C2-LancasterFarming, Saturday, December 14, 2002
Garst Announces
Soybean Varieties
SLATER, lowa Soybean
Product Manager Scott Hart an
nounced that Garst Seed Com
pany will deliver 18 new
soybean varieties to Garst’s ex
tensive soybean lineup and two
new varieties to the PSA-brand
lineup for the 2003 crop year.
The new products offer ex
tended solutions to growers’
needs along with added per
formance and value.
“Our current product lineup
looks exceptional this year,”
Hart said. “The reports from the
field have been fantastic, and
demand for this coming season
looks strong.”
The lineup of new products
boasts a variety of benefits.
Many of the new varieties are re
sistant to Phytophthora Root
Rot. and of the 20 new products,
all but two arc Roundup Ready *
varieties. This herbicide resist
ance allows growers to take ad
vantage of increased crop
protection possibilities with this
technology.
“Many of the Roundup
Ready® cyst varieties in lowa,
Minnesota and South Dakota
are showing some great Iron De
ficiency Chlorosis tolerance,”
Hart said.
Also added to the lineup are
four new varieties following in
"The Dozen” tradition. The
Dozen soybean products offer
both the Roundup Ready® tech
nology and Soybean Cyst Nema
tode (SCN) protection that
create a superior product for
SCN-infected soils.
For more SCN resistance
Garst has come out with two ad
ditional Roundup Ready®, SCN
soybean varieties that are
stacked with PlBB7BB and
Hartwig backgrounds. The new
varieties perform best in soils
with a history of severe SCN in
festations.
Group 00-11 Products
0601 RR Awesome Defen
sive Package with Yield Mid-
Group 1 (0.6).
• Excellent tolerance to high
pH soils over 8
• Superior tolerance to CCE
levels over 10 percent
• Rpslk resistance to Phyto
phthora Root Rot
• Yellow Hilum.
0707 RR High Yield,
Widely Adapted to Geography
and Row Widths Mid-Group 0
(0.7)
• Good height with stress tol
erance for western areas
• Adapts to all soil types, in
cluding heavy soils with Phyto
phthora Root Rot
• Yellow Hilum
1304 RR Equipped to Per
form from High-Yield Environ
ments to the Toughest Field
Conditions Early-Group 1 (1.3)
• Features high tolerance to
Iron Deficiency Chlorosis
• Rpslk protection for earlier
planting and Phytophthora
Root Rot
• BuffHilum.
1406 RR Offensive Yield
and Easy to Manage on the Most
Productive Acres Mid-Group 1
(1.4)
• Complements 1702 RR for
non-HpH areas.
• Outstanding Phytophfhora
Root Rot field tolerance
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• Easy to manage in any row
spacing.
2013RR/N Introducing:
Stacked Sources of Soybean
Cyst Nematode Resistance in a
Roundup Ready® Early-Group
II (2.0)
• Hartwig background solidi
fies Race 3 resistance
• Tall and rugged for more
marginal fields
• Better adapted for wider
rows
• BuffHilum.
2018 RR Roundup Ready®
Variety with Racehorse Yield
and Rpslk Early-Group II (2.0)
• Attractive medium-upright
branch plant designed for high
-3 ield environments
• Good standability, should
work in any row spacing
• Rpslk resistance to Phyto
phthora Root Rot.
2072 This Attractive Con
ventional Puts Beans in the Bin
Early-Group II (2.0)
• Medium-bushy plant de
livers extra yield on lower
branches
• Outstanding emergence
and stand establishment
• Suitable for nearly any row
spacing.
2332 RR Set the Perform
ance Bar on Your Farm with
this Proven High-Yielding
Roundup Ready® Early-Group
II Early-Group II (2.3)
• Consistently the highest
performing variety in Early-
Group II
• Western style medium
height, medium-busy plant
• Excellent Sclerotinia White
Mold tolerance.
2677 RR Early Mid-Group
II Elite Roundup Ready® Prod
uct Where Phytophthora Root
Rot is Problematic Mid-Group
11(2.6)
• Rpslk for early stand insur
ance in no-till or for season-long
protection
• Bushy, medium-height
plant style handles any row
spacing or population
• Use north as full-season
product or use south as early
drilled option.
Group 111-1 V Products
3013RR/N Excellent
Choice for SCN Areas where
Multiple Sources of Resistance
Are Needed Early-Group HI
(3.0)
• PlBB7BB with Hartwig
background
• Good Phytophthora Root
Rot field tolerance
• Best suited to moderate po
pulations.
3135 RR High-Yielding
Roundup Ready® Variety with
Phytophthora Root Rot Resist
ance Early-Group 111 (3.1)
• Wide area of adaption
moves east to west
• Very good disease package
• Rpslk resistance to Phyto
phthora Root Rot
• Yield leader.
3212RR/N Early-Group
111 RR/N Variety with Yield
Early-Group 111 (3.2)
• High yields in all areas with
a slight nod to eastern environ
ments
• Rpslk resistance to Phyto
phthora Root Rot
• Excellent Sudden Death
Syndrome resistance
• Medium-height plant with
MOLINE, 111. To help stim
ulate the nation’s post-9/11
economy, this past March Con
gress passed and President Bush
signed the Job Creation and
Worker Assistance Act of 2002.
This law contains a provision
that can deliver significant fi
nancial and machinery inven
tory management benefits to
producers.
“This new law provides the
opportunity to take an addi
tional first-year depreciation in
the amount of 30 percent on
capital expenditures, such as a
piece of new equipment, pur
chased after Sept. 11, 2001, and
before Sept. 11, 2004,” said
David Freund, manager of fed
eral taxes, John Deere.
Freund points out that with
the 30 percent added to existing
allowed depreciation, producers
can enjoy a total first-year write
off of 37.5 percent. Using a
$lOO,OOO piece of equipment
purchased new in 2002 as an ex
ample, the depreciation for this
tax year would be $37,497
(based on a seven-year deprecia
tion schedule using 150 percent
declining balance). This com
pares to a first-year write-off of
$10,710 without the additional
depreciation.
“Economic advisers within
the Bush administration have
stated that the tax benefit from
the bonus depreciation is equiv
alent to about a four percent
price reduction on capital items
you purchase,” Freund said.
“The purchase of deprecia
tion,” he said, “is to allow you to
very good standability.
3812RR/N A Rugged,
High-Yielding RR/N Variety for
Use on SCN-Infested Acies
Late-Group 111 (3.8)
• Very good field tolerance to
Phytophthora Root Rot
• Moderately tall, bushy
plant type
• Works well across all areas
with a slight edge in eastern en
vironments.
3906 N Very High-Yielding
Conventional SCN Variety
Late-Group 111 (3.9)
• Excellent disease package
• Rpslc resistance to Phyto
phthora Root Rot
• Moderately tall, rugged
plant type R 3 resistance to Soy
bean Cyst Nematode.
6112RR7N Very Early-
Group VI Roundup Ready®
with Yield Early-Group VI (6.1)
• Outstanding choice for the
Late-Group V, Early-Group VI
markets
• Very good yield potential
across environments and soil
types
• Medium-tall plant height
with good standability
• R 3 resistance to Soybean
Cyst Nematode
• Moderately resistant to
Sudden Death Syndrome, Fro
geye and Stem Canker
• Moderately resistant to
Southern Root Knot Nematode.
PSA Brands
8233 RR Racehorse Early-
Group II Medium-Bushy Plant
Style Early-Group II (2.3)
• Suitable to push north into
Late-Group I growing areas
• Drought/stress tolerant
bushy plant style
• Widely adapted to any row
spacing.
8255RR/N Outstanding
SCN Resistance Package to
Target Infested Acres Mid-
Group II (2.5)
• Position SCN plus IDC
package on targeted Helds
• Likes high population and
narrower row spacings
• Excellent standability.
New Tax Law
Speeds Equipment Payback
get your investment back on
capital expenditures over the
useful life of those properties.
The bonus depreciation lets you
get your investment back at a
quicker pace, allowing you to
take advantage of the time value
of money.”
Purdue University Professor
ot Ag Economics and Extension
Economist George Patrick said,
“Over the life of the law, the
bonus depreciation will give pro
ducers more choices and more
options in managing their tax
able income.”
Those options can also extend
to how you mange your opera
tions’ overall machinery inven
tory. For instance, said Thomas
Jarrett, director of taxes, John
Deere, “If you’re a producer
who typically turns key pieces of
equipment every three years,
there maybe some benefit to re
placing those machines in two
years. If you turned a tractor or
combine you purchased this
year prior to the end of the tax
law on Sept. 11, 2004, you’d
have the opportunity to upgrade
to the most current equipment
RACINE, Wis. In response
to the expanded capacity and
productivity needs of combine
operators, Case IH has an
nounced a breakthrough in
rotary combine technology
the AFX rotor.
“The Case IH AFX rotor is
the most advanced design in
rotor technology on the market
today,” said Leo Bose, market
ing and training manager for
Case IH harvesting equipment.
“Our new rotor increases
throughput in a Case IH 2388
Axial-Flow combine by up to 25
percent, while improving fuel ef
ficiency and reducing wear.”
AFX rotor technology is the
first piece in a new generation of
single rotor combine develop
ment from Case IH. It continues
to deliver the superior grain
quality, grain savings, crop
adaptability and simplicity that
have distinguished the Axial-
Flow line for more than 25
years.
“The Case IH AFX rotor
takes harvesting technology to a
new level,” said Bose. “It will
improve throughput capacity
between five and 25 percent over
the previous specialty rotor
design, particularly in tough
harvesting conditions.”
Graduated pitch inlet flights
transition crop from the feeder
to the rotor cage. This design
creates smoother, more consist
ent flow of material from the
feeder to the threshing and
separating areas.
The rasp bar configuration
also has been redesigned to pro
vide more “grain on grain”
threshing, a hallmark of all
Axial-Flow combines. The result
is reduced wear and tear on
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) For the second consecu
tive year, Forrester Farm Equip
ment Ltd. in Chambersburg, has
been awarded the coveted 2002
President’s Prestige Award by
New Holland North America.
This award, the highest com
pany honor that can be attained
by a New Holland dealership,
Case Introduces Advanced
Design In Rotor
New Holland Honors Local
Dealer For Customer Service
technology and take advantage
of the additional first-year de
preciation not once, but twice.”
(On trade-ins, only the addi
tional money paid, or “boot,”
qualifies for the bonus deprecia
tion.)
It’s important to note that the
additional depreciation is avail
able only on new, and not used,
equipment. However, major re
pairs or reconditioning that ex
tends the use life of machinery,
and can thus be capitalized, is
eligible for the depreciation ben
efit.
Freund, Patrick and Jarrett
all agree that you should consult
your tax adviser to determine
how this tax-saving opportunity
applies to your specific situa
tion. You may also want to ask
your adviser about another tax
break known as the Section 179
deduction, which may allow up
to $24,000 of capital purchases
to be written off during 2002.
The Section 179 deduction ap
plies only to producers who ac
quire no more than $200,000 of
equipment during the year.
Case IH AFX rotor.
threshing components, im
proved throughput, quieter op
eration and reduced horsepower
requirements in tough harvest
ing conditions.
“The Case IH AFX rotor can
also be retrofitted into late
model 1688, 2188 and 2388
Axial-Flow combines,” he notes.
“The unique ability to upgrade
Case IH equipment speaks to
our commitment to the needs of
our customers and the simplicity
and superiority of the Axial-
Flow rotary system,”
An upgraded rotor drive helps
maintain constant rotor speed,
despite varying crop conditions.
The new drive has larger rotor
drive pulleys, along with a
spliceless rotor drive belt to im
prove the belt’s reliability and
service life.
“More and more farmers are
opting to collect on-the-go yield
data during harvest, and they’re
also correlating that information
with differential Global Posi
tioning System (GPS) data to
map their fields,” says Bose.
“Using the updated Case IH
Advanced Farming System
(AFS) Universal Display Plus,
combine operators can now see
moisture and yield maps de
velop as they travel through
their fields.”
recognizes outstanding achieve
ment in business management
and customer satisfaction.
Award winners achieved the
highest point levels in the New
Holland Dealer Standards Pro
gram. The Dealer Standards in
clude criteria for excellence in
facilities, business management,
sales, parts and service support,
and customer satisfaction.