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The Land

(Continued

from

page11)

definitive future ofproductionagricul- ture; the

main

purpose is illustrated agricultural principles for the general public.

"The

majorityofpeopleinthe United States

—

98 percent of

them now —

^{are not involved in} production agriculture," said Robitaille.

"A

lot of people

come

throughhere

and

see,for thefirsttime,

some

of the

major

crop plants

grown

intheU.S.

and

other parts of theworld.

"What

we're trying to

do

with the

growing

systemsinthe

show

isnot,in

any

way,tosay'Thisisthe

farm

ofthe future.'

We

don'teven attemptthat,"said Robitaille.

"What

we're trying to

do

is

show

alternatives

—

^creative,imaginative

new

approachestogrowingplants.

The

goalisto

make

peoplethink."

The

Land's

Ginny Mann shows FFA members

Bonnie

Owens

(left)

and Tony

Willis (right)

how

entomologistsareusing

eggs

from encarsia, a beneficial parasiticwasp, as partof theirIntegrated Pest

Management

(IPM) program.

The eggs

are stucktothe smallcards hanging fromthetomato plants.

When

hatched, encarsia attack thewhite

fly, a

common

green-

house

pest.

Random

interviewsofpeopleleaving

EPCOT

indicate

The Land

isachieving that goal.Visitorsexiting

EPCOT

fre- quently cite

The Land

as the

most

impressive exhibit,

compared

tothe rare

few

thatare

aware

ofitastheyenter the park."TTiis

means

they're

now

thinking offood productionas

an

integralpart of ourfuture,

which

italways has been, but people havetakenitforgranted," said Robitaille."This,Ihope, has gottolead to support for agricultural programs, research,extension

—

everything."

He

says the bestsupport

comes from

farmers that tour the pavilion.

"They know you

can't

grow

tomatoes(cost- effectively)thatway, butthey

go home

thinking a little differently

and more

creativelyabout^their

own

operation."

Machinery Outlook

sellingtechniques

and

increasedemphasis

on

marketing. Says

John

Ruth,

M-F

president,

"We

have a 500,000-name customer

and

prospecthst

we

have been developingfor several years.Thereare

demographics

for that listso

we

can...

promote

specific merchandising pro- grams."

Hesston Corporation,majority-owned

by

Fiat since 1977,

now

isdirectlycon- trolled

by

a Fiat

company

president.

Mario

Chessa is increasing corporate efforts to control costs

and

increase profit potential for the

Kansas

firm.

"Fiat is

made up

ofambitiouspeople, but theyare alsorealistic.

They know

the

market

willnot turn

tomorrow

but they will

work

fora slow evolution rather thana revolution.

Someday we hope

to bethe challengers for

John

Deere

and

Case IH," Chessasays.

Deutz-Allis looks

on

its

consumer

products lines as a source of profit potential in 1987

and beyond.

Bill

(Continued

from

page26)

Templeton,thecompany's

new

vice presi- dentofmarketing,recentlyjoined

from Kubota and

remarks Deutz-Allis has

what

ittakes tobeagrowing

company

in thismarket.Focus

on consumer

products

means

adding

new

utilityproducts

from

Deutz-Allis'Japanesesupplier

Toyosha and from

its U.S. supplierSimplicity.

"We

havealonghistory(asa

consumer

products)supplier,

we

arenot

new

tothis market,"

Templeton

notes.

Deere

and Company

is

happy

tobe celebrating its 125th anniversary this year,but

Boyd

Bartlett,Deere's president isn'tcounting

on

aquick turnaroundto the current trend. Bartlett says Deere sees this market continuing weak, but addsthe "patientisnot dead."

He

adds,

"We

see 1987level with 1986

and we

don'tlookfor

much

of aturnaroundin

1988or1989." •••

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Farm Equipment

tnagazine.

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ano Nonsense

tr

Chanter SeooD

and Nonsense

from Everywhere

by JackPitzer

Troy,

PA,

isstartinga weeklyradio

show

to inform the

community

about environmentalissues,

community

living, pets,

FFA

activities,wildlife,agindustry

and

gardening. It will be aired every

Friday^at9:30a.m.

on WJOZ.

N-N-N

Square dance teams from

State College,

PA, FFA

performedinthe folk dancefestivalas partofthestate

farm show

inJanuary.Aftertheydanced, they alsoattendedthestate

FFA

mid-winter convention.

About

20 Meridian, ID,

members showed up

topaint the rain gutters

and

trim of the livestock building at the fairgrounds.

A

^fair board contributed the paint.

Although

lotsofpaintwent

on

the building,

some managed

to get

on

plants,people

and

cats.

N-N-N

The

31

Greenhands

ofCarlsbad,

NM, FFA

were auctionedina "slave sale"

and

raised$400.

N-N-N

An

annual

cookout and hoedown

sponsored

by McLean County, KY, FFA ^and FHA

has

grown

tobeafun event.Local squaredance club

members come

help teachthe

members

thedance steps.

N-N-N

FFA and FHA

officers inWessington Springs,

SD, had

afriendlycompetition withparliamentary procedure.

FFA won and

so the

FHA

officers

had

to

buy

lunch. (This

news

item arrived at the

FFA

Centerviathe

Ag Ed

Network.) N-N-N

Local chaptersonlinewiththe

com-

puternetwork can always submit

news

articlestoStargram address

FFIOOA.

N-N-N

Upperclass

members

of the

Lake

Hamilton,

AR,

Chapterin

Hot

Springs have developed

an "Adopt

a

Greenhand"

program.

The

older

members

help the

new members

get involved in chapter activities.

N-N-N

The

incentiveofa freeski tripfor

any member who

sold 50 boxes

may

have helped the Hereford,

TX, FFA

sell

$28,000worth oforanges, apples, pears

and

grapefruit.

In

an

efforttointroducethe

FFA

to differentgroupswithin thecity,the

West

Fork,

AR,

Chapter planned a dinner meeting withaparliamentary procedure demonstrationfor the Lions Club, the schoolboard

and

thecitycouncil.

N-N-N

At

thefund-raiserdance sponsored by Lancaster,

WI, FFA,

theygavea50cents discountto

members

of other chapters

who had

their

FFA membership

card.

N-N-N

Twelve Georgetown, OH, members

developedseed plots for the localQuail Unlimited group.

The

plotssupportquail populationinthe area.

N-N-N

Kuna,

ID, stimulatedparticipationin theholidayfooddrive

by

offeringa pizza feed forthe class thatbringsinthe

most

foodperpersonintheclass.

Ag

I-second

hour won!

N-N-N

For

their

December

chapter meeting,

Kuna

offered

members

the chance to

watch two

popular movies.

The

recrea- tioncommittee providedthepopcorn.

N-N-N

Genoa, OH,

senta

team

of

members

toatrapshootingcontestsponsored

by

the

Anthony Wayne FFA ^and won

with 88points.

N-N-N

Advisor IVilson

was

"Marryin'

Sam"

atthe Sadie

Hawkins

dance organized

by

Elgin,

OR, FFA. He

"married" 28 couplesthat night.

N-N-N

Wells,

N

^V,bought a

new

cotton

candy machine

touse forfund(fun)raising.

N-N-N

Well, it

was

different, but it

was

successful.

The

East Troy,

WI,

sold

"cowpies" as a fund raiser. (Actually, theywere

candy

concoctions

made

with chocolate,peanuts

and

caramel.)

N-N-N

A

trueorfalse triviaquestioninthe Antelope,

AZ,

Chapternewsletteris

"A

dicotisabed with

two

mattresses."

N-N-N

The two

inchesoffresh

snow and

10 degrees didn't stopplansfora football

game

afterthe

November

chaptermeet- ing for Litchfield,

MN, FFA.

Black River,

OH,

Chapter earned

$230

from

the25,750

pounds

of scrap steeltheywere allowedtosell

from

the property ofthe local feed

and

grain business.

N-N-N

Harlan,IA,

FFA

offered their services tothe

community

toclean

up any

houses thatwere vandalized

on

Halloween.

N-N-N

Kathleen

High School Chapter

in Lakeland,FL, hasinvitedallthe students

from

the threefeeder schoolsin theirarea to the landlaboratory

and

agdepartment tolearn

more

aboutvo-ag.

They

have

an

extensive

program

planned.

The

Granton,

WI, FFA

released 12

homing

pigeons as part of

Food

for

America

demonstrationatschool.

N-N-N

Elmwood,

IL,

FFA members

raised

money

for

an

abusedchildren'sfund by helping withaSanta Store

— where

only kidscould

shop

fortheirparents.

N-N-N

Medina, ND,

usedabooth

and

afloat to

promote FFA

during their

com-

munity'sfallfestival.

N-N-N

Before Mineral County,

WV,

sent food

and

giftstothelocalhospitals

and

nursing homes, they sent

two-member

teamstovisitfirst.

The

teamslearned of the special things the

FFA

coulddo.

N-N-N

The

Finley-Sharon,

ND,

Chaptersent intheirpledgeforthe Statue of Liberty drive.

N-N-N

Rimrock,

ID,Chapter usedtheSCS's

new

no-till drillforthe chapter'swinter

wheat

plot;ranaturkey shoot

and made

$200touse for leadershipactivities;

and

helped withtheharvest of thesugarbeet research plotsatthelocalsugar

company.

N-N-N

Two

friendsof the ScottCounty,

K

Y, Chapterin

Georgetown

have attended 47 consecutive chapter banquets

— ^Mr.

Clarence

Southworth and Mr.

G.

W.

Cassity.

N-N-N

There can be

no

letup. Chapter re- porters

and

advisorsshould continuethe flowof

news and

ideas.Giveone, get one.

34 The National

FUTURE

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If you knew what he knows,

you'd own a ^Ford, too

Nobody

isina better position to evaluate a tractor

than the farmer who uses

it,

day

in

and day

out, in all

kinds

ofconditions.

So we

track

the performance

ofFord tractors for

up

to fiveyearsafterpurchase.

We

also

ask an independent

research firm to interview

farmers about

theirtractors.Year afteryear,

the answers come back the same-Ford mid-size (30-90 horsepower)

tractorsareat

the top

of

the

listin

owner

satisfactionforreliability, durability,

maintenance,

serviceability

and

quality.

To

stay there.Ford tractors

have

to get betterevery

year And they

do.Ford tractors

recorded

a

remarkable 28 percent improvement

inoverallquality

FORD

l\EWHOLLAI\D

inonly

two

years,

as measured by U.S.

dealer

warranty

claims.

But no matter how good the

product,italso

takes

a

good

dealer to

make

asatisfied

owner And

Ford tractor

owners rank

theirdealersfirst

when

it

comes

to

standing behind

theirproduct, fairnessindealing,cost

and promptness

of service,partsinventory

and

other

important

categories ofdealer service.

It

pays

to

know

all

you can

before

buying

a tractorSo,

ask

a Ford

owner about

histractor

and

his

dealer When

you know what he

does,

we

thinkyou'll

soon own

a Ford,too.

Is

your

tractorbuilt

as

well

as a Ford?

A Weapon for Agriculture

Biotechnology

is

aiming

at

agriculture's problems and offering some answers.

The

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MANY ^Americans

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interested than the agricultural

community — ^and

^{certainlythisincludes}

FFA members who

will

manage,

operate

and

control the agriculture of

tomorrow.

BiotechnologyistheFuture.

It isa rapidlygrowingfieldthatoffers unprecedented opportunities to study

and

understand fundamental life pro- cesses

and

to

modify and

regulatethose processesprecisely.

Biotechnologyis

more

than taking a gene

from

a

donor

organism

and

success- fullyinsertingitintoanother organism.

Being able to transfergenesillustrates that sciencehas mastered

many

ofthe mysteriesof thecell.

We

are witnessing the advent ofa golden agein agriculture...a "Biological

Age"

withthe potential to

do

for

man-

kindinthe21stCentury

what

the

Machine Age

didfor industrializationinthe 19th Century.

What

isBiotechnology?

Biotechisreallyasold as thehillsoras

new

as the 21stCentury,depending

on

yourview. Overall,biotechnologyisthe application of biological systems

and

organisms to technical

and

industrial processes.

Putthatway, biotech has been withus sincebefore6000 B.C.

when

the

Sumer-

ians

and

theBabylonianstappedtheabil- ityof yeast to

make

alcohol

and brew

beer.

Also, geneticengineering,asubset of biotech,dates

from

themankind'srecog- nition thatboth animals

and

plantscan beselected

and

crossedtoreproduce

and

upgradespecies.

Biotechischangingresearch.

The

objectiveof agricultural research foralmostallthiscentury has beento increasefood productiontokeep world

demand from

outstrippingfoodsupplies.

Now,

as

we

facebig supplies of

most major

commodities, research agendas arechangingto increasing profitability

and

protecting our resources

and

the environment.

We

need biotechnologyto helpreduce input costs to

improve

profitability at

home and

increase access to interna- tional markets.

We

need inexpensive technologiesinagriculture sinceour

com-

petitorswillusebiotechnologytoreduce their costs.Japan has

made

biotechnology a top priority.

The

U.S. is in serious world competition.

Without

vigorously 36

pursuing biotechnology,theU.S.might

become

thehighcostproducerina glut- tedworld market.

What

are the chiefproblems with Biotechnology?

Agricultural biotechnology's

main problem

isthatsolving

one problem may

createanother.

We know

far

more

about disease-causing pathogens, the

"bad

guys,"than

about

theother 95percentor

more

organismsthatare eitherharmless or ofpotential benefit to agriculture.

Untilthe 1980s, there

was

littleincentive to study non-pathogens,

"good

guys."

We

can only

make

assumptionsabout

what an

organism will

do

in diverse environments.

The problem

of deliberate releaseintotheenvironment haspolar- izedviewpoints.Itforcesagriculture to deal directlywithinterestgroups suchas environmentalists, theologians

and

city dwellers.

One

of the

most profound

challenges that

we

allfaceisto

overcome

the

com- mon

misapprehensions, ormyths, sur- rounding

new

biotechnology. Biotech- nology

myths

can be

damaging when

theyconfuseormisleadthe public.

Such myths

cancostus dearlyindelayingthe fruitsof

new

technologythat

may

signif- icantly

improve

the quality

and

duration oflife.

Releasing biotech products intothe environment is not new. Therearein-

numerable

examples of successful

and

beneficial "releases,"orusesofliveorga- nismsintheenvironment.Insectrelease has been used successfully to control troublesome

weeds

in

Hawaii and

Cali- fornia.

More

thana

dozen

microbialpes- ticidal agents are

approved and

regis- teredwith

EPA, and

theseorganismsare

marketed

in75differentproductsforuse inagriculture, forestry

and

insectcon- trol. Bacterial preparations containing

Rhizobium

bacteriafor

promoting

the

growth

ofleguminousplantshave been soldin thiscountrysincethebeginning

ofthiscentury. •••

In February,

more

than

300

people attendeda Challenge

Forum on

^Bio- technology

convened by

Secretary

of

Agriculture Richard Lyng. Biotechnol-

ogy

leaders

from

industry, academia, congress,

government

departments,for- eign nations,

and farm and

science

media

participated.

This article

was

prepared

by

Jack Pitzer

from

a

Forum Summary pub-

lished

by

the

USD A

Office

of

Public Liaison.

The National

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