A2O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 7, 2002 Exclusive ia/jcastsf famjj/jcj Hamilton Equipment Returns To Farm Show EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.) “Our state legislators have com mitted significant state funds to build the new exhibitor hall. The enthusiasm of the Farm Show commission and their employees is contagious,” said David Rupp, sales manager of Hamilton Equipment, Inc. “It seems like a total renewed commitment by the state,” he said. “I really don’t know of any other state in our area that has new facilities like these.” The Farm Show, Rupp be lieves, will be worth the time and effort of the company. After a two-year hiatus from exhibiting at the Farm Show, the business will return to the event, partly because of the financial commitment which shows re newed effor&J)gJbe state, said Rupp. Hamilton Equipment has been exhibiting at the Pennsylvania Farm Show since 1940. The business will have 5,600 square feet at the Farm Show. 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I think Hamilton Equip ment has products that apply to both customers.” Hamilton Equipment, founded in 1938 by Bob Hamilton Sr. and run by his son, Bob Hamilton, is a wholesale distributor selling farm equipment through a net work of servicing dealers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Dela ware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Bob Hamilton Sr., who grew up on the farm was the lone sales man. The business has grown from a main warehouse to a 4,000 square foot building in downtown Ephrata to include seven territory managers in a six state area. Products distributed by Ham ilton Equipment include Danuser post hole diggers, DEMCO sprayers, Herd seeders, Kelley backhoes and loaders, Westfield grain augers, and Worksaver farm products. The company has expanded to include Hamilton Distributing, a paint distribution business with more than 140 paint prod ucts for residential customers. Hamilton Equipment employs 70 people in their three ware houses at Ephrata, Raphine, Va., and Leola. The Leola ware house is a separate warehouse for paint distribution and has a separate sales force. “The support of Pennsylva nia's farmers is the reason we have grown from a company with 4,000 square feet of warehouse to our current facilities with 70,000 square feet in Ephrata and 33,000 square feet in Ra phine, Virgin ia,” said Rupp. For more information, their Website is www.Hamfnc.com. New Tool Helps Dairy Producers Stay Posted On Animal Diseases COLUMBUS, Ohio As part of an industry-wide initiative to address animal health issues, dairy producers now have a new tool to help spot and fight Foot and-Mouth Disease (FMD) a dairy industry-specific brochure that details essential information about the disease. The brochure, Foot-and-Mouth Disease and the Dairy Industry’s Emergency Preparedness, is a joint effort among the dairy checkoff-funded Dairy Manage ment Inc.™, the U.S. Dairy Ex port Council®, the National Milk Producers Federation and the In the Best Metal Warranty WLavers ef - 301-334-3977 1283 Joni Miller Rd. Oakland, MD 21550 A few of Hamilton Equipment’s employees include, from left, Charlie Potteiger, warehouse manager; Jan Reddig, parts manager; Robert Grills, shipping; Barry Groff, parts; Edwin Stauffer, warehouse; Albert Dorrick, parts; David Rupp, sales manager; and Floyd Heuyard, warehouse clerk. ternational Dairy Foods Associa tion. As a cost-savings measure, the brochure was mailed to all U.S. dairy farmers with the 2001 DMI Annual Report, which pro vides an overview of 2001 dairy checkoff program. Additionally, the brochure con tains a special pullout, wall-size poster printed in both English and Spanish that outlines key on farm biosecurity tips. “The brochure and poster are meant to inform the entire dairy industry about how we can all pitch in to help keep FMD out of the United States,” says Scott HigginS, CEO of the American Dairy Association and Dairy Council &lid East. Information covered in the brochure, which was reviewed ex tensively by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the American Association of Bovine Practition ers, includes: • Basic information about FMD and how it’s spread. 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