Wheat growers battling increased ' broadleaf pressure should turn to DuPont™ Harmony* Extra wheat herbicide to help boost wheat yields, crop quality and their bottom line return on investments this season. • Known for its excellent effective ness on wild garlic, Harmony® Extra also provides outstanding control of more than 50 broadleaf weeds, including henbit and common duckweed. This broad-spectrum New England Farmers’ Direct Marketing Conference March 12-13 BOXBQROUGH, Mass. “Change, Challenge, and Collaboration” is the theme of the 2003 New England Farmers’ Direct Marketing Conference, here March 12-13 at the Holiday Inn Boxborough Woods. The conference will help conference attendees embrace change, overcome challenges, and succeed through collab oration with their fellow farm direct marketers and others not in the industry. Two featured speakers, Pete Luckett and Jim Cain, will each give a full-day workshop on March 12. Luckett is also the keynote speaker on March 13. Cain will speak during the day’s closing session. Luckett, Bedford, Nova Scotia, is known to many peo ple as “The Food Hunger” because of his popular TV Finance Your New Kubota Tractor Now! 2.99° -4.99%APR" '2 Months Don’t wait to buy a new BX, B, L, or M Series Compact Tractor. Buy it now and take up to 72 months to pay! Choose the length of time you want to pay and take advantage of great rates right now. *Offer ends March 31, 2003 At participating dealers Minimum 10% down payment Some exceptions apply Eligible models BX, B, L and M Senes Tractors Protect Wheat Now from Threat of Winter Annuals weed control is especially advanta geous, as area wheat growers have reported increased winter annual broadleaf pressure in their stands. According to growers and weed specialists, winter annuals, including henbit and common duckweed, have been on the increase in wheat for the past several years. Reasons include the move to seed-herbicide systems such as Roundup Ready soybeans that do not rely on residual herbicides. Other factors include an increase in no-till acreage, and warm late-fall weather patterns. EVERYTHING YOU VALUE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL DEALER FOR A DEMONSTRATION. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO LOCATE YOUR NEAREST DEALER, CALL 1-888-4-KUBOTA, EXT. 950 OR WRITE TO KUBOTA TRACTOR CORPORATION, MBIDELAMO BLVD., DEPT. 950, TORRANCE, CA 90503. FINANCING AVAILABLE ON APPROVED CREOfTTHROUGILKUBOTA CREDIT CORPORATION. www.kubotakcc.com ' show on “The Food Network.” He owns Pete’s Frootique, an 18,000-square-foot market that features towering dis plays of produce and innovative merchandising tech niques. From Don the Doorman to Steve the pianist, shoppers are never bored when shopping at Pete’s Frootique. Luck ett is one of Canada’s leading indepen dent green grocers. His workshop is titled “Creating the Wow —Every Day!” Attendees will leave with ideas on how to create unforgettable consumer experiences at their farms via innovative branding, team building, effective displays, power merchandising, and customer service. They’ll learn how their farms can out-wow the chain stores. Kubota. This increase in winter annuals can cause trouble for wheat grow ers. University studies show that henbit and common duckweed can reduce potential wheat yields by up to 20 percent. 1 Gene and William Boswell, Lewisport, Ky., can attest to the value of using Harmony® Extra. The brothers have relied on the product for more than 15 years. They also depended on Harmony* Extra to help them earn first place in the 2001 University of Kentucky Wheat Production Contest in the no-till category with a high-end yield of 106 bushels per acre. “We used to lose money every season due to wild garlic dockage, but we haven’t lost a cent at the elevator since Harmony® Extra came along,” Gene Boswell explained. “It also does such an outstanding job on winter annuals that we don’t worry about losing yield to henbit and common chick weed anymore, either.” Harmony® Extra offers other advantages, such as a wide applica tion window, complete rotation Cain, of Brockport, N.Y., has taught adventure-baited teambuilding for more than 25 years. His day of teamwork and teamplay,” will probably chadgelhe lives of all who attend. He’ll help attendees transform their employee hiring and training practices, build a “working community” with their staffs, and collaborate successfully with others in the community. 1 The workshops are $B5 per person if preregistered by March 3. Late or on-site registration will be $lOO. Confer ence registration is $75 ($95 if late or on-site). Registra tion includes the full day of the conference on March 13, coffee hour, lunch, an evening social, and the conference advisory group meeting. For registration information, call (413) 529-9100, e-mail flexibility—including double-crop soybeans—and cleaner fields for the following crop. For more information about Harmony* Extra, contact your local DuPont retailer or DuPont repre- sentative. 'A Comprehmsne (midi to Whiat Managenunl in hi mucks 1997 inisersits of hmtiicks Alums readand folltm the falx! Not a\ailahh in all slates Set \ our local DuPont n unitr or sales nprescntatnc forth tails and asailahihts in sour ana DuPont' 'and Harmons’ Ijctra are trademarks or registered trademarks of ! f duPonide Nemours and Compans Roundup Reads is a registered truth mark of Monsanto Companx C o/nng/i/ C 20011 I dti Pont th Ntnioun and Compans All Rights Restrict! info@massfarmstands.com, or visit www.ne wenglandconference.com. Conference sessions are “Step 1: Collaborat ing With Those Who Sell New England,” “Step 2: Selling Your Farm By Selling New England,” “What Flew And What Flopped,” and “Under standing The Media: A Panel Discussion.” The day will conclude with Jim Cain’s general ses sion, “Collaboration, Competition, Change, and the Future.” The conference is organized by White Loaf Ridge Management and is the official confer ence of the Massachusetts Association of Road side Stands and Pick-Your-Own. This year, it collaborated with the Northeast Farm Commu nicators Association (NEFC). Members of NEFC will participate during the media panel discussion. It is also offering a special session called “Interviewing: What to say when the media calls.” It’s a chance for farmers to net work with the agricultural media, and it’s a chance for them to practice their interviewing skills. The session will be led by B.J. Roche, of Charlemont, Mass. She teaches newswriting and reporting at the University of Massachusetts- Amherst. She’s also a freelance writer and news letter editor and is a regular writer for the Bos ton Globe Sunday Magazine. PCA Awards Banquet Scheduled STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) The Penn sylvania Cattlemen’s Association Awards ban quet has been scheduled for Thursday, March 27 at Celebrations Hall, near the Nittany Mall, State College. The festivities will begin with a social hour at 6 p.m., followed by a prime rib dinner at 7 p.m. Cattle producers will be recognized during this special evening for several awards including the Industry Service Award, Commercial Cattleman, Seedstock Breeder, and Cattle Feeder of the Year. Producers will also be recognized with the En vironmental Stewardship Award for their dedi cation to preserving agriculture and the environ ment for future generations. In addition, the 2003 Cattlemen’s Beef Ambas sadors will be announced and three scholarships for college undergraduates will be presented. There wifi also be special award presentations by organizations affiliated with PC A. Banquet reservations should be made by March 21 by calling or faxing the PCA office at (814) 238-5888 or e-mailing Uw@psu.edu. More information about PCA, the PA Beef Expo and other beef industry activities can be reviewed on the PCA Website; www.pacattle.org. The PCA annual meeting will be conducted in conjunction with the awards banquet. New direc tors wiU be elected at this time. Nominations for the PCA Board of Directors should be forwarded to the PCA Office, 862 Webster Drive, State Col lege, PA 16801. Nominees must be members of PCA. The PCA Awards Banquet wUI kick off the 2003 Pennsylvania Beef Expo which includes the trade show, performance-tested bull sale, pure bred female sales, and several junior events in cluding the beef skiU-a-thon, beef quiz bowl, jun ior heifer and steer shows.
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