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Kegel’s Produce’s Myers Appointed To Board
LANCASTER (Lancaster
Co.) Kenny Myers, vice presi
dent of Lancaster-based whole
saler Kegel’s Produce, has been
appointed to the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture’s
new Agriculture Education Ad
visory Board.
Agriculture Secretary Dennis
C Wolff asked Myers to serve on
the advisory board. Members
provide input relative to the de
partment’s goal of educating the
public about agriculture’s im
portance and urging young
people to consider careers in the
industry.
“I have been very impressed
with your interest and participa
tion in issues affecting agricul
COLUMBIA, Md. “Tilling
the Soil of Opportunity...,” A
NxLeveL'" Training in Business
Planning for Entrepreneurial
Farmers, has been launched to
teach small to mid-scale farmers
and agricultural professionals
needed business skills.
Weekly classes will begin
Wednesday, Nov. 12 and run
through Wednesday, Feb. 4,
NxLevel Training For Entrepreneurial Farmers Started In Maryland
2004. All classes will be con
ducted at the Carroll Commu
nity College, Westminster,
Maryland.
“We recognize the great need
to make this kind of business
training available to the future
stakeholders of Maryland agri
culture,” said class co
coordinator Dr. Dale Johnson,
farm business management spe
Kenny Myers
tural education,” Wolff said in a
recent letter to Myers. “Your ex
perience and knowledge of the
industry, and the value you
place on students and adults
getting an education in agricul
ture are of great value to this
Department and the goals of the
Administration.”
Myers, whose term runs
through Aug. 1, 2007, started
with Kegel’s Produce at a young
age and has been with the com
pany full-time since 1989. He is
the third generation of his
family to work for Kegel’s Pro
duce, having worked with his
grandmother and parents in the
business.
cialist, Maryland Cooperative
Extension.
NxLeveL™ Training will be
administered through the Car
roll Community College, West
minster, with support from the
Howard County Economic De
velopment Authority, the Mary
land Cooperative Extension,
and Mid Atlantic Farm Credit.
The NxLeveL™ program which
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Kinze Introduces New Integral
WILLIAMSBURG, lowa
Integral row crop planters de
signed with spring-loaded con
tact drive systems and self
contained seed rate transmission
have recently been introduced
by Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.
The Kinze 3110 Three Point
Mounted Planter available in
rigid sizes from 4 Row N (30
inche) to 8 Row W (36 inches to
40 inches) features bolt-on,
height-adjustable wheel mo
dules with spring-loaded contact
drive wheels.
The wheel modules, with
7.60-inch-by-15-inch 8-ply tires,
was developed by the University
of Colorado at Denver and the
University of Nebraska and has
been offered nationwide.
The course is taught in 10,
three-hour sessions, helping
farmers scrutinize mission and
goals, marketing strategies and
financial statements, and other
critical components of a com
prehensive business plan. Class
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■fil EQUIPMENT
2000 NH LS 180, skid
steer, turbo, 67hp, 1005
hrs, 2555 lb lift, Ex cond.
$15,600 (856)769-0787
Planter Model
allow toolbar height to be set tor
flatland or varying-height beds.
The contact drive wheel system
eliminates ground drive chains
and helps reduce residue, rock,
and mud buildup problems for
more consistency even in rugged
field conditions.
Additional row unit attach
ments include no-till coulters,
residue wheels, disc furrowers,
bed levelers, dual row unit gauge
wheels, and granular chemical
attachments with a variety of
chemical banding choices.
Tough, durable powder-coat
paint adds years to the planter’s
quality construction.
instructors Ginger Myers,
Howard County Economic De
velopment Authority and Dr.
Johnson are partnering with
farm support organizations,
agribusiness, and farmer men
tors to deliver the new training
opportunity through the Carroll
Community College.
For more information and
program scheduling, contact
Ginger Myers, Howard County
Economic Development Author
ity at (410) 313-6500, visit
www.hceda.org, or e-mail
gmyers@hceda.org.
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