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Sollenberger Silos Marks
20 Years At The Farm Show
CHAMBERSBURG (Franklin
Co.) This year’s Farm Show
will mark the 20th anniversary of
the Sollenberger Silos exhibit in
Harrisburg. Since 1983, Sollen
berger Silos has utilized the Farm
Show as an opportunity to devel
op leads for their business.
“It is a good opportunity to
meet farmers. Typically the Farm
Show has been our best leads for
silos,” said Bob Francis, national
sales manager. “The Farm Show
is a place to talk to farmers about
their storage needs- and we
would like to meet their storage
needs.”
Sollenberger Silos Corporation,
founded by Avery Sollenberger,
has been in business since 1908.
The company changed hands in
1982 when it was purchased by
Craig Nitterhouse. Since the
company’s purchase in 1982,
they have remained a permanent
fixture at the Farm Show.
This year, they will be located
in the new Exposition Hall,
where their 20-foot area display
Purdue To Feature Results Of Producer Survey During Conference
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Survey results of the 2003
Commercial Producer Project soon will be released by the
Center for Food and Agricultural Business at Purdue Univer
sity.
“Serving Commercial Producers: Meeting Needs, Adding
Value” is the title for this year’s National Conference for Agri
business, which is being planned for November 19-20, on the
Purdue campus in West Lafayette, Ind.
This is one of the largest surveys of its kind and is much an
ticipated by the agribusinesses that interact with these produc
ers. This comprehensive survey includes results of interviews
SITE EXCAVATION
Installation of H.D.P.E. Liner Systems for:
Dairy, Hog, and Veal Manure Storage Facilities
Seals manure in, subsurface water out
Concrete ramp for manure agitation and pumping
1942 Camp Swatara Road • Myerstown, PA 17067
Ph: (717) 933-8853 • Fax:(7l7) 933-8078
Spotlight
will have pictures depicting their
various services and storage op
tions in addition to literature on
their products.
“We have a wide-ranging busi
ness,” said Francis. The compa
ny’s product lines include upright
silos, bunker silos, manure stor
age, farm equipment, and items
for non-agricultural use, such as
cell phone towers and industrial
storage.
“In 1997, we received a call
from a cell phone company,” said
Francis. “The local area did not
want a steel tower. (As a compro
mise,) a fanner suggested a silo.”
Since then Sollenberger has
worked with several large cell
phone companies to install cell
phone towers on top of silos.
Francis also said that the Farm
Show is an excellent opportunity
to meet with the nonfarm public
and develop new leads, such as
municipalities for storage of cin
ders and salt for winter road
maintenance.
This silo one of the many built by Sollenberger Silos
measures 24 feet in diameter and 104 feet tall. The silo
has an elevated floor for truck drive through, so the truck
can be loaded quickly. The silo is equipped with the Big
Jim Quantum loader for fast filling and fast feed delivery.
with more than 2300 large commercial US agricultural pro
ducers in each of the following segments of the marketplace:
com/soybcan; wheat/barley/canola; cotton; vegetable; swine;
dairy; and beef.
Survey responses come from virtually every part of the
U.S. and focus on those operations with more than $500,000
in annual gross farm income.
For more information, contact the Center for Food and
Agricultural Business at (765) 494-4247, or send e-mail to ag
businessinfo@purdue.edu.
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CORN PLANTERS &
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133 Rothsville Station Rd. • Lititz, PA 17543
717-626-4705
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We can communicate with you by phone 1-800-414-4705,
fax 717-628-0996 and e-mail lnfo@binkieyhurst.com
Foundation
Offers
Scholarships
DENVER, (Colo.) Deserv
ing college students who intend
to pursue careers in the beef in
dustry have a chance to supple
ment their education thanks to
the Chicago Mercantile Ex
change (CME) and the National
Cattlemen’s Foundation (NCF).
More than $25,000 in cash schol
arships and prizes will be award
ed to students in the NCF’s 14th
annual CME Beef Industry
Scholarship Program now under
way.
Each of 20 students will be
awarded $1,250 in the program,
with one student selected to also
receive the top prize of an ex
pense paid trip to the 2004 Cattle
Industry Annual Convention and
Trade Show in Phoenix, Ariz.,
Jan. 28-31,2004.
Students applying for the
scholarship may pursue careers
in agricultural education, com
munications, production, re
search or any another area relat
ed to the beef industry. Materials
should be postmarked no later
than Nov. 28, 2003, and sub
mitted to: Chairman Bob Josse
rand. National Cattlemen’s
Foundation, 9110 E. Nichols
Ave., Ste 300, Centennial, CO
80112.
More information is available
at the www.beef.org Web site
under the quick links and then
scholarship information, or by
calling Marvin Kokes at
(303)-350-3339.
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