I PENNSYLVANIA CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION
■ Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 19, 200.
Farming A Lifetime Pursuit For No-Till Corn Class Winner
James Hershey won the no-till, nonirrigated divi
sion of 2000’s state shelled grain class with 216.4
bushels per acre and a plant population of 29,272 per
acre using Pioneer 33A14. A four-year entrant in
both corn and soybean divisions in both the state and
Let Shelled Com Heat Your
Home, Furnace Maker Says
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
LOCK HAVEN (Clinton
Co.) While the possibility
of ethanol production from
local corn is being studied by
national contests, Hershey actually has several wins
behind his name. A soybean yield of 80 bushels per
acre netted him top honors in the soybean contest
two years ago. Photo by Michelle Kunjappu
some Pennsylvania ag and
economic development lead
ers, one manufacturer here is
making furnaces that convert
shelled corn into heat.
Producing 100,000 British
Thermal Units (BTUs) per
hour, the shelled corn fur
naces provide a clean, inex
pensive alternative to
traditional fuels such as oil
and coal, according to Pete
Spangler of LMF Manufac
turing in Lock Haven.
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MICHELLE KUNJAFPU
Lancaster Farming Staff
ELIZABETHTOWN
(Lancaster Co.) To James
Hershey, farming has been a
lifelong pursuit and has
provided lifelong learning
opportunities.
Hershey is the winner of
the no-till, nonirrigated divi
sion of 2000’s state shelled
grain class with 216.4 bushels
per acre and a plant popula
tion of 29,272 per acre using
Pioneer 33A14.
A four-year entrant in both
corn and soybean divisions in
both the state and national
contests, he actually has sev
eral wins behind his name. A
soybean yield of 80 bushels
per acre netted him top
honors in the soybean contest
two years ago.
Additionally, he was third
in the state in 1997 for the
corn contest, and last year
third in the state for the na
tional corn contest. He plans
to continue to enter future
competitions.
Farming has always been
the career choice for Hershey
and his wife, Shirley. Hershey
grew up in New Holland and
farmed on his parents’ opera
tion for a year before he
moved to the Elizabethtown
farm, where Shirley grew up,
in 1977. Her father, Ray
mond Miller, continues to
help out with the fieldwork.
They own 250 acres and
farm a total of 350 acres. The
corn, wheat, soybeans, and
barley the Hersheys grow are
all sold.
The couple also owns an
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