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The Model 956 round baler is one of seven all new round
balers from Hesston.
New 900 Se
Improve
ATLANTA, Ga. —Improved
serviceability, increased reliabil
ity and enhanced hay handling
all add up to “operator
friendly’’ with the new 900
Series Round Balers from Hess
ton.
The new designs include the
945 and 945 Silage Special (4’ x
5’ bale); 955 (5’ x 5’ bale); 946
Auto Cycle™ and 946 Auto
Cycle '' Silage Special (4’ x 6’
■bale); and the 956 and 956 Auto
Cycle™ (5’ x 6’ bale).
“Hesston has built its reputa
tion around crop friendly han
dling equipment,” says Steve
Reihng, Hesston product rnana
gcr, AGCO Corporation. '‘With
the 900 Series, we have made
improvements that not only en
hance productivity, but also
make the operator’s job easier.
Servicing is simpler with the
new one-piece side dooi design.
Othci changes that increase reh
abihtv and improve crop han
dling mean more time m the cab,
less on the ground and more
bales per hour ”
Seiviiing the 900 Series is a
Kubota Sales Demand New Assembly Facility
OAKWOOD, Ga. Kubota
Tractor Coiporation (KIC) will
increase its Georgia presence
with an eight million dollar cap
ital investment for the develop
ment ot a 53-acrc commercial
site in Oakwood. Two opera
tions will be located at the site.
Kubota’s first separate tractor
and equipment assembly plant
m the United States and the new
Kubota Technical & Marketing
Center.
The completed assembly facil
ity will be 176,000 square feet.
“Our initial goals are to build
this new facility and shilt assem
bly irom our Southeast Division
Assembly Department in
Suwanee. This will allow the
Suwanee facility to concentrate
on parts and whole goods stor
age and distribution, both criti
Hippen Named Vice-President Of
Sales For Bou-Matic
MADISON, Wis. Bou-
Matic, a dairy equipment manu
facturer based in Madison, has
announced the addition of Jack
Hippen to its staff in the capac
ity of vice-president of sales
worldwide and will be based out
of Madison, Wisconsin.
Hippen previously worked for
Bou-Matic in the role of district
♦ Business News ❖
ries Hesston Round
Service And Reliab
breeze, even in a breeze, thanks
to the angled hinges that use the
side doors’ own weight to help
keep them open. Should the
breeze pick up, a handy lock rod
keeps the door from blowing
shut during servicing. Belts are
now easier to service as well,
thanks to the new alligator rivet
style lacing which allows repairs
to be made in the field.
Other new features, such as
the windguard and pickup
flares, are designed to reduce the
wind’s affect on operation and
improve material feed into the
baler. The rear pivoting wind
guard can be easily adjusted up
or down according to crop
height. Windguard tines move
the crop smoothly up and into
the baler, controlling it up to the
time it is rolled onto the bale.
“We also added side panels
and pickup flares to the 900
Series pickup,” savs Jeff Noll,
Hesston sales engineer "Ihcv
reduce the effect of uoss winds
and help the windrow feed
evenly across the pickup and not
bunch in the center.”
cal functions for Kubota and its
dealers.
Even more important is the
ability to support anticipated
sales growth and service to our
dealers through increased as
sembly capacity and productiv
ity,” said Nobu Toshikuni,
President, Kubota Tractor Cor
poration.
The latest concepts in assem
bly line management will be in
place when operations begin
early next year. Concentration
will be on the assembly of M-
Series tractors and tractor/
loadcr/backhoes. An important
plus for Kubota dealers will be
the ability to order M-Scries
with the loader installed. This
will enable faster delivery of the
product to the customer, and
save time and labor in the deal-
sales manager and western re
gional manager and brings with
him a wealth of knowledge gath
ered through 18 years of work in
the dairy industry. Hippen holds
a degree in Agricultural Eco
nomics from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, and an
MBA from Edgewood College,
Madison.
Productivity Grows With Case IH SDX4O
RACINE, Wis. Borrowing
from the same proven design as
the popular Case IH SDX3O
single disk no-till air drill, the
SDX4O offers large producers in
high-residue conditions in
creased productivity with the
same reliability. Add to that, the
ability to deliver more precise
seed placement and depth con
trol, and the Case IH SDX4O
drill is positioned to be the new
leader in precision seeding
equipment.
“We are the first in the indus
try to offer flexible rank down
pressure adjustments for
optimum seed placement,” says
Jacky Payne, marketing train
ing manager for Case IH seeders
and chisel plows. “The operator
can adjust the down pressure to
each rank independently for
varied depth applications, or,
you could completely lock up a
rank to change row spacing and
configurations, to match your
specifications.”
The Case IH single disk no
till opener featured on the
SDX4O is the best in its class for
depth control accuracy, seed
placement consistency, and low
furrow sidewall compaction.
Seeding depth adjustments
are made easily and safely from
either the front or back of the
machine without any tools.
Simply move the depth handle
to the desired setting seed, from
zero to 3.5 inches. Depth adjust
ments can be made in as little as
quarter-inch increments, espe
cially helpful for small-seeded
crops like grass and canola.
Down pressure can be adjusted
from 250 to 510 pounds per
opener.
Balers
ility
“In high residue conditions.
Case IH SDX drills cut through
residue and leave a clean furrow
for superior seed-to-soil contact
and improved germination,”
says Payne. “We use the indus
try’s largest diameter disk at
22.5 inches positioned at a 5-
degree compound angle to cut
through residue, rather than
push it, and wc employ the
proven Early Riser gauge wheel
found on Case IH planters to
hold moist soil in reserve.”
With the help ot a wear-
cr’s service shop.
The Kubota Technical &
Marketing Center (KTMC) will
be comprised of offices within
the Assembly facility and a 32-
acre site for testing and develop
ment of products. Initially,
KTMC will concentrate on
products for residential and
commercial grounds care cus
tomers.
With the Oakwood addition,
Georgia will host the majority ot
Kubota’s manutacturing and as
sembly business in the United
States. Kubota Manufacturing
of America (KMA) is located in
Gainesville and manufactures
and assembles Kubota equip
ment, including loaders and
backhoes, lawn and garden trac
tors, sub-compact tractors, and
zero turn mowers. Kubota’s
Southeast Division in Suwanee
serves dealers in 11 states and
has a parts and whole goods
warehouse, m addition to fi
nance, sales, service, and distri
bution functions.
The Western Division Assem
bly Department in Stockton,
California will continue to as
semble M Series and tractor/
loader/backhoes for the dealers
in the 11 Western states. The
new Oakwood plant will serve
the balance of Kubota’s dealers
in the United States.
Single Disk Drill
resistant steel scraper, a narrow
1.25-inch seed furrow is formed.
A narrow furrow means less soil
and residue movement and re
duced sidewall compaction.
Each seed is placed on a “shelf’
created by the scraper. This
“seed shelf” has less foreign ma
terial (soil particles, residue,
etc.) than the bottom of the
furrow created by the disc. Also,
because of the way the scraper
opens the slot, the “seed shelf’
has minimal sidewall compac
tion, meaning the germinating
seed’s tap root meets little resist
ance penetrating the soil. This
allows the SDX opener to main
ABS Reliability Yields
Second Crop Success
DEFOREST, Wis. ABS
sires continued to exceed expec
tations. ABS Reliability is de
signed to insure stable, accurate,
and more consistent type proofs.
Rock Solid Genetics™ (RSG™),
sires with 100 daughter in 60
herds, are proven to be more re
sistant to change.
Based upon a comparative
study of 738 active bulls in No
vember 2002, the Type values of
the bulls that met the Rock Solid
requirements changed by only
.25 as compared to .49 of the
bulls that did not meet the re
quirements. Producers are now
using Rock Solid bulls to add
value through longevity to their
dairy operations.
As always 29 H 8343 Wa-Del
CONVINCER-ET*cv remains
upon Holstein Associations Top
100 TPI List. CONVINCER
gained in milk and fat produc
tion and earned a lower Calving
Ease score of 7%, while continu
ing to produce stylish daughters
with welded on udders.
29 H 8538 Regancrest RBK
DIE-HARD-ET is on his way to
global greatness with increases
in Milk, Fat, Protein, and Pro
ductive Lite. As a 6% Calving
Ease sire DIE-HARD is great
for heifer pens, while his daugh
ters are becoming critical addi
tions dairy herds around the
world.
Adding 391 daughters and
Swift And Company
Joins Certified
Hereford Beef Program
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Swift
and Company, the nation’s
third-largest beef processor, has
signed a licensing agreement
with Certified Hereford Beef
(CHB) LLC to expand the sales
and production of CHB prod
ucts.
Officials from both companies
are working together to com
mence sales and production of
CHB by April 2003.
“Certified Hereford Beef
products are a good fit with
Swift and Company’s branded
beef programs,” said David
Colwell, vice president for cus
tomer marketing and develop
ment, Swift and Company.
“This is a tremendous mile
stone for the program,” says
Rob Ames, program director of
CHB LLC. “This partnership
will allow us to greatly expand
tain a consistent seeding depth,
improve seed-to-soil contact and
reduce the time it takes for roots
to enter the soil all working to
gether to maximize crop emer
gence.
Once soil contact is achieved,
SDX Series single disk drills
close the row using a superior
packing system. Variable set
tings for packer wheel location
in half-inch increments allow
the user to pack directly over the
row or up to 2 inches off to the
side. Multiple packing pressure
settings of 30, 45 and 60 pounds
create flexibility for seeding a
variety of crops.
gaining 400 pounds of milk
moved 29 H 8614 Starky Merr
MARATHON to an elite Net
Merit level. MARATHON is also
a 6% Calving Ease sire who goes
the distance in improving
udders, feet, and legs.
Another udder improver who
gained nearly 500 daughters in
his proof is 29 H 8338 Wil-Hart
ALVIN-ET. ALVIN insures
maximum udder improvement
with strong clefts and very shal
low udder depth with a +2.47
UDC.
Striving to become a vital part
of every operation 29 H 8246 Fu
stead VITAL SlGN*cv in
creased his milk proof by nearly
400 pounds to +2263 PTAM and
continues to significantly im
prove udders. VITAL SIGN is
also a noted Calving Ease Sire at
8%.
29 H 8357 Cedar-Creek
BERGWILL-ET' cv gained ad
ditional daughters and in
creased his yield traits while
improving his PTAT and Foot
and Leg Composition to +1.97.
“Our Rock Solid ' 1 Program
continues to yield impressive re
sults,” states Dairy Product
Manager, Scott Bentley. “The
second crop bulls are consist
ently producing daughters that
meet or exceed their first crop
evaluations. ABS Reliability has
become an important selection
tool for dairy producers.”
our program and offer its unique
advantages to a new retail clien
tele.”
Certified Hereford Beef was
established in 1995 to market
the superior quality of beef from
Hereford and Hereford cross
bred cattle. The USD A Certified
program had boxed beef sales of
27.9 million pounds from the
99,249 carcasses certified in
2002.
CHB LLC is a wholly owned
subsidiary of the American
Hereford Association. Sales of
CHB have increased at an
annual rate of 30 percent since
1997.
Swift and Company is the
United States third-largest pro
cessor of fresh beef and pork
products, and the leading beef
processor in Australia.