D - !-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 7, 2000 Co-Op Appoints Product Manager SHIPPENSBURG (Cumber land Co.) Cumberland Valley Cooperative Association (CVC) has appointed Neil Bixler agro nomic product manager. Bixler comes on board with 20 years of agri-business experi ence, recently as general mana ger of Green Seed Company, a southeastern Forage and Turf seed company. Prior to Green Seed, Bixler worked in a variety of sales and management positions with Andgrow Fertilizer. Bixlcr’s responsibilities with CVC include sales, product Case IH 2200 Series Com Heads Offer Superior Harvesting Value RACINE, Wis. The all new 2200 Series corn head from Case IH agricultural equipment gives farmers faster harvest speeds, increased efficiency, and longer life. “Our new design offers farm ers the row-spacing configura tions they need, as well as increased capacity through a 12- row unit,” said Kelly Kravig, Case IH marketing manager, combines, cotton pickers and 4WD tractors. “And, that’s not all. The entire head has been redesigned to provide greater durability, reliability, efficiency, grain savings and an all-around better harvesting value.” The 2200 Series corn heads are available in six-, eight-, and 12-row configurations, ranging from 20- to 38-inch row spacing. According to Kravig, many growers are experimenting with new row-spacing options to find their optimum yields. The 2200 Series provides harvesting con figurations to match these grower needs. A two-piece, modular, can tilever stalk roll design with a larger diameter roll offers im proved durability and ease of service over previous models. The design eliminates some parts and allows other parts that see greater wear to be replaced individually. A larger diameter means the stalk roll requires fewer rotations per minute (RPMs) to achieve the same ca pacity. Another notable feature of the new stalk roll design is its four blade intermeshing knife with tungsten carbide knife tips. The unique design provides a self sharpening effect, and heal treatment makes the knives ex tremely durable. The intermesh ing offset blades promote shearing of the cornstalk into small pieces. “The shearing caused by in termeshing knives cuts stalk material into smaller pieces than a regular knife blade,” Kravig said. “Smaller stalk pieces pro vide numerous benefits, includ ing increased stalk decomposition, improved trash flow during tillage and planting, less food for wintering insects, improved stalk flow, and less trash to interfere with combine performance.’’ Business * News Neil Bixler management, product develop ment, and business growth. An optional straight-fluted stalk roll also is available on the 2200 Series. The straight flute more aggressively feeds the stalks than the tapered design of other corn heads. The fluted stalk roll leaves residue in the field longer and requires less horsepower than the knife-type roll. A low-profile hood and di vider design, coupled with new polyethylene material, has im proved crop flow with the 2200 Series headers. “First, the corn head’s low profile design enhances crop flow into the header,” Kravig noted. “Then the header’s smooth plastic surface mini mizes drag on downed corn, re duces header loss and helps move more crop into the header more evenly.” In addition, color impregnated polyethylene never needs painting and provides su perior strength, flexibility and durability. In fact, all 2200 Series corn head frames and sub-assemblies are painted prior to assembly, helping to maintain appearance and prevent rust. The frame’s durability and strength is further improved with heavy duty frame end sheets to reduce frame flex and improve header rigidity. Under the polyethylene hood, a rugged steel-reinforced tubu lar frame provides the rigidity and strength needed for the toughest conditions. Cast iron divider points adjust to obtain desired operating height and compensate for different crop conditions. Growers looking for greater header height control may con sider adding on automatic header height control and field tracker. A center-mounted sensor detects the proper header height. With the addition of field tracker, two additional sen sors mounted on the end divid ers provide lateral-tilt control of the header. From inside the cab, the oper ator also can control the size of the stripper plate gap, allowing adjustments for in-field condi tions. An optional hydraulic cyl inder mounted on the stripper plates is used to increase or de crease the spacing for on-the-go 1 adjustments. Eby Introduces Live-Floor Bulk Commodity Trailer BLUE BALL (Lancaster Co.) M.H. Eby, Inc. is now manu facturing an all-aluminum bulk commodity trailer that includes an extruded aluminum moving floor. This new premium quality trailer was unveiled to receptive audiences at the 2000 Mid- America Truck Show in Louis ville. The design features greatly reduced tare weights of 12,000 to 12,500-pounds because of the extensive use of aluminum in place of steel. Available with single or double corrugated side walls in 90-inch, 96-inch or 102- inch side heights, the trailer is offered in lengths from 45-feet to 50-feet and in both 96-inch and 102-inch widths. SHELL ROCK, lowa Un verferth Manufacturing Com pany, Inc. introduces the Brent Tremor™ subsoiler, an addition to its Brent tillage product lineup. The Tremor subsoiler pro vides maximum hardpan frac ture and soil disturbance with its parabolic-style shanks and is constructed with a heavy duty, all-welded, double-frame design with a six-inch by six-inch rear bar for superior durability. Gauge wheels with 9.5Lx15-8 tires are standard. Swivel coulters with 20-inch diameter rippled blades cut the residue in front of the shanks for optimum residue flow and fea tures 1,500-pounds of down LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Hoffman Seeds, the ex clusive distributor of Novartis Seeds in the Northeast, con ducted a technology field day in Lancaster recently to provide practical information for farm ers in the mid-Atlantic area. With Novartis Crop Protection and Aventis, the field day as sisted growers in crop and asso ciated technologies for corn, soybean, and alfalfa. Tour highlights included sev eral new NK® Brand hybrids that combine YieldGard® pro tection, Liberty® herbicide re sistance, and Pro Shield™ with Force ST™ technology, the first seed-delivered corn insecticide. Guided by Hoffman Agrono mist Mark Mattingly, growers were introduced to N4B-VB, a Bt corn hybrid developed especially for silage and recognized for producing extremely high yields of improved-quality, for better herd health and top milk pro duction. Like all NK® Brand Yield- Gard® hybrids, N4B-V8 is resis tant to Liberty® herbicide. “When you have an 80,000- kernel bag of Bt corn, the most important thing is the genetic pattern,” said Mattingly. “But with an NK® Brand YieldGard® Bt hybrid, you not only get ex cellent resistance to European corn borer, but the flexibility of providing resistance to Liberty® herbicide.” In addition to Liberty Link®, Mattingly said he is excited about Hoffman’s Pro Shield™ with Force ST T " technology. “When growers are applying soil insecticide through the planter box, the critical thing is being sure the box is calibrated for accurate delivery. Even with the best calibrated planter, accu \ , ( ratCj jute delivery is dependent Shake Up Hardpan With Subsoiler Hoffman Seeds Educates Growers About Latest Products Standard specifications in clude: • Single .063-inch thick (or double .050-inch thick) alumi num wall sheets in pre-painted white or black with side posts on 14-'/2-inch centers • Aluminum J-beam crossmembers with aluminum bogie and fixed two-leaf, two stage spring suspension (stan dard). Options include airride slider and airride spread suspen sions. • Stainless steel rear frame with cathedral header and double lock rod doors. • Extruded aluminum moving floor, available with cord or cordless remote control, and aluminum sub-floor. • Shur-Lock® roll up tarp; pressure for consistent penetra tion, even in the heaviest soil. The Tremor subsoiler’s para bolic shanks fracture hardpan up to 20-inches deep for maxi mum soil shattering. Shanks are one and one-fourth-inches wide by five-inches deep and are set on 30-inch spacings with 35- inches of underframe clearance for maximum residue flow. Re placeable points and wearbars provide extended shank life. Its innovative frame design allows producers to vary shank spacing from 20-inches to 40-inches. Op tional bolt-on frame extensions allow the machine to be easily widened. The rugged, automatic-reset shank design provides 4,300 on the speed of the planter. By offering the Pro Shield™ technol ogy, we are, in effect, calibrating each seed to deliver an accurate dose of the soil insecticide ingredient.” Mattingly also focused on N5B-Dl, a new hybrid protected with YieldGard® insect protec tion. N5B-D1 has been recog nized by growers for superior performance, especially during the stressful 1999 season. In the “1999 Pennsylvania Commer cial Hybrid Report,” N5B-D1 boasted the highest grain yield in both Zone 1 and Zone 2 trials. In the 1999 summary of Blue Seal Names Tubbs To Board Allyn Tubbs LONDONDERRY, N.H. Allyn Tubbs has been named to the president’s advisory board at » u * . »«i i . ri'cmTi i rrret'M’i » r * m available with optional stainless steel arched bows for foot grade products • Stainless steel landing gear supports • Front catwalk and ladder. An optional permanent or re movable rear hopper can be built in for feed ingredients, food products and similar cargo. Eby also expects the new trailer to be popular for transporting wood products, recycled plastic and rubber. Greatly reduced weight is the key to the success of this new trailer product. The weight re duction of 600 to 800-pounds (compared to competing units) has been achieved with the use of more aluminum (vs. steel) than any competing product. pounds of trip pressure for con sistent working depth. Shank trips rearward and upward without use of shearbolts. Models featuring shear-bolt shanks with 5,400-pounds of shear pressure are also available. Additional options include a pull-type conversion package, chromiumcapped points for abrasive soils, point with wings for additional shattering action and a shank stagger kit for in creasing residue flow and lower ing tractor horsepower requirements. The Tremor sub soiler is available in three through nine-shank models and with a powder-coat finish in producer’s choice of tractor red or green. “Maryland Field Corn Trial” results, NB2-J6 Bt corn, a full season grain hybrid, gave excel lent performance in the full maturity group. Also protected with NK® Brand YieldGard® and Liberty Link®, NB2-J6 pro vides excellent resistance to all generations of European corn borer. Showcasing the latest in tech nology and it’s impact on farm ing, growers were also introduced to Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Global In formation Systems (GIS) field mapping technology by Bru baker Agronomic Consulting Service, Ephrata. Blue Seal Feeds, Inc. for 2000. This honor is reserved for the most outstanding performers in the company’s sales force. Tubbs joined Blue Seal 13 years ago in dairy sales. He is a dairy specialist, based at Blue Seal’s Watertown, N.Y. mill. A graduate of Alfred State College, Tubbs lives in Gouver neur, N.Y. Blue Seal Feeds, Inc. head quartered in Londonderry, N.H., is affiliated with Kent Feeds, Inc. in the Midwestern states and Evergreen Mill, Inc. in the southwest. Blue Seal manufac tures feed for horses, dairy cattle, livestock, poultry, pets, and wild birds. The company operates nine feed mills located throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states.
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