’ comfort, the market has
completed a service room as a
combined education room/bus
drivers lounge. In the near
future this room will have cable
TV as well as couches and chairs
for relaxation as the passengers
browse and shop. Coupon
books, for tour bus visitors, are
being designed and printed, of
fering discounts and free items.
The market’s hope is to spon
sor nonprofit organizations with
monthly events. A Strawberry
Festival is scheduled Saturday,
June 10. This event will host a
pie-eating contest, bake-off con
test, scavenger hunt through the
market, sack races, face paint
ing, and a special magician. The
market’s first event last October
was Safe Trick-Or-Treating.
The Lehman Center of York re
ceived proceeds from the event
as well as donated items from
vendors and customers for their
wish list. .
The education room is free of
charge. On occasion, vendors
utilize the room to give demon
strations on their product. The
room is also available to local
agencies that would like to con
duct small meetings. The York
County Chamber of Commerce
Agriculture Business Committee
used the room to hold meetings,
Barenbrug Northeast
Completes Renovations
OGDENSBURG, N. J. The
remodeling of Barenbrug North
east’s 35,000-square foot facility
in Ogdensburg has been com
pleted, according to Michael F.
Mulder, vice president and gen
eral manager.
The upgrade includes renova
tions on the facility to become
customer friendly and to allow
for timely training and continu
ing education for both dealers
and distributors of Barenbrug’s
300 varieties of grass seed pro
duced in Barenbrug’s own fields
worldwide.
Professional users (superin
tendents, municipal field mana
gers, farmers, etc.) will now be
able to view videos in the Og
densburg facility on the latest
Funding Secured For
Development Plan
EXTON (Chester Co.) An
in-depth study of agriculture in
Chester County will begin as a
result of a $40,000 grant secured
by Pennsylvania Senator James
Gerlach.
“Agriculture is Chester Coun
ty’s largest segment of the coun
ty’s business and industry
community. Farming is a busi
ness without walls in our county
and not just open space,” said
Gary W. Smith, executive direc
tor of the Chester County Devel
opment Council.
“A great need exists to gather
information and data to help
our agricultural farming busi
nesses grow and prosper. The
study will also serve planning ef
forts well into the 21st century
and prepare an action agenda to
provide agricultural economic
development services to the
farming industry in our county.
We must help them to compete
in the global economy.”
The Development Council re
ceived the Community Revital
ization Grant from the state
Department of Commerce and
Economic Development. The
project is slated to take nine
months to complete on focus on
the problems encountered by
county farmers and- the “busi
ness of farming.”
as did the convention and visi
tors bureau. If local schools are
interested in bringing weekend
field trips to the market, ar
rangements can be made for ed
ucational instruction from local
agricultural agencies.
Morningstar Marketplace was
a dream of Andy Lentz for many
years. Lentz is a Spring Grove
area resident from birth. With
the help of family and friends, as
well as several local construc
tion-related businesses, his
dream became reality, but not
without much planning, organi
zation, and dedication.
The market recently condu
ceted a customer survey with a
$lOO giveaway to help deter
mine what shoppers liked and
disliked and what product they
would like to see and purchase
at market. One local establish
ment, part of the market since
the start, will be opening their
space for the first time within
the next couple weeks. Son
newald Natural Foods of Spring
Grove hired a local painter, Dan
Hendrix, to create an inside
mural. Doctors or practitioners
informing the public of alterna
tive medicine and practices will
operate the stand.
improvements in forage and turf
grasses.
Barenbrug Northeast main
tains three product lines at its
three-acre site in Ogdensburg,
New Jersey and employs ap
proximately 25 associates in its
office on Main Street (Rt. 517).
About ten additional associates
joined the company, during its
busy season, in its warehousing,
packaging, and distribution
areas.
According to Mulder, Baren
brug is constantly seeking
agronomists, cognizant in the
soil/fertilizer arenas, and invites
applications and resumes from
technically-oriented candidates
to expand the firm’s global oper
ations.
“Agriculture is vital to the
well-being of not only Chester
County, but the whole common
wealth of Pennsylvania,” Ger
lach, R-44th of Chester County,
said. “This worthwhile project
will benefit all of the citizens of
the county and of Pennsylva
nia.”
The information will be used
by the Chester County Agricul
ture Development Council, the
county planning commission,
and other interested agencies to
generate an agriculture develop
ment plan for the county.
More than 36 percent of Ches
ter County’s total acreage is in
active farming, more than
176,000 acres, and there are ap
proximately 1,500 farms, includ
ing 330 commercial dairy farms.
The objective of the study is to
gain data on the types and
extent of farming, status and
future of agricultural easements,
the needs of farmers to upgrade
technical skills, how to replace
retiring farmers, the pressures to
sell farms to developers, factors
that depreciate the profitability
of farming, the role of munici
palities and the county in sus
taining agriculture, processes
that enhance farm succession,
and ways to encourage young
people to enter farming.