;2- Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 21,2001 c: Anderson Joins Country Mortgages Team WESTMINSTER, Md. Pamela Hopkins Anderson was recently promoted to the posi tion of loan originator for Coun try Mortgages, a subsidiary of Mid Atlantic Farm Credit. An derson, a Salisbury resident, works in the organization’s Salisbury, Md. office. She has been employed by Mid Atlantic Farm Credit for almost 11 years, most recently as branch opera tions manager. Country Mortgages finances conventional rural homes, rural property, construction projects and part-time farms. As part of her new duties, Anderson will handle all mortgage applica tions from potential customers in the company’s DelMarVa region, which includes Dela ware, the Maryland Eastern Shore, and Accomack and Northampton counties in Vir ginia. She will also order appra isals, prepare loan documents and arrange for loan settle ments. “We’re very lucky to have Pam join the Country Mort gages team,” said Cherie Hall, retail loan manager. “Our mis sion is to provide country resi dents with mortgage services, and superior customer service Pam knows the DelMarVa region, and having worked with us for 11 years —is well ac- Renaissance And Furst- McNess Announce Purchase ROARING SPRING (Blair Co.) Renaissance Nutrition, Inc., of Roaring Spring, and Furst-McNess, Inc., of Freeport, Illinois, are pleased to announce the purchase, by Renaissance, of the vitamin and premix business of McNess within the Eastern United States (New York, Penn sylvania, Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia). This transaction was completed on Apr. 1. Within the transaction, the McNess Livestock Feed Con sultants (LFC’s), of the Premix Division, have joined the grow ing Renaissance family of con sultants located throughout the northeastern and southeastern states. McNess, headquartered in Illinois, will continue to focus their premix business within all other states, as well as the com modity business in the United States and Canada. Renais sance, located strategically for markets into the northeast and southeast will continue to de velop within this entire area. Renaissance Nutrition and McNess are both purveyors of quality products and services to livestock producers. Customers formerly with McNess will con tinue to receive the same quality Xfbwer > Business * News Pamela Anderson quainted with the benefits of Country Mortgages. I think she’ll be an excellent addition for us, and for our clients.” Anderson is a graduate of Salisbury State University and will receive her master in busi ness administration from Wil mington College this fall. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Involved in her church, Pam serves on the trustee board, and is a member of the finance committee as well as the usher board and mission ary board. Anderson is married and has a 10-year-old son. of service to which they have become accustomed. The pur chase has been designed to pro vide increased opportunity for livestock producers throughout the service area, which will comprise the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia. Renaissance Nutrition, Inc., known for its professional nutri tional services, provides nutri tional and farm-management consultation and quality prod ucts to the agricultural industry, with a team of highly qualified specialists. Up-to-date research, advanced technical methods, and related nutritional services and products are available. For additional information on Re naissance Nutrition, Inc., visit the Website at www.ren nut.com. Furst-McNess Company is a leading North American agribu siness nutrition company. The line of products and services in clude vitamin and mineral pre mixes; liquid, wet, and dry commodities; technical services and services to the food and beverage industries. For addi tional information on the Furst- McNess Company, visit the Website at www.mcncss.com. Bobcat Introduces New Compact Skid-Steer Loader WEST FARGO, N.D. Bobcat Company, a business unit of Ingersoll-Rand Com pany and leading designer and manufacturer of compact equip ment, announces the new Bobcat® 463 ultra-compact skid-steer loader. Nicknamed the Mini-Bob’", the smallest model in the Bobcat loader line offers a 700-pound rated opera ting capacity (ROC) and the comfort and safety features of an operator cab. Measuring just three-feet wide and six-feet tall, the 15.7- horsepower Bobcat 463 can power numerous attachments with its 10 gallon-per-minute (gpm) hydraulic flow and 2,450 (psi) hydraulic system pressure. The ultra-compact 463 is a multiple-attachment carrier for tough jobs in tight spaces. It easily maneuvers through narrow doorways, aisles, alleys and gates, and it is ideal for a number of applications, includ ing hobby farm, landscape, dem olition and construction. With travel speed of 6.2 mph, the loader covers job-site ground quickly, and at just 2,708 pounds, it is also easy to trans port. It weighs 200 pounds more than its predecessor, the Bobcat 453. Attachments versatility. Ad vanced hydraulics enable the loader to operate the following attachments: angle brooms, augers, backhoes, breakers, in dustrial and utility buckets, dumping hoppers, landplanes, mini scrapers, pallet forks, snow blades, snow blowers, sweepers, tillers, utility blades and forks, and trenchers. For fast and secure attachment changes, the new two-lever Bob-Tach mount- Seven Engineering Awards RACINE, Wis. Case IH products were recognized more than any other ag equipment manufacturer for outstanding innovation in agricultural, food and biological product and sys tems technology in Resource magazine’s AESO honors. In all, seven Case IH products were recognized by the maga zine, which is published by the American Society of Agricul tural Engineers. Case IH innovations making the elite list were: • MX Series Magnum" trac tors, which combine high per formance features with operator comfort. • Cyclo Air® meter attach ment, a highly economical all crop seeding system. • SDX3O single disk no-till air drill, a low disturbance, sirljgle-disk planting tool that can penetrate high-residue con ditions. • 8880 self-propelled (SP) windrower with 725 rotary disc hay header, an efficient and high-productivity system for hay cutting and conditioning. • RS “One” Series variable chamber round balers, which use a wide pickup for better packing on the bale sides and cleaner capture of the windrow. • 2000 Advanced Farming Systems (AFS) yield monitor system, which helps farmers keep close tabs on harvest oper ations for improved manage ment. • AFS Instant Application Map'" 2000 software, which allows farmers to create custom ized input rate prescriptions for variable-rate seed and fertilizer placement. ing system is standard equip ment on the 463. Building on the Bobcat 453 success. Bobcat Company engi neers based the 463 on the suc cessful Bobcat 453 model. For additional attachment versatil ity, the 463 has 47 percent more hydraulic flow and two and a half times as much hydraulic horsepower. The machine also provides enhanced lifting power, using a larger lift cylin der rod and 40 percent more breakout force. Easily serviced and main tained. The 463 has a tilt-up op erator cab for quick and easy access to hydraulic and hydros- Case Products Earn The year’s 50 best products win the prestigious AESO awards. Companies from around the world submit entries to the annual competition, and a panel of international engineer ing experts chooses the best products. Recipients were fea tured in Resource, the publica tion of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE). “All Case IH products begin with customer input to find what is really needed out in the field,” said Russ Green, senior director of marketing for the NC+ Tests All Corn Hybrids For Star Link LINCOLN, Neb. NC+ has tested all of its corn hybrids for the presence of the Cry9C pro tein, otherwise known as Star- Link. “NC+ followed testing proce dures and guidelines recom mended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA),” said NC+ President Larry Schuett. “A few of our seed lots tested positive for Star Link contami nation and those lots will not be sold to customers.” In addition to testing NC+ hybrid seed, Schuett said the company has also tested its New Bobcat Ultra-Compact Steer Loader. tatic components. Lifting the cab takes less than five minutes. The loader’s swing-out tailgate gives users immediate access to the engine oil dipstick, drain and fill; fuel filter; air cleaner; battery; starter; alternator; and coolant fill. Bobcat Company manufac tures skid-steer loaders, com pact track loaders, compact hydraulic excavators, telescopic tool carriers and more than 50 types of job-matched attach ments at plants in Gwinner and Bismarck, N.D., Grove City and Erskine, Minn., and Pontcha teau, France. Bobcat Company is a unit of Ingersoll-Rand Com pany, Woodcliff Lake, N.J. North American Case IH agri cultural business. “Then our en gineers build tractors, implements and software that help farmers increase their pro ductivity and success.” Resource magazine sponsors the AESO award program to em phasize the crucial role of new products and systems in bring ing advanced technology to the marketplace. All entries must exhibit a new technology or ad vancement of a previous tech nology, and have a broad impact on the industry. parent seed stock for Star Link. This is the seed that will be used to produce hybrid seed corn in 2001. “We want to assure our cus tomers that the NC+ corn hy brids they plant this spring have tested negative for the Cry9C protein, in accordance with or exceeding the quality standards set forth in the USDA’s seed , testing and sampling recom mendations,’’ Schuett said. “The seed industry has an im portant role to play in resolving the Star Link situation and NC+ will continue to be a leader in that process.”
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