D4-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 22, 2003 Frey Dairy Farms To Install BioDigester ™ LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) —EnviroGro’s President Graeme Watson announced that EnviroGro will install its re cently developed Model 201 BioDigestor'" at Frey Dairy Farms in southwestern Lancas ter County. “We are very excited about the Frey installation. It provides us with a superb opportunity to demonstrate the capabilities of our cutting edge manure pro cessing system. Tom Frey’s enthusiasm, energy, and experi ence with a variety of compost ing technologies make this location a perfect choice for our BioDigestor". We expect this in stallation to provide significant benefit for both EnviroGro and Frey Dairy Farms.” EnviroGro, a five-year-old company based in Dublin, is a leading manufacturer of devices that process organic waste mate rial and turn it into compost that can be safely used for a variety of applications. According to Cesar Orrego, EnviroGro’s vice president of engineering and Growers Gain Higher Earnings Potential With DEKALB Hybrids ST. LOUIS, Mo. U.S. growers are seeing the benefits of the proven science and seed performance advantages of DEKALB® corn hybrids where it counts most —the bottom line. In 2002, DEKALB corn hybrids averaged $lO to $24 per acre income advantage in more than 33,000 yield trials across the United States. “With yield wins in more than 60 percent of the 2002 trials, DEKALB corn hybrids provide growers outstanding yield advantages and increased earnings over other hybrids,” says Kyle Maple, Monsanto U.S. Corn Marketing Manager. In the five major maturity zones of the Corn Belt, or 84 percent of the U.S. corn market, DEKALB hybrids averaged 3.3 bushels to 8 bushels more an acre than other competitive hy brids.* “More and more U.S. growers have come to rely on the trusted performance that only DEKALB hybrids can bring,” Maple says. “As a result, U.S. growers planted DEKALB hy brids on a record number of acres in 2002. In fact, DKC44- 46 is the largest-volume hybrid Siegers Seed Co. CEO Named Chairman Of ASTA Vegetable & Flower Seed Division HOLLAND, Mich. Siegers Seed Company has announced that CEO Rick'Siegers has been elected as chairman of the Vege table & Flower Seed Division of the American Seed Trade Asso ciation (ASTA). Siegers’ main duty as chair man is to represent the interests of the vegetable and flower seed Business News •> manufacturing, “In-vessel com posting provides several unique benefits. The process provides pathogen and weed free com post. It provides unprecedented levels of mixing and recipe con trol. As a result the output from our BioDigestor’" is very uni form and the nutrient levels can be closely managed. Finally, the device can operate and produce compost year round.” Frey Dairy Farms, one of the largest dairy farms in the North east, has a herd of more than 1400 head. Tom Frey, president, expressed his excitement at the impending installation. “Over the past several years we have experimented with a wide variety of composting methods. We are very interested in identifying the most effective and efficient techniques for managing waste and protecting the environment. After prelimi nary testing, we are very excited at the prospect of working closely with EnviroGro to install the device and realize the bene fits of in vessel composting.” in the 90- to 100-day relative maturity zone.” In addition to higher yields, Monsanto brand corn hybrids with the “Root Strength Advan tage” also provided growers with the flexibility and innova tions _ SU ch as the best defensive traits and the leading tech nologies including Roundup Ready®, YieldGard® Corn Borer, and Roundup Ready stacked with Yield Gard Corn Borer—to meet their farming needs throughout the year. The root strength of DEKALB hy brids allowed growers to have more plants standing in their fields this past fall, leading to an easier harvest, higher yields and better profit opportunities. “Not only did growers rate Monsanto brand corn hybrids as delivering the best quality in 2001, yield performance results from 2001 and now 2002 dem onstrate the yield consistency of DEKALB hybrids over two dis tinct and different years of weather conditions,” says Maple. “This is a testament to Monsanto’s commitment to invest in elite germplasm and state-of-the-art technology for industry at all ASTA meetings. He is also responsible for chair ing the Vegetable & Flower Seed Conference Jan. 25-29 in Austin, Texas. Siegers also holds a position on the ASTA Investment Com mittee, and recently was ap pointed to the Organic Seed Policy Committee. John Deere Vacuum Meter Planter Update ST. MARY’S. Ohio—S.l. Dis tributing has introduced an Ac cuVac update kit for the John Deere Vacuum Meter that im proves the seed spacing in the row while improving the desired planting population for corn. The kit also allows the opera tor to plant most sizes of seed corn —even mixed sizes— without changing the disk or the vacuum pressure setting on the planter. The update kit includes a new AccuVac 40-cell seed corn disk to replace the John Deere’s 30- cell seed corn disk. Since the new AccuVac 40-cell seed disk makes fewer revolutions to plant the same number of seeds as the old 30-cell seed disk, the vacuum meter turns slower. This means the planter can travel at a faster ground speed without increasing meter RPM’s when compared to the OEM meter. The new design of the Accu- Vac seed corn disk allows the seed to drop straight down when released from the disk. It will not kick out sideways and bounce down the seed tube caus ing erratic spacing. This feature significantly improves the seed spacing in the row. The kit also includes a modi fied, adjustable “doubles elimi nator” that virtually eliminates doubles, which improves desired plating population significantly. The design of the “doubles elim inator” allows for one setting re gardless of seed size. high-yielding, high-performance DEKALB hybrids that work hard for growers.” ♦Source: 2002 Monsanto and third-party yield trials through December 10, 2002. Weighted average, calculated to 15% mois ture, $2.50 bu./A, $.03/point of moisture. Northeast Forest Landowners Conference WEST PISTON (Luzerne Co.) —Forests cover nearly 60% of Pensylvania’s 28 million acres. The 17 million acres of forestland provide the Com monwealth’s citizens and visi tors with many benefits. Forests support wildlife habitat. They provide places to hike, camp, hunt, fish, and enjoy nature. Forests help protect water sup plies and help remove carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from the air. Additionally, forests generate significant economic activity. In fact, timber and forest products is the fourth-largest manufac turing industry in Pennsylvania. The industry employs 90,000 workers in 2,500 firms and con tributes almost 5 billion dollars to the state’s economy. Approximately 13 million acres of the state’s forests are privately owned by more than 600,000 landowners. Sustaining Pennsylvania’s forests depends on the management they receive from landowners. On Saturday, Kit Available The new design of the AccuVac seed corn disk allows the seed to drop straight down when released from the disk. It will not kick out sideways and bounce down the seed tube causing erratic spacing. This feature signifi cantly improves the seed spacing in the row. Soma Logic, Merial Accounce Research Collaboration BOULDER, Colo, and DULUTH, Ga.—SomaLogic, a privately held Boulder, Colorado-based proteomics company, and Merial Limited, the world’s leading animal health company, announced that they have entered into a spongiform encephalopathy, also known as BSE or “mad cow disease.” Steve Rochester, head of Me rial’s Ruminant enterprise, com mented, “We are excited about the opportunity to collaborate with Soma Logic to investigate alternatives to the current post mortem based tests.” Soma Logic’s technology is based on aptamers, single stranded DNA molecules that can bind target molecules with high affinity and specificity. Ap tamers are identified using the proprietary in vitro Selex pro cess. “Working with Merial pre sents us with the opportunity to collaborate with the world leader in animal health,” said Larry Gold, Ph.D., Soma Logic’s Planned For March March 1, 2003, the Fourth Annual Northeast Pennsylvania Forest Landowners Conference will be conducted at the Luzerne County Community College Conference Center in Nan ticoke, Pennsylvania. The day will begin with a mes sage from Dr. Jim Grace, Penn sylvania State Forester with DCNR sharing his views on sus tainable forestry in the Com monwealth. Other presenters from the Bureau of Forestry and USDA Forest Service will discuss forest health, timber tax issues, the Clean and Green Act, forest landowner assistance program, and the Forest Legacy Program. Other topics include a Penn sylvania Game Commission program called DMAP, a pro gram to heln lanHnwners manage deer; a panel discussion of Forest Stewards; and tech- niques to enhance wildlife habi tat. This landowner conference founder and chief scientific offi cer. “We look forward to apply ing our technology to this critical problem.” Financial terms of the collab oration were not disclosed. Soma Logic is developing novel proteomics tools and ap plications based on proprietary aptamer technology. The com- 5 } pany’s aptamer arrays will allow researchers —and ultimately clinicians —to measure large numbers of proteins simulta neously, providing the founda tion for new insights into disease and health. More informatiorf about the company can be found at www.somalogic.com. Merial is a leading animal health company, providing a comprehensive range of phar maceuticals and vaccines to en hance the health, well-being, and performance of a wide range of animal species. Merial operates in more than 150 coun tries worldwide. Its 2001 sales were in excess of $1.6 billion. For more information, see www.me rial.com. was developed through a part nership of DCNR Bureau of Forestry, Penn State Coopera tive Extension, Penn State School of Forest Resources, USDA Forest Service, Pocono Northeast Resource Conserva tion & Development, Pennsyl vania Environmental Council, and the North Branch Land Trust. The conference fee that will cover the cost of lunch, breaks and materials is $2O for partici pants and $l5 for one guest with each full registration. Pre registration for this conference is required. For more informa tion, contact Penn State Cooper ative Extension at (570) 825- 1701 or your local DCNR Bureau of Forestry office.
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