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The Farmside THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2014 | 50¢ | SERVING HUNTLEY, MARENGO & UNION | SHAWURL.COM/HUNTLEY

BUCKING THE TREND Despite obstacles, Illinois farmers getting younger PAGE 3

{H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com

Jean Schiller leads the last remaining calf to the loading pen after the stock was sold to former McHenry County rancher Jim Berry’s Wildberry Farm in Hanover. For 77-year-old Vern Schiller of McHenry, ending a 50-year tenure as a beef cattle farmer also meant the end of the farm he’s managed for years. With four daughters scattered and married to men in nonfarming careers, Vern’s wife, Jean Schiller, said there was never an intention to pass on management to someone else.

HUNTLEY AMTRAK STATION MAKING PROGRESS

Vol. 53 No. 43 | MC | FMS

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