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March 13, 2020

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Farm a state of mind

GRAIN BIN ENTRAPMENT DRILL

New ISA CEO

Farm Bureau takes reins of mental health campaign

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By Tom C. Doran

By James Henry

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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — There’s a Lumpe family photo of then-3-year-old John sitting on a tractor at a farm near Bowling Green, Ohio.

That was pretty much the extent of John’s farm experience through his childhood, but the Columbus, Ohio, native would later find a career path paved with soybeans.

Lumpe was Lumpe named as the new Illinois Soybean Association CEO Feb. 4. He replaces Craig Ratajczyk, who stepped down last summer after serving as CEO since 2010.

Mark Albertson, ISA strategic market development director, was interim CEO. “John Lumpe will be a tremendous asset to the organization.

We are excited about his vision for propelling Illinois soybean farmers to even greater heights,” said ISA Chairman Doug Schroeder, Mahomet.

“Lumpe will be an advocate for the farmer and coupled with his impressive resume of experience and passion for the work. We are very excited about this next chapter in the history of ISA. We are looking forward to the future under Lumpe’s leadership.”

Lumpe will be responsible for leading the state’s soybean checkoff programs. He will continue ISA’s commitment to achieving maximum profitability and global competitive positioning of soy from Illinois.

On the policy front, Lumpe also will lead activities for Illinois Soybean Growers and non-checkoff programs.

Lumpe’s résumé includes more than 30 years of experience in association management, public relations, strategic thinking, communications and market development.

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Workers with Stateline Farm Rescue hand up sections of the Great Wall of Rescue, a cofferdam that assembles in sections around a victim. After the pieces are fitted together, rescuers can push the sections down and vacuum the grain out, freeing the victim for rescue.

SINKING FEELING

Students get firsthand look at grain bin entrapment danger

By Jeannine Otto

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MANLIUS, Ill. — For Bureau Valley High School FFA members Bre Broers and Jason Carrington, it was a sinking feeling.

“Once I was down in the grain and they started pushing the corn on top of me, I was like, ‘I don’t like this much.’

You don’t realize what it’s like,” Broers said.

Carrington, who lives on a farm, agreed.

“You lose all movement and then you start losing feeling and the pressure gets deeper and deeper,” said the Bureau Valley High School sophomore.

Broers, Carrington and several of their fellow Bureau Valley High School FFA members took turns being the victim engulfed in grain and rescuers.

The students, coached by members of Stateline Farm Rescue, surrounded the victim trapped in grain with a metal cofferdam grain tube, then dug out corn from around them using hardhats.

Scott Larson, a firefighter with the Madison, Wisconsin, fire department and a member of Stateline Farm Rescue, led the rescue efforts and explained the dangers of grain bin entrapment to the students and others gathered at a warehouse owned by Nutrient Ag Solutions Manlius/

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‘Brighter future’ at Ag Day

By Tom C. Doran

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With Bureau Valley High School freshman Bailey Broers as the victim in a mock grain entrapment, an instructor from Stateline Farm Rescue instructs other members of the Bureau Valley FFA on the first steps to take to secure Broers and start freeing him from entrapment in grain. teering to help rescue had a Walnut.

Crowded onto two small bird’s-eye view of how difficult metal platforms surrounding an actual rescue can be. the mock bin and trapped victim, Larson and those volunSee SINKING, Page A4

Rural fire departments face challenges

By Jeannine Otto

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MANLIUS, Ill. — Many of the 300 people who filed into the Bureau Valley High School auditorium to view “Silo,” a movie about a teenager trapped in a grain bin, belong to local fire departments.

Rural fire departments are facing their own challenges

SAN ANTONIO — Describing his own state of mind after his wife, Bonnie, lost her battle to cancer only a few weeks ago, Zippy Duvall’s voice trembled.

“The first two weeks, I held a lot of that inside of me and I almost exploded and then I realized I started talking about it and it made me feel better,” said the president of the American Farm Bureau Federation.

“Talk about it,” Duvall urged other farmers as tears welled up in his eyes.

“There’s nothing shameful about it. These tears are from love, not anything else,” he said. “We love our farmers and neighbors. We want them to have a relief valve and a place to find some help.”

Duvall and Lisa Safarian, president of Bayer Crop Science for North America, announced the transition of the Farm State of Mind campaign, an initiative to raise mental health awareness among the farming community, from Bayer to Farm Bureau at Commodity Classic in San Antonio.

“Whether it’s been market volatility, trade talks, commodity prices, extreme weather conditions, flooding, the past few years have really brought about what I would call the perfect storm of stress. Unfortunately, these are topics that I hear about a lot when I talk to farmers, and these are topics that keep them awake at night,” Safarian said.

these days, and those challenges can impact the communities and people they serve.

“Just getting members in volunteer departments is tough,” said Jared Doty, a firefighter and paramedic with Princeton Firefighters Local 4308.

Doty’s background is with a volunteer department before he joined the Princeton Fire Department. At one time, volunteer departments had

many members who worked locally and could respond to calls during the workday.

Doty said that’s not so much the case now.

“At 1 p.m. on a weekday, you are lucky to get enough people to show up who aren’t working their full-time job somewhere else. That’s the most difficult part,” he said.

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Nearly 50 farm commodity organizations and other diverse agriculture interest groups joined over 1,000 Illinois FFA members to meet with state lawmakers at the 50th annual Agricultural Legislative Day March 3.

During the gathering, legislators were reminded about the multiple ways that agricultural affects their lives, the lives of their constituents and the impact their choices make on the world of agriculture.

In addition, FFA members delivered 275 baskets filled with Illinois-produced agricultural products and box lunches.

AgriNews tagged along with Illinois Soybean Association representatives as they met with legislators to discuss various issues and concerns.

It marked the first time two of the ISA representatives were able to experience Illinois Agricultural Legislative Day. “I’m looking forward to the opportunity to visit with state representatives and let them know that we’re concerned about some of the issues that we’re facing and hoping that they can move us forward and help continue toward a brighter future for farmers,” said Roberta Simpson-Dolbeare of Nebo, ISA district director and Marketing Committee chairwoman.

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Legalized marijuana boosts Pritzker’s ag budget plan

By Tom C. Doran

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed budget line items for the Illinois Department of Agriculture are similar to previous years with the largest increase earmarked to handle legalized adultuse marijuana.

The governor’s fiscal year 2021 budget plan has total agriculture department expenditures of $119.37 million compared to $113.41 million appropriated for the current fiscal year and $92.07 million spent in 2019.

Pritzker’s plan includes $47.92 million from the general fund after $44.6 was appropriated for 2020 and $40.14 million spent in 2019.

Other state funds for the agriculture department in the proposed budget totals $58.05 million, nearly $3 million more than what was appropriated in the

current year. The other funds line item was nearly $42.29 million in 2019.

Federal funds allocated to the state’s agriculture department are projected to be nearly $13.41 million, according to Pritzker’s plan. The 2020 budget had almost $13.72 million appropriated and $9.64 million spent the previous year.

One major line item change is under operating expenses for adult-use marijuana that was legalized Jan. 1.

Pritzker proposed over $7.85 million in operational expenses for the adult-use cannabis program, after $800,000 was in last year’s budget.

The governor noted in his budget proposal that the state’s new adult-use cannabis industry generated nearly $40 million in sales in January.

Tax revenues collected from the sale of adult-use cannabis will be depos-

ited into the Cannabis Regulation Fund and then transferred, after retaining a portion for administrative costs, to other state funds for costs associated with expungement, R3 grants and mental health and substance use disorder programs.

The governor added that 35% of available revenues will be transferred to the General Revenue Fund and 10% will go to the Budget Stabilization Fund to address a portion of the state’s unpaid bill backlog. It is estimated that $15 million will be transferred to the general funds in fiscal year 2020 and $46 million in fiscal year 2021.

Another increase in the budget plan was to double the appropriation for the IDOA’s popular cover crop incentive program that was implemented last year.

Pritzker requests $600,000 for the program after $300,000 this fiscal year.

Farmers quickly signed up for the 50,000-acre limit this past year.

The FY21 budget proposes that General Revenue funding will not be earmarked for the IDOA through transfers into the Ag Premium and Fair and Exposition Funds.

Instead, funding will be directly appropriated from the General Revenue Fund for these specific purposes.

RURAL HEALTH A line item deleted from the overall budget is $100,000 for the Southern Illinois University Center for Rural Health to provide mental health and support services for farmers. This program was added in the final budget approved last May, but was not included in this year’s budget request.

The budget has no yearover-year changes for Cook County Extension, state Cooperative Exten-

sion Service Trust Fund, Ag Extension-4-H, Soil and Water Conservation District cost share, SWCD district operations, County Fair and Exposition Authorities, County Fair rehabilitation, County Fair and Agriculture societies, Viticulture/enologist, Animal Disease Labs Act, Livestock Management Facilities Act administration, agriculture education, and Food Safety Modernization initiative.

The plan has a slight increase for the Pesticide Control Act to $670,000.

The earmark for administration of the pesticide act is $7.4 million, up from $7.15 million budgeted in the current year, and $5,993 in 2019.

STAFFING The proposed budget also includes an increase in the number of IDOA employees to 404 compared to the current 338.

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FUTURE FROM PAGE ONE

She said another highlight of her first Legislative Day was the opening program at the Illinois State Library where Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, members of the General Assembly’s agr icu lt u re com m it tees, Illinois FFA President Gage Mil ler, Il l i nois Farm Bureau President Richard Guebert Jr. and Miss Illinois Cou nt y Fair Queen Kelsi Kessler touted the importance of agriculture and how it benefits the state in a myriad of ways. “I think it provides a ver y good over view of the agriculture climate in the state. It’s good to hear from some of our state leaders, as well as our FFA and the Illinois County Fair Queen, to get t hei r per spect ive on where agriculture is goi n g ,� Si mp s on - Dol beare said. “It’s nice to see the optimism about agriculture and the farming year coming up. Of course, I think

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State Sen. Steve McClure (left) met with Illinois Soybean Association representatives at the Illinois Agricultural Legislative Day March 3. Visiting with McClure are Mike Levin (from right), ISA public policy and regulatory affairs director; Jim Martin, ISA director; John Lumpe, ISA CEO; Scott Gaffner, ISA director; Josh Griffin, ISA Soy Ambassador; and Roberta Simpson-Dolbeare, ISA director. farmers are eternal optimists, so we always hope for a better year than what we had the year before.�

Josh Griffin of Centralia and originally from Edgar County where his family currently farms also ex per ienced his f ir st Legislative Day in Springfield. The ISA Soy Ambassador had a similar experience with ISA when

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in our industry,� Griffin some of our legislators said. and see the all of the FFA kids walking around and EDUCATE, PROMOTE learning the way the legisISA directors Jim Mar- lative process works,� said tin, Pontiac, and Scott Martin, who also serves as Gaffner, Greenville, have ISA treasurer. attended several Ag Leg“As an Illinois Soybean islative Days, as well as Association director, it’s visits with legislators in a great opportunity to get Washington. out and advocate for our “It’s really an impres- 43,000 soybean farmers sive day to get to visit with in Illinois. We can talk

Tom C. Doran can be reached at 815-780-7894 or tdoran@agrinewspubs.com. Follow him on Twitter at: @AgNews_ Doran. about our own farming operations and talk about things we’re promoting like higher blends of biodiesel made from soybean oil and educate them about how we’re advocating for the farmer and educating consumers about what we do.� “I think this is a great opportunity for us to be able to educate, promote the great things that we as farmers are doing and make our legislators aware of the things that are concerning to us,� said Gaffner, who is also ISA assistant secretary-treasurer. “Everybody has a story and agriculture has such a rich heritage. We want to continue to promote that, to continue to push that forward and just to show where we’ve come from and to what we’re doing now to be conservationists and be good stewards of our land. This is just a great opportunity to promote that and tell them about the things that are important to us with trade and with biodiesel, things that help promote soybeans.�

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PENFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois J.I. Case Collectors will hold their membership meeting and tours March 28 at the I &I Antique Tractor & Gas Engine Club’s showgrounds, 400 Busey St., Penfield.

The event will start with breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and the membership meeting at 9 a.m. After the meeting, there will be a drive-yourself tour of collections in the area.

The first is the museum at the I & I club, followed by Kenny Knight in Potomac with M&M and a small museum; Doug Seimer in Oakwood with Case IH and Oliver; Steve and Doug Warters in Tuscola with Case; Jerry and Justin Thomas at Charleston with Case and IH; Berbaum Farms, Chris Bickers and Andy Woodworth with Case in Champaign.

Cost is $15. Mail reservations to Illinois J.I. Case Collectors, 2681 125th Ave., Viola, Ill., 61486.

For more information, call Paul Young at 309-314-6653 or Ross Richwine at 309-4826242.

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A fresh start for soybeans

By James Henry

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SAN ANTONIO — The markets for soybeans are big and bright — deep in the heart of Texas, as well as around the world.

Leaders of the American Soybean Association emphasized the importance of exports and predicted better days ahead at Commodity Classic in San Antonio.

ASA President Bill Gordon, Chairman Davie Stephens and Vice President Kevin Scott answered questions about the recent truce in the trade war between China and the United States that limited markets and, subsequently, caused a drop in the selling price of soybeans in 2018 and 2019.

ASA officials see a bright future

BILL GORDON, ASA PRESIDENT, WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA In addition to farming, you also own Worthington Tax and Business Services. So, you’ve seen how the trade war has affected not just famers, but your entire local economy.

“You look up and down Main Street across the country, you’re starting to see belts tightening up, farmers not going to town, they’re not Gordon spending as much money out to eat, they’re not spending money on new vehicles, they’re not trading, they’re keeping what they have and that’s really affecting the economy as a whole in the rural communities. We’re starting to see it kind of snowball.

“But on the bright side of that, there’s still optimism.

These trade deals, the biodiesel tax credit, all these different things are starting to show optimism to farmers. At the end of the year, I started to see those farmers actually go out and look at new equipment, looking at trading on maybe new or used equipment. All that spurs the economy. If we can get these prices back, it’ll help.”

What is the pulse of soybean growers following the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and “Phase 1” of the United StatesChina trade deal?

“There’s definitely those that are suffering, but there’s still optimism. Farmers are historically optimistic. So, when we look at 2020, we’re trying to forget 2019 — I don’t know if we’ll ever quite forget 2019 for all the things that got thrown at us. But, really, 2020 is a new start. Every year is a new start for farmers.

“They’re looking at these trade deals not only as a factor into purchases, and that’s what’s going to give us a short-term price increase here coming up, but it’s the long-term biotechnology intel-

DAVIE STEPHENS, ASA CHAIRMAN, produce glyphosate and neonicotinoids and chlorpyrifos. What is CLINTON, KENTUCKY ASA’s philosophy on crop protecHow are these new trade agreements with Mexico and Canada and tion and responsible farming?

“Crop protection in general with China protecting the future of is one we’ve always advocated U.S. soy and all of U.S. agriculture? for and making sure we hold “It’s taken a while to get ourselves responsible for what it is and how it affects our enhere, but it’s You talk a lot about market access vironment. We’ve always relied good that we and market development. What on science-based facts of how have gained have you witnessed in your expeand had some that’s measured, not just asrience with the World Initiative sumptions. That’s one thing we accomplishfor Soy in Human Health and U.S. hope that goes forward. ments along Soybean Export Council?

“As we look at glyphosate, the way. I’m “WISHH is a phenomenal it’s very valuable to a farmer. really proud part of our soybean associaIt’s valuable not only to a farm that ASA put tion. Look at what they did that effort for- in Kentucky, but in Minnesota, Stephens in Ghana. They went from a ward in repre- in South Dakota or anywhere country that was barely able to senting the soybean farmer not across these United States — feed itself to being way more only in individual states, but as making sure we keep that out self-sufficient and moving into we look at the United States as there and available for what is the USSEC category of trade used in a lot of people’s everya whole and creating that mesand now we’re in Cambodia day life, not just farmers. We saging of how we do that. and we’re looking at aquawant to make sure we represent “When we talk about China, culture projects. Just the that.” it’s our largest export market of number of people. Pakistan. soybeans — and what a market Afghanistan. All these differKEVIN SCOTT, ASA VICE it is. With this ‘Phase 1,’ before ent things with WISHH that PRESIDENT, VALLEY SPRINGS, help the people that need help we can really enjoy the full ben- SOUTH DAKOTA efits, it’s going to take a while. and that teach them how to It was frustrating last year a few We just got good news on the farm, teach them how to be times when they quit talking, Mississippi River dredging project. businesspeople. We want to because if two people talk, The Army Corps of Engineers’ work move them into USSEC and something is usually going to plan includes funding to increase really help them develop their get worked out one way or the the ship channel from 45 to 50 market and move to the next other. So, that’s a win. The $80 feet. Why is that project important level. billion over two years is huge to ASA and other ag groups?

“It was awesome to see for farmers.

“People USSEC a couple years ago rewould think ally strategically change their “When you look at the that the 5-foot focus of just being in China USMCA, that’s our No. 2 and extension of and a little bit of a presence in No. 3 export markets of soy. the depth of other parts of the world, and Really, when you look at these that channel we’ve really expanded that right two countries and what that would not at the correct time, right belongstanding relationship has mean a whole fore the trade war. We’ve seen been, we’re taking this and lot, but it enormous growth in Egypt. moving it to the next level. means taking We had Bangladesh part of the You’re really able to show them a boat from Agricultural Trade Promotion how good the U.S. soybean is in 70,000 metric Program funds that the U.S. its value. We undoubtedly grow Scott tons up to Department of Agriculture gave the best bean in the world.”

80,000 metric tons. Anytime us.

“There are success stories all There has been a lot reported even you can add that type of improvement in our shipping, it’s a over for USSEC and WISHH. in consumer media about the degreat thing.

We’ll continue to work on those cisions being made in the courts “Infrastructure in general in and throughout companies that in the future.”

lectual property right transfer, things for the next generation.

You talk about sustainability in farming. For us, it’s generational sustainability, helping my sons and daughters farm in the future. This will help that.”

the United States, we’ve had the advantage over our competitors for a number of years. As the Corps is taking an interest in dredging and so forth, those are all things that have been needing to be done. Our locks and dams have been an issue. They are taking an interest in that.

We need to keep an advantage over our competitors in the soybean industry. Infrastructure is the one place where we can do that yet, but it needs to be monetized.

“Brazil is going to continue to improve their infrastructure.

So, if we don’t keep up, we will be behind.”

Why is biodiesel so important to soybean growers?

“As most people know, the two products from soybean crushing are the meal, which is our animal feed, and we can get rid of that fairly easily, and the oil, on the other hand, which is a major component. Twenty percent of the bean is oil. Without the biodiesel industry we would have huge stocks of oil. It would be a drag on the market instead of a plus. Currently, biodiesel adds about $1.10 per bushel to the price that farmers receive for soybeans. It’s very significant. We can’t underestimate what that does for us.

“Currently, the biodiesel industry is intending to grow.

That would be a positive, also.

If they can take the biodiesel numbers and double what they’re currently doing, then we can also increase our crush here in the United States, feed more livestock and export livestock instead of beans and that would be the best for us.

“The oil could be used in many, many things. The high oleic thing is coming along very well right now and that is going to be used in binders in road construction projects.

Theoretically, that will be also a huge use for soybean oil. We need all those things working together not only pricewise for us, but for the country — cleaner air and having an alternative fuel is an excellent thing.”

ASA throughout 2020 is celebrating its “First Soy Century.” What do you see in the next 100 years?

“It’s a significant milestone for us. Thinking about 100 years ago what the guys in our position were talking about, and it wasn’t trade. It was, ‘What is a soybean? How do we use it? How do we use it in feed?’ They were just learning how to use the product. That has changed so much in 100 years.

“I get the opportunity to be the first president of the next 100 years. We volunteer for this position to make the industry sustainable for the future. That will be my focus. I think that ASA’s focus for the next 100 years will be keeping the industry viable.”

James Henry can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 190, or jhenry@agrinews-pubs.com.

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Top three tips for upcoming planting season Be prepared for another wet spring

By James Henry

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

SAN ANTONIO — Farmers likely want to forget last year, but there are some important lessons to remember from 2019.

Channel Technical Agronomist Whitney Monin said the previous season was historically unprecedented from start to finish.

“Mother Nature threw us more than one curveball throughout the entire growing season,” she recalled. “It seemed that the rain would not stop in the spring and then just as soon as we started getting into the really heat of the battle, literally, in summer, she delicately turned off the water, which made it ever the more challenging for our customers in the field and then, oh, by the way, she threw us some curveballs in the fall when we were trying to get the crop out of the field with some increased moisture.

“So, really, all of this has brought us into a snowball-rolling point, not unsimilar to where we were at this very same point moving into the 2019 growing season.”

Monin shared her top three tips for the upcoming planting season at Commodity Classic in San Antonio.

1. Know as much as you can: “First and foremost, where were the troubled fields last year? A lot of people just want to close the book on 2019, want it to go away, want to think 2019 is never going to happen again, but the reality is we have to learn from those historically unprecedented and challenging years.

“So, think about your troubled fields, specifically the troubled fields where maybe we were really late getting the pre- on or the pre- broke and we were late getting the post- sprayed and we had a ton of weed breakthroughs or potentially the fields that were prevent planted that maybe we didn’t have the weed control that we wanted to because, let’s be honest, we were focused on the crop that we actually had in the field, not the acres that we didn’t plant.

“We are going to be going into the 2020 growing season with now historically unprecedented weed seed banks that we have never faced before. A lot of guys last fall did not get fall burndowns done because Mother Nature was playing her games with us again. We have to start asking ourselves what worked last year, what didn’t work last year and where are our problem spots that we have to focus on this year? Out of sight does not mean out of mind.

“The compaction zones of yesteryear will be the compaction zones of 2020. There’s just no two ways about it. With the lack of fieldMonin work that we were able to do in the fall, that is going to frontload all of that moving into 2020.”

2. Control the controllables: “One of the great reasons at Channel why we feel so fortunate to work with farmers is we are here for farmers in tough years and we’re here for farmers in great years. That’s the partnership that our Channel Seedsmen provide to farmers in the field. By being able to be out in the field at that seedling, vegetative, reproductive and mature phase, we’ve evaluated our crops and our products in some of the harshest conditions we may ever see again in 2019 and hopefully then our Channel Seedsmen are able to position those products to get the most out of every acre moving into what could very well be a very challenging 2020.

“Control the folks that you work with, control where you are getting those inputs and really take time to sit down and evaluate your plan in the

wake of a very tough season.

Who are those partners who stood with you? Who were the ones that did more than just fill the planter box? Who were the ones who put their boots on the ground? Who walked the fields with you and evaluated those situations? We at Channel have the opportunity to do that through our integration with the Climate FieldView platform.

“I’m absolutely optimistic. We all farm because we want to see big yields. Something I noticed as an agronomist in the field, whether it’s in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, a lot of the farmers that I work with and communicate with, they said even in this very challenging year, the products exceeded my expectations, they performed under circumstances that 20 years ago if we would have had these historically unprecedented events, they wouldn’t have performed at that level, they did not have the stress tolerance, they didn’t have the drought tolerance, they didn’t have the disease tolerance to be able to work in these unbelievable environments.

“I think that that’s a testament to what we do here within our Bayer germplasm pool and what we’ve been advancing to our customers in the field.

These aren’t just good products. They’re great products.

The folks that don’t have that strength of germplasm pool, you

separate the men from the boys, literally, in terms of product performance in the field.”

3. Do not hesitate: “Looking at Indiana, Illinois, looking at subsoil saturation levels, we are going into a wet spring. We are at a critical tipping point because it is continuing to rain, it is continuing to snow, we are adding to that subsoil saturation zone. We have many farmers sitting in the Corn Belt who don’t have lime on, don’t have fall anhydrous on, who don’t have fertilizer spread. We need to be prepared when it comes to our equipment, when it comes to our fertilizer, when it comes to our early-season insecticide, fungicide, on seed treatment.

We need to be prepared for a very wet spring.

“Instead of just sitting back and thinking that we are going to get those seven days of dry or 10 days of dry that we need to do that appropriate fieldwork, we need to be hunting on a field by field basis for those areas that are maybe more well-drained, where we can take three days of dry and use it do that fieldwork, instead of waiting for seven days where we can get across the whole operation.

“Don’t anticipate that Mother Nature is going to give you the break. You need to find the break for yourself. Flexibility and agility is going to be the name of the game this spring.”

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Movie tells story of grain bin entrapment

By Jeannine Otto

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MANLIUS, Ill. — When it comes to making a movie about a grain bin entrapment, Sam Goldberg isn’t the most likely to do it.

One of the producers of “Silo,” the 2019 movie about a grain bin entrapment and how it impacts everyone involved, says so himself.

“I grew up in New York City and I knew almost nothing about agriculture,” said Goldberg in describing how he found the idea for the movie.

The idea came from Marshall Burnette, a filmmaker from Tennessee and the director of “Silo.”

“He pitched me the idea of the movie. We had a good dialogue about the prospects for a movie about grain entrapment and how that would make a really interesting plotline and how there were very few movies about agriculture in independent films,” Goldberg said.

The movie tells the story of fictional teen Cody Rose, who is sent, along with two other employees of the local grain elevator, into a grain bin full of corn to loosen the grain with shovels.

Rose becomes engulfed and the film follows his fate in the grain and the actions of others working

to rescue him, from local firefighters and paramedics to Rose’s mother and the manager of the elevator.

The circumstances – teens sent into a bin full of corn to loosen it – loosely brings to mind the fatal July 28, 2010, accident in Mount Carroll, in which three young men, Wyatt Whitebread, 14, Alejandro “Alex” Pacas, 19, and William “Will” Piper, 20, were engulfed in grain.

Whitebread and Pacas died in the grain bin.

Piper was seriously injured, but was pulled alive from the bin and survived.

Goldberg said he was flattered, but not surprised to hear that a re-

cent screening of the film at Bureau Valley High School in Manlius drew close to 300 people.

Bureau County has seen two grain entrapment deaths in the last two years. Roger Cogdal, 73, died July 10, 2018, after falling into a grain bin; LaVerne Molln, 57, died Oct. 28, 2019, after being trapped in a bin.

“We hear that a lot.

It’s terrible how common they are and how many people have friends or family or know people who have died in a grain engulfment or some other farm accident,” Goldberg said.

Goldberg estimated that around 10,000 people have seen the movie since

its release.

“We have another 200 screenings planned in the next couple of months and a lot of people reaching out for the summer months, between planting and harvest. We just want to get the word out there as fast as we can. We are trying to get people thinking, in a different way, about safety,” Goldberg said.

As producers, Goldberg and his filmmaking partner, Ilan Ulmer, arranged meetings for screenwriter Jason Williamson and for Burnette with ag and grain industry and safety resources.

“Our writer, Jason Williamson, and our director, Marshall,

connected with Dr. Bill Field at Purdue University, an expert on grain entrapment. We connected with the Fox family, a seventh-generation farm family in Indiana and they gave us a lot of insight. We connected with Dale Dobson, the safety administrator for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Basically, we met with experts. We picked their brains and they were very generous,” Goldberg said.

Jeannine Otto can be reached at 815-2232558, ext. 211, or jotto@ agrinews-pubs.com.

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Free screenings of ‘Silo’ offered by WIU ag programs MACOMB, Ill. — The Western Illinois University School of Agriculture and the Collegiate Farm Bureau will offer free

screenings of the movie “Silo” at Macomb’s Rialto Cinemas and Rushville’s Princess Theater.

A public viewing in Ma-

comb will be at 6 p.m.

March 19, and in Rushville at 3 p.m. March 26.

A viewing for FFA members will be at 1

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Bre Broers, a junior at Bureau Valley High School, plays the role of a victim being engulfed in grain. Demonstrations of grain bin engulfments and rescues were conducted following a screening of “Silo,” the 2019 movie about a teenager engulfed in grain and the hours that follow.

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“We had some good discussions up there on safety precautions if they would ever be in a grain bin, what they should and shouldn’t do, how to get help if someone is trapped,” Larson said.

Earlier, the students joined around 300 other guests, including volunteer firefighters and emergency services providers from the local area, as well as members of the public and ag community at Bureau Valley High School for a screening of the film “Silo.”

The film chronicles the fictional grain bin entrapment of teenager Cody Rose and the ensuing efforts to rescue him, as well as the toll the event takes on people involved, from the manager of the elevator and his elderly father to Rose’s mother and the local fire chief.

Evan Hultine, president of Bureau County Farm Bureau, welcomed guests to the BVHS auditorium for the event.

“Sometimes I think we are too eager to jump in and handle it ourselves, put some of the safety issues aside. All too often, rescues turn into recoveries very quickly,” Hultine said.

Bureau County has seen two grain bin-related deaths, one in 2018 and

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Funding to provide ongoing training and to keep up to date with fire and rescue technology is another hurdle.

“These grain tubes aren’t inexpensive. It’s not cheap to do training.

Funding is a huge challenge,” Doty said.

Doty said the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System provides a quick response for backup for rural and volunteer fire departments.

In the event of a major incident, such as a grain bin entrapment, other resources can be called on for help.

“You can’t do this with seven people. You need 70, and you need resources that we don’t typically use.

We are calling the Michligs of the world to bring semis and grain vacs. We’re calling the local farmers down the road who have a semi or a loader tractor,

one in October 2019. Less than a month ago, a man was pulled alive from a grain bin near Dixon in Lee County.

“I think the fact that there are over 300 people here is indicative of the fact that people understand this is a really serious issue and something we need to seek resolution on,” Hultine said.

Major sponsors of the event were Princeton Firefighters Local 4308, which sponsored the movie screening, Bureau County Farm Bureau and the SharkFarmer Podcast.

Jared Doty, a firefighter and paramedic with Princeton Firefighters Local 4308, comes from a farm background himself. He said recent tragedies inspired the move to bring “Silo” to Bureau County.

“We’ve had a string of these incidents in the past year and a half time frame.

We just really saw a need to bring awareness to the community to hopefully prevent this from happening again,” Doty said.

Doty said in rural areas, a call for a grain bin entrapment or other farm accident hits close to home for many first responders.

“They are all neighbors.

They are all friends. They are all somebody you know, and it just hits a lot harder for someone who has an ag background or who comes from a farm,” Doty said.

Jeannine Otto any way to move grain to make the process go faster,” Doty said.

Doty said he has taken a grain rescue class presented by Stateline Farm Rescue multiple times and he learns something new each time.

“There are always new techniques. It’s an ever-changing world in agriculture and also in the fire service,” he said.

The agencies represented at the movie screening and grain bin rescue demo included Bradford Fire Department, Bureau County Sheriff’s Department, Buda Fire Department, Sheffield Fire Department, Wyanet Fire Department, Arlington Fire Department, Manlius Fire Department, Walnut Fire Department, Dixon Rural Fire Department, Princeton Fire Department, Yorktown Fire Department and Bureau Fire Department.

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At a meeting with the Bayer field sales organization, Safarian heard a statistic that struck her to the core: Farmers are two times more likely to commit suicide than the average American.

“It made me cry,” she said. “I think that’s devastating.”

Bayer established the Farm State of Mind campaign last year to “step up during these trying times” and provide mental health resources to farmers, Safarian said.

“After developing the initiative, we quickly realized that this is more than just one company, one brand initiative. We felt strongly that we needed to identify another organization, especially one that is as impactful as Farm Bureau, to help take this forward,” she said.

“Farm Bureau is uniquely positioned to take Farm State of Mind to the next level. In taking the lead on this campaign for our industry, Farm Bureau will be lending their expertise on a topic on which they’ve already done some incredible work through their Rural Resilience program.

“We feel strongly that Farm Bureau is the right organization to drive this important work and initiative forward, capitalizing on their ability to drive awareness and reach with farmers and their families on this important topic.”

At its recent annual Convention and Trade Show in Austin, AFBF provided mental health training for state Farm Bureaus and county leaders.

“That training consists of trying to make people understand how to recognize our friends and neighbors and loved ones that are showing changes in their attitudes and their moods so that we can prevent anything from happening,” Duvall ex-

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Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, and Lisa Safarian, president of Bayer Crop Science for North America, hold a press conference at Commodity Classic to announce the transition of Bayer’s Farm State of Mind campaign to Farm Bureau. plained.

Duvall said Farm Bureau is made up of farmers and ranchers who experience the joys and the struggles of being on the farm and producing food and fiber not only for the United States, but for the world.

Like a “spider web” across the country, the organization reaches 5.9 million members and beyond, he said.

In a survey conducted

by Farm Bureau last year, 90% of rural adults said mental health is important.

“A lot of people just wouldn’t admit that,” Duvall said. “We were surprised by that number.”

Almost half of those adults said they are personally experiencing more mental health challenges than they were a year ago.

“That means the pressure is getting tougher on them,” Duvall lamented.

“Just think what’s happened in the last six years in agriculture with markets and the trade war and then put yourself in the position of a young farmer coming into an industry in 2011 or 2012 with good commodity prices, starting with all kind of excitement and energy and then having the rug pulled out from under them,” he said.

“We have to really pay attention not only to all our farmers, but especially those young farmers that

are totally stressed and have not had the opportunity, thankfully, to experience this before.”

Farmers are two times less likely than other rural adults to talk to a friend or family member about mental health, Duvall said.

“Farmers just don’t tell people their problems,” he said. “We spend our lives fixing things with baling wire and duct tape.

We wouldn’t dare go in our house and dump that problem on our wife who’s taking time to raise our families while we’re out working.”

And, Duvall added, farmers spend a lot of time alone.

“I milked my cows every morning by myself.

During those 30 years I milked my cows, a lot of times I was just pressured to the point where I was just miserable. No one there to talk to — and I wouldn’t have shared if they were,” he said.

“But then the next day I may be singing along with the radio with country music. It is definitely a roller-coaster ride.”

Duvall said stress is at its highest in years for many farmers and ranchers.

“I was a young farmer during the ‘80s, and it was difficult. There wasn’t a night that you didn’t go in and hear about some tragic thing happening

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“We do not want to ignore the problem and have those reports come out on a daily basis. We want to help farmers before they get there.”

Farming is a complicated business — and it is only getting more difficult, Duvall said.

He cited changes and expenses in technology, as well as government regulations.

“Thank God this administration has helped us relieve some of that, but it’s going to take years for us to feel the release of that pressure that we’ve carried under the regulations that we’ve operated under,” he said.

The health and wellbeing of farmers and their families will always be top of mind for Bayer, Safarian said.

“That’s not going to change,” she said. “While we won’t be actively working with Farm Bureau in this campaign, we will continue to be a strong supporter of Farm Bureau and will continue to support this and all efforts that are about raising awareness and directing farmers and their families to resources like Farm State of Mind that may provide help.”

Combining Farm State of Mind and Farm Bureau’s Rural Resilience initiative will open up the lines of communication and increase awareness, Duvall said.

“In our conversations about mental stress and mental health, we hope that we can show our farmers and our rural communities that it’s OK to talk about it,” he said.

“Our famers can’t carry this burden alone. We need to talk about it to each other. We need to lean on each other.”

James Henry can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 190, or jhenry@ agrinews-pubs.com.

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ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL LEGISLATIVE DAY

Governor touts state’s top industry

By Tom C. Doran

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SPR INGF IELD, Il l.

— Gov. J.B. Pritzker reiterated his administration’s commitment to expanding opportunities in rural communities across the state during Illinois Agricultural Legislative Day March 3.

“This is a gathering of people representing the largest industry in the state of Illinois and I’m proud of that,” the governor said to representatives of nearly 50 agriculture-related groups.

“It’s a testimony to many of you in this room that Illinois continues to lead the nation in agriculture.

We are the largest producer of pumpkins in the United States, but we’re also the largest producer of soybeans, the second largest producer of corn, we lead the nation in the production of horseradish,

Costello served as chairman of ag committee

By Tom C. Doran

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Jerry Costello II noted it was his sixth time as a speaker at the Illinois Agricultural Legislative Day, with the first five in his capacity as chairman of the House Agriculture and Conservation Committee.

He donned a different “hat” at the March 3 event as the newly appointed acting director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture.

“I was honored and privileged to chair the Agriculture and Conservation Committee for just over five years, two years as vice chair, and now I am so excited, so humbled and so honored to take this position as the director of the Department of Agriculture,” Costello told representatives of more than 50 agriculture groups.

Costello, of Smithton, represented the 116th District in the Illinois House from 2011 to 2019. Gov. J.B. Pritzker appointed Costello acting director Feb. 28 after serving as Department of Natural Resources law enforcement director since May 2019.

TOP INDUSTRY Costello prov ided a list of reasons that make Illinois uniquely positioned to be the leader in the nation’s ag industry.

“Obviously ag is the No. 1 industry in the state of Illinois. It means so much to this state and there are so many things that peo-

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CONNECT ILLINOIS Pritzker noted a new rural broadband expansion program that will help farmers build on the state’s success.

“I want Illinois to lead in the 21st century. This is going to affect all of your communities and businesses. I think it’s a huge advancement and I hope you’ll join me in making Connect Illinois the most successful program that we’ve ever had in our rural communities,” Pritzker said.

T h roug h bipa r t i sa n suppor t, the General Assembly approved the Rebuild Illinois initiative, the state’s largest infrastructure investment in a

“I want to offer my appreciation to the people in this room and the many across our state who dedicate their lives to our agricultural communities.”

Gov. J.B. Pritzker generation, and Connect Illinois is part of that initiative.

“Connect Illinois is the largest matching grant program for high-speed internet development in national history, a program whose impact will be doubled with matching funds from the federal government, from local governments and from private partners,” Pritzker said.

“We’ve already begun to deliver on an ambitious four-year plan to deliver open access, shared use broadband to homes, busi-

nesses and community institutions like hospitals and libraries in every corner of our state. In an increasingly competitive global economy, we simply cannot afford to leave any community without connectivity.”

FLOOD PROTECTION Pritzker recently delivered Illinois’ concerns regarding long-term flood protection and federal aid to President Donald Trump and U.S. Agriculture Director Sonny Perdue.

“A few weeks ago I met

with the president and got his commitment directly to provide greater support for Illinois from the Corps of Engineers to address long-term flood protection.

We’re working very hard in the near-term to address and fight flooding such as it may be this spring.

Rebuilding our levies and protecting our basic infrastructure is a top priority.

“Nobody in this room is a stranger to the difficulties that we experienced over the last year here in our state. Homes and businesses, farmland and crop production were severely impacted by some of the worse flooding in a quarter century.

“Mother Nature was not kind to us, but I want to assure you that my administration was on full alert as we addressed needs in nearly one-third of Illinois’ counties last year with the support of our National Guard, our

Emergency Management Agency, our State Police, the Department of Transportation and the Department of Agriculture. We’re continuing to do everything in our power again this year to protect our communities and to help rebuild.

“I’m particularly proud that the U.S. Department of Agriculture granted my special request for an agriculture disaster declaration to help farms recover and for federal disaster aid to help families get back on their feet.

“I spoke directly with U.S. Agriculture Director Sonny Perdue to emphasize the need for ongoing support and he has promised to be of assistance going forward.”

Tom C. Doran can be reached at 815-780-7894 or tdoran@agrinews-pubs. com. Follow him on Twitter at: @AgNews_Doran.

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“Many people don’t realize that we have 2,600 fo o d pr o c e s sors in Illinois — we’re No. 1 in the country.

Think a b out Costello how many jobs come along with processing food in the state.”

It’s commonly known that Illinois leads the nation in soybean, pumpkin and horseradish production, is second in corn production and fourth in swine.

“Now we are regulating the growth of adultuse cannabis, a totally new industry to this state and something that I believe will bring in a lot of capital that is much needed in the state,” Costello noted.

“We’re also expanding our market in the delivery of hemp in the state. We have over 20,000 acres that are growing hemp in the state.

“Our state is ver y, very unique, and it’s important that people realize that. We have over 2,000 interstate miles in the state. We have over 34,000 highway miles.

We have the largest rail gateway in the entire country in Chicago. We have over 1,100 miles of navigable waterways. We have 1,100 airports in the state.”

GAME-CHANGER He also credited Pritzker’s commitment to expand broadband in the state through the Connect Illinois initiative.

“This gives kids in rural communities the educational opportunities that kids in urban communities have had

for quite some time. It’s a huge undertaking and it’s a gamecha nger for rural Illinois,” Costello said.

“Broadband access will also bring about telemedicine which will provide access to many underserved and impoverished communities.

“T hey ’re also ma king capital investments in the roadways of our state, something that is drastically and vastly needed.”

Costello noted his longtime relationship with the Illinois Farm Bureau and its president, Richard Guebert Jr., who was one of the then-legislator’s constituent in the 116th District.

“We’ve had numerous conversations. You’ve done a wonderful job of picking a president of the Farm Bureau because Rich is not shy,” Costello said.

OPEN DOOR The acting director thanked the agriculture industry for what it does for the state.

“You feed our state and you feed the nation. What I pledge to you is what I believe I’ve always done is sat down, listened, been honest and try to find a path to move forward in the best way possible for the state of Illinois,” he said.

“Whatever I can do to help, my door is always open. If you don’t ask, I can’t help you. I’m humbled and honored by the opportunity and I really look forward to moving this industry forward in this nation. It’s already terrific, but we’re going to make it even better.”

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Illinois State Rep. Mike Marron (left) visits with Scott Gaffner, Illinois Soybean Association director and assistant treasurer/secretary, at the Agricultural Legislative Day March 3. Marron was previously an ISA director before serving in the legislature.

‘It’s where I come from’ Farmer/legislator served on soybean board

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father in rural Vermilion County and now listens to the concerns of the SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Prairie State’s agriculture When the annual Illinois industry as a lawmaker.

Agricultural Legislative “My time on the soyDay rolled around March bean board was a great 3, Mike Marron had the experience and it really unique perspective of exprepared me well for this periencing the event from adventure. So, I have a lot both sides of the desk. of great background and Marron has been the a lot of great training that 104th District state rephelps me out over here,’ resentative since Sept.

Marron said.

7, 2018, and the Fithian ISA representatives Republican previously stopped by Marron’s office served as vice chairin the William G. Stratton man, secretary-treasurer Building to visit with the and representative of farmer/legislator. the Illinois Soybean “I’m pretty receptive to Association’s District 7. their story obviously because it’s my background, As an ISA officer, it’s where I come from,” Marron was among the Marron said. organization’s members “It really makes me feel who attended Agricultural good to see the Soybean Legislative Day to meet with legislators and share Association here advowith them the importance cating. It’s a pretty easy of Illinois agriculture and sell for me when they tell their story to me, the soybean industry.

He continues to operate but there are a lot of my colleagues that need to the family farm with his hear the story and need to hear how important agriculture is to our state.

So, I really appreciate the producers taking the time to be involved and coming here to tell their story.”

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FARMING ADVOCATE Marron is one of only a handful of General Assembly members who are also farmers and believes it’s among his roles

as a legislator to tell that story.

“It’s a critically important part of my role here to try to advocate for our industry and for the industry that makes up such a critical part of my district. But there’s no substitute for actually hearing it from the people that live it every day,” he said.

“I feel like I have a good reputation here.

My colleagues trust me, but it means more when it comes from the actual producers, the farmers who are making the trip over here and actually taking the time out of their busy lives to tell the story.”

Hundreds of FFA members from across the state also delivered their messages to lawmakers at Agricultural Legislative Day, and 4-H members met with legislators the following day.

“What’s so exciting about that is seeing the youth of agriculture, the future leaders, and the future people that are going to move our industry forward. That has a big impact, too, because everybody likes to see a young leader and someone that’s going to be representing us in the future, representing our state in future. So, it has a lot of impact on legislators when young people come here.”

Vegetable transplant workshop set FREEPORT, Ill. – The University of Illinois Extension and Stephenson County Farm Bureau are offering a workshop to help you get your vegetable garden started this spring. The Get Growing: Vegetable Transplant Workshop will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. March 25 at the Stephenson County Farm Bureau, 210 W. Spring St., Freeport. The workshop will be led by Grant McCarty, Extension local foods and small farms educator.

The workshop will in-

clude the basics of selecting varieties, using seed starting equipment, and troubleshooting. “Starting seeds indoors for your vegetable garden can be challenging. You need proper equipment and the right environment to be successfulm,” McCarty said. “Each year, there are new varieties in seed catalogs, too. But most of these depend on you starting them indoors before planting this spring.”

To register for this free program, call 815-2354125.

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SOYBEAN: ‘There’s a large market for new-use opportunities’ FROM PAGE ONE

Lumpe and his wife, Lisa, have two sons.

The Walsh College graduate with a bachelor’s degree in communications and journalism took time to speak of his journey to the ISA CEO post with AgriNews.

What was your first job after graduating from college?

“I did public relations for the Department of Natural Resources and the state park system in Ohio.

I went from there to doing PR work for an agriculture show called AmeriFlora ‘92. It was agriculture, floriculture, and it all kind of parlayed itself.

“Then I went to work for the PR firm that had the Ohio Soybean Council account and the council was my first client. When the council had an opening on staff my client at the time said, ‘Well, I’ve paid to train you and now I’m going to bring you on staff.’

I’ve been with soybean organizations ever since.”

“Then this opportunity came about, and actually the Illinois Soybean Association was one of my clients, as were a lot of the checkoffs, especially in soybeans.

“So, I was able to take the knowledge and continue to transfer it up through not only from the Soybean Council, but into FLM Harvest and now into Illinois Soybean Association my knowledge and believability in the product.”

Do you have any personal goals for the ISA organizations at this point?

“I committed to the search committee a first 100-day plan, and that was to get out and meet everybody. I need to get out to the board members’ farms.

“I need to meet with industry folks. Get to know the staff. Now, I knew a lot of them prior to this, but I need to know it from a staff perspective versus a contractor perspective.

“I want to really understand then what changes, Lumpe eventually worked his if any, need to be made. way up the ladder to become Do we have the right program area mix? Do we Ohio Soybean Association have the right contractor executive director. mix? Really just kind of “We had two separate boards, unlike Illinois that looking under the hood and making new connechas one board. We had two separate organizations tions, reaffirming old con(Ohio Soybean Association nections.

“We had a breakfast and Ohio Soybean meeting (Feb. 17) with Council), shared staff, and Illinois Corn and met with I was with that organizaRodney Weinzierl (execution for almost 15 years. tive director) and two of “I literally worked my his leadership along with way up. I held every positwo of my leadership and tion and ended up being just had a great introducthe executive director.

“Everything I’ve learned tory planning meeting, just talking about what we has really been on-thecan do together, and how job training. I knew corn we can be more aligned. and soybeans grew along That’s what I really want the side of the freeway, to go out and meet with that was the extent of my the allied groups. knowledge, but what I’ve “Like I told the board, I been able to do over the work for them. We all unyears has really been onderstand the hierarchy but the-job training.

I really want to work with “I can tell you today them in further developing what sclerotinia is, what the organization. I’m a phytophthora is, what collaborator. I love to work transesterification is. I together. There’s plenty of have a communications/ room for success and when journalism degree and you have success with othI’ve just learned over the ers to me it’s more fruitful.” years that you have to study and you have to not What are your thoughts on only be able to take it in, the current challenges in the but also speak it out.” soybean industry?

“There’s a large market Lumpe left the Ohio Soybean for new-use opportunities.

Council in 2010 to help creWith the organization that ate FLM Harvest. The “L” is we have in place, they are for Lumpe. As senior vice very willing to bring in new president of FLM Harvest, ideas. So, as we look to he provided strategic leadthese new markets, new opership to the organization and specifically checkoff and portunities and new ideas, association clients and trade it’s very encouraging.

“I like finding things. associations.

I like looking under the “There were four of us back in 2010. We sold the rocks. There’s a lot of opportunity for new partnerfirm about 5 1/2 years ships out there. into it, and we had just “We were with the trade under 60 team members, ambassador last night. five offices across the He was talking about the United States. All of our Phase 1 deal with China clients were agriculture. and what he kept driving “One of our clients rehome was you have to ally liked the work that read the 27 pages of imwe did, and they ended plementations that are in up making us an offer. It there. He said it’s line by wasn’t in our long-term line that within five days business plan, but they we have to do this, etc. made us an offer, and we couldn’t turn it down. We So, I think there are a lot of opportunities even then became employees within that document and and slowly transitioned how it affects soybeans. out of the company.

“Exports are key. We have to continue that, but we also can’t rely on it as we have found out this past year when the tariffs were put in place. That was hard. It’s like putting your eggs all in one basket. So, I think some diversification is necessary at this point. To find those new markets is key.

“I did a lot of true newuse research back at Ohio.

We developed plasticizers and a lot of industrial type products. There is more and more interest in that, and I think it would be worthwhile for the organization to take a look into some of those areas.”

Looking into the future, what do you see for the soybean industry going forward?

“I think we’re going to see a lot more opportunity. The industry is going to continue to grow.

There’s going to be new markets, new opportu-

Northern Indiana: Friday: mostly sunny.

Winds west-northwest 10-20 mph. Expect four to eight hours of sun with fair drying conditions and average relative humidity 60%. Saturday: a couple of snow showers in the south.

Central Indiana: Friday: partly sunny.

Winds north 8-16 mph. Expect four to eight hours of sunshine with fair drying conditions and average relative humidity 55%. Saturday: periods of rain; however, snow showers in the north.

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Northern Illinois: Friday: mostly sunny.

Winds west-northwest 12-25 mph. Expect six to 10 hours of sunshine with fair drying conditions and average relative humidity 50%.

Central Illinois: Friday: partial sunshine.

Winds north at 10-20 mph. Expect four to eight hours of sunshine with good drying conditions and average relative humidity 55%. Saturday: periods of rain; breezy to the east.

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nities. There’s going to be consolidation. There always is.

“But I think as we look at what we can do for the growers in this state, make them better, give them those skill sets through like ILSoyAdvisor, and how can we help them be better soybean producers, because we’re going to have to grow more crop per acre.

“The organization has a strategic plan that they visit every other year and they’re very flexible in terms of market opportunities.

They’re very nimble and that’s what I’ve appreciated about this organization all along is they’re ready to react to market conditions and market opportunities.”

Do you have any final thoughts about your new position?

“I’m a big collaborator.

I want farmers to come up

and talk to me. I’m going to be at a lot of events. I want to hear from farmers — where do they think we should be looking, what are some market opportunities, what are they seeing on the farm.

“I understand hierarchies and I know I work for the board but there’s a team element involved here. I told the board I understand I work for you, but I want to work with you.

“That’s what I want to say the 43,000 soybean farmers. I want to work with them. We are representing their checkoff interests and I want to be a good steward of that and so does our board. I truly want to work with farmers.”

Tom C. Doran can be reached at 815-780-7894 or tdoran@agrinewspubs.com. Follow him on Twitter at: @AgNews_ Doran.

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Study shows positive effect of cover crops on soil health URBANA, Ill. — Only a fraction of conventional row crop farmers grow cover crops after harvest, but a new global analysis from the University of Illinois shows the practice can boost soil microbial abundance by 27%.

The result adds to cover crops’ reputation for nitrogen loss reduction, weed suppression, erosion control and more. Although soil microbial abundance is less easily observed, it is a hugely important metric in estimating soil health.

“A lot of ecological services are done by the soil microbiome, including nutrient cycling. It’s really important to understand how it functions and how agriculture can form a healthier soil microbiome,” said Nakian Kim, doctoral student in the Department of Crop Sciences at the U of I and lead author on a new paper in Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

Other studies have shown benefits of cover cropping on the soil microbial community, but most of them have been one-offs influenced by specific site conditions, unique seasonal effects, idiosyncratic management regimes and the researchers’ chosen analysis methods. Kim’s work is different in that he looked for universal patterns among dozens of these one-off studies.

MICROBIAL ABUNDANCE “Our analysis shows that across 60 field studies, there was a consistent 27% increase in microbial abundance in fields with cover crops versus no cover crops. It’s across all these studies from around the world,” said Maria Villamil, associate professor in crop sciences and co-author on the paper.

The research team performed a search of the existing studies on cover crops and wound up with some 985 scientific articles. Of these, they only kept studies that directly compared cover crops and bare fallow soils and omitted studies conducted in greenhouses or that treated crop residues as cover crops.

They also ensured that the studies were statistically sound, with reasonably large sample sizes. In the end, they mined and reanalyzed data from 60 studies reporting on 13 soil microbial parameters.

“That’s why the criteria of selection had to be so strict. We wanted to compare studies that were solid and with enough replications that we could make valid claims about global patterns,” Villamil said.

The research team divided the 13 microbial parameters into three categories: microbial abundance, activity and diversity. Microbial abundance wasn’t the only category to show a significant increase with cover cropping compared to bare fallow soils.

Microbial activity was also up 22%, and diversity increased 2.5%.

“All the categories are important, but especially diversity, because a diverse microbiome is more resilient. Considering the close linkage between microbial diversity and the provision of ecosystem services, small impacts could go a long way to increase sustainability. In that sense, I think the cover crops are really helping,” Kim said.

The researchers also were able to tease out several factors that layered on top of the main effect of cover crops. For example, how did climate, cover crop termination method, or tillage regime affect the ability of the cover crops to benefit the soil microbial community?

Kim said the use of burndown herbicides as a cover crop termination method had a strong moderating effect on the microbial community.

“The results were very interesting,” he said. “With chemical termination, the effect sizes were consistently smaller compared to mechanical termination.

In other words, the benefits from the cover crops are diminished somehow from the herbicides. I

think that’s one big takeaway.”

Tillage also made a difference, according to Kim. He expected conventional tillage to reduce the effect of cover crops on the soil microbes, but instead, conservation tillage did that.

“My guess is that because conservation tillage included not tilling at all, that allowed weeds to grow on the land,” he said.

“The weeds could have mimicked what the cover crops do. So, the difference between the control treatment and the cover crop may decrease because of

the weeds.”

Because their effects were indirect, these secondary factors need more research before real claims can be made. Villamil’s research team already has studies in the works to get more definitive answers.

But in the meantime, she’s heartened by the results of the analysis as a whole.

The article, “Do cover crops benefit soil microbiome? A meta-analysis of current research,” is published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry. Authors include Kim, Villamil, Maria Zabaloy and Kaiyu Guan. Ryegrass cover crop between rows of corn stubble.

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Warmer winter leaves crop pest picture unclear CHAMPAIN, Ill. — A warmer, wetter winter has caused higher than normal soil temperatures across the state, according to Jennie Atkins and Kelly Estes of the University of Illinois’ Prairie Research Institute. These conditions could be helping agriculture pests survive the season.

Illinois has experienced warmer weather than usual this winter. Overall, temperatures averaged 33 degrees for the season, 4 degrees above the longterm average. Winter 20192020 is the 12th warmest on record for the state.

The state also has experienced higher soil temperatures. Temperatures at depths of 4 inches under bare soil have averaged 37 degrees for the winter, December to February, 3 degrees warmer than the long-term average.

All Illinois regions had temperatures below freezing during the season.

However, these periods were generally short, with daily highs often rising to above 32 degrees. Seasonal highs reached into the 50s.

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March 23 at the Dr. Mary Margaret Weeg Cultural Centre at Illinois Valley Community College, 815 N. Orlando Smith St., Oglesby.

The documentary will be followed by a brief panel of experts discussing conservation and envrionmental efforts on local farmland.

For more information about this free event or to register, call 815-8756468.

ELIZABETH, Ill. – he Cook’s Garden program will be from 10 a.m. to noon April 14 at the Jo Daviess County Extension office, 204 Vine St. Elizabeth.

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AUCTIONS

Auction Calendar Fri., March 13

MEMPHIS, MO.: Consignment & Inventory Reduction, 9 a.m., Ed’s Machinery, LLC, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844-8472161.

FORT WAYNE, IND.: State of the Farmer’s Economy Update, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Schrader Real Estate & Auction Company, Inc., 800-451-2709.

Sat., March 14

NASHVILLE, ILL.: Washington County Consignment, 9 a.m., Schaller Auction Service, 618-476-1864.

WEST BROOKLYN, ILL.: 64.926 Acres, 10 a.m., Bird Realty.

MAYFIELD, KY.: Jackson Purchase Farm Machinery

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LANCASTER, WIS.: Farm Equipment, 9:30 a.m., Finney Implement, Inc., Powers Auction Service, 608-439-5760.

GALESBURG, ILL.: 230.5 +/- Acres in 3 Tracts, 10 a.m., Rebecca A. Goss, Van Adkisson Auction LLC, 309-426-2000.

WINNEBAGO, ILL.: Farm Machinery, 10 a.m., Karl Heeren Estate, Hack’s Auction & Realty Services, Inc., 815-239-1436.

WAYNE CITY, ILL.: Farm Machinery, 10 a.m., M & K Farms LLC, Wheeler Auctions & Real Estate, 660-327-5890.

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MARCH 13, 2020 | B1 BEARDSTOWN, ILL.: 120.82 +/- Acres, 10 a.m., Lena & Matthew L. Alcorn, Cowman Auction LLC, 217473-4840. See p. B4 HARVARD, ILL.: 17th Annual State Line Auction, 10 a.m., The Bill Stade Auction Co., 262-736-4141.

LONG GROVE, ILL.: Farm Equipment, 10 a.m., Bernie & Sherryl Weidner, Gordon Stade, 847-514-2853.

BRIGHTON, ILL.: Estate Auction, 10 a.m., Edward Campion Estate, Hanold Auctioneering, 618-7819810.

MANTENO, ILL.: Retirement Auction, 10:30 a.m., Francis & Deanna Schroeder, Lorenz Auctions & Real Estate, 708-421-0074.

FAIRVIEW, ILL.: 30th Annual Production Sale, 1 p.m., Sunnyhill Angus Farm, 309338-2957.

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CISNE, ILL.: 177 +/- Acres in 2 Tracts, 11 a.m., Derksen Farms, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844-8472161.

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TAMAROA, ILL.: Farm Retirement Auction, 9 a.m.

CST, Robert Opp Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844-847-2161.

GALESBURG, ILL.: 104 +/Acres, 10 a.m., Robert G. Nelson Trust, Katherine A. Nelson, Van Adkisson Auction LLC, 309-426-2000.

CANTON, MO.: Public Auction, 10 a.m., Ramona Donn Logsdon Revocable Trust, Wheeler Auctions & Real Estate, 660-327-5890.

EVANSVILLE, WIS.: 189 Head of High Grade Holstein Cattle, 11 a.m., Vilas (Tuffy) & Laura Wittnebel, George

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TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2020 @ 8:00 AM (CST)

This is a list of updates to last week’s full ad in the IL & IN Agrinews. For a complete listing for this auction, call us today or visit us at www.stanneconsignmentauctions.com.

TRACTORS: AC 8030, MFWD, CAH, ps, 18.4-38 duals, 540-1000 pto, 7600 hrs, retirement; IH 1486, CAH, 18.4-38, 90%, 540-1000 pto, Westendorf QT Ldr w/ grapple, joystick, 4 yrs old, like new, can sell sep; AC 8010, CAH, farmer retire, 540-1000 pto; AC 7040, CAH, approx. 4000 hrs, retirement; JD 4620, dsl, no cab, engine OH, 20.8-38; JD 4440, approx 7200 hrs, 18.4-38 9 bolt duals, original straight tractor; JD 4030, dsl, no cab, quad range; Ford TW35, CAH, 18.4-38 duals, frnt wts, cold air, doesn’t use oil, 5900 hrs; Ford 7000, dsl, flat top, frnt wts, 5960 hrs; INDUSTRIAL: 2018 Case TR310 Track Skid Loader, 400 hrs, enc cab, heat, a/c, quick tach, hyds, 2 sp, 1 yr full warranty, like new; Terex Telescoping Forklift, 6000#, low hrs; Skytrak JLG 6036, 6000#, foam filled tires; PLANTERS: JD 1780, 12/23R, nt, 3 bu boxes, 4 spring HD DP; 2002 JD 1780, 6/11R, nt, 3 bu boxes, vac, 1 owner; JD 7200, 8R, cons frame, vac, poly boxes, new air pump, clutch, chains, bearings, Yetter trash whips; CIH 900, 8R-30”, end trans, nt combos, pto pump, folding hitch; IH 900, 6R-30”, nt, liquid fert; GP 1520P Bean Planter, 3pt, sharp; GRAIN DRILLS: JD 1560, 15’ 7.5” sp, dolly wheel, markers, sharp; JD 8300, 13’, 7.5”; JD VanBrundt, 10’; IH 5100, 21x7, press wheels; TILLAGE: JD 726 38’ SF, rockflex, walking tandems on main & wings, 5 bar spike drag, no welds; JD BWA 18’ Disk, cone blades; Kewanee 1100 21’ Disk; IH 490 24’ Disk, 7.5” sp, remlinger rake, coil-tine, nice; CIH 4800 24’ FC, coil-tine harrow, walking tandems on wings; IH 4500 24.5’ FC, good shovels; JD 980 25’FC, coil-tine harrow, 250# shanks, walking tandems, sharp; JD 980 FC, 3 bar coil-tine harrow, 2 new tires, new shovels; 2014 Kuhn 8000 25’ Excelerator VT, only worked a total of 700 acres; Brillion 32’ Packer, vertical fold; Brillion 32’ Packer, cast rolls, scrapers; Brillion XL144 36’ Packer, ductile rolls, no welds; Brillion XL 32’ Packer, ductile rolls, scrapers; Dunham Lehr 30’ Packer, solid rolls; Blue Jet 3x Inline Ripper, coulters; CIH 730B 7x Disk Ripper, hyd leveler, 3 bar spike drag; JD 510 7x Disk Ripper; MOWERS: Woods BB720 Brush Bull Mower, 3pt, sharp; M&W 5150 15’ Batwing Mower; FORAGE: 2016 NH 185 Manure Spreader, top beater, slop gate, like new; 2007 FNH 1411 Haybine, 9’, hyd hitch, good rolls; Agco NI 5409 Discmower, 9’ cut, 3pt, 540 pto; FNH 855 Round Baler, elec, bale kicker, retirement, sharp; Gehl 1160 Front Hay Merger; NH 1049 Stack Cruiser Hay Stacker; COMBINES: Case IH 2166, 1997, 4200/2900 hrs, ben ext, chopper, chaff spreader, rock trap, yield monitor, very good cond; AUGER CARTS & WAGONS: UV GC3500, good auger; Brent 472, roll tarp, good auger; J&M 525, corner auger, tarp, 24.5-32; 2007 UV 7200, corner auger, tarp, sharp; (2) J&M 350 Wagons; TRUCKS & TRAILERS: 2007 Transcraft 53’Step-deck Trailer, beavertail, air ride, alum wheels; 1976 IH 1700 Grain Truck; (4) Bundles of (32) Red Pine Posts; (10) Bundles of (32) Red Pine Posts; (8) Bundles of (28) Red Pine Posts; All CCA Treated!

MISC EQUIPMENT: Kewanee 40’ Elevator, pto drive, good shape; Land Pride 3pt Power Seeder; Howard 60” Rotavator Fast Hitch; (3) 1700 Gal Poly Tanks; Harvest Air Belt & Trailer; 8’ 3pt Blade; Rawson 20’ Tool Carrier, 800 gal tank, 3 system nt coulters; Yetter 12R Strip-till, hyd fold, markers, pull-type; Woods 3pt Hyd Ditchbank Mower, 540 pump; Kuhn FL102 Roto-Tiller, 8’, 1000 pto, gauge wheels, good tires; DMI Disk Leveler; 30’ Spike Tooth Harrow off JD 637 Disk; Rear Hitch off JD 637; Lockwood 2 Row Potato Windrower; Land Pride RGR1266 Roto-Tiller, new; Antique McCormick Corn Binder, ground drive, complete; UV 13’ Cultiplanter II, danish-tine, crumbler, sharp!; Yetter 20’ NT Caddy; Black 30’ Head Cart; Horse Buggy, 4 seat, lights, roll down sides, brakes, sharp; Horse Buggy, 2 seat, lights, front windshield, roll down sides, brakes; Holland 1R Transplanter, 2 seat, 6 pot, 110 gal water tank, 3pt; 20’ Storage Container; Remlinger 14’ Pull-type Harrow, rolling basket, 3 bar spike drag, 4 wheel, light kit; UV 26’ Rolling Harrow, double rolling basket, used on 500 acre farm, like new; 110 Gal Transfer Tank, 12 volt elec pump, auto shut off nozzle, like new; 18’ Harrowgator, hyd cyl; JD 201 30’ Planter Trailer, new oak floor, 7.00-15, 80%; Phoenix H14 42’ Harrow, always shedded, like new; Hyd Disk Leveler; Befco 10’ Power Harrow, sharp; AB-8B FF Grain Dryer; Bushhog 18’ Harrowgator; 3pt Yellow Bale Spear; 8’ 3pt Blade; Blue Jet 5x Sub Tiller; Bervac 25’ Baskets; Patriot 100 Seed Tender, 2017, 2 box, tandem axle, Honda 160 elec start, light kit, fenders, hardly used; Ritchie Hog Waterer; 72” Box Blade, w/ scarified teeth; McFarland 34’ Harrow on Cart, 8 bar, spike teeth; JD 130 Lawn Mower; Westfield 13”x81’ Grain Auger; MISC: (16) JD No-tills; JD Front Fuel Tank; (1) 380/85R34 Tire; Buffalo Guidance Control Box; (24) Hiniker Cult Disks; Pr Yetter 30’ Markers, complete, very nice!; Pr of Pallet Forks; Pr JD Gauge Wheels; (10) JD Weights off JD 4430; (10) Cutting Blades for Ldr Bucket; (4) JD Corn Head Gear Boxes; Pr 18.4-38 Tires off JD 8630; (12) 11L-15 T/R; (4) 12L-15 T/R; (3) 100 lb Frnt Wts; (12) JD No-tills; (3) DMI Parabolic Shanks, auto reset; (9) Ford Frnt Wts; JD 3020 Fenders w/ lights; Pr 18.4-38 Clamp on Duals; Pr 11.00-16 Tires; Pr 18.4-46 Duals 60%, 10 bolt; Pr JD 10 Bolt Hubs; (8) JD Trash Whips; IH Radiator; Pile Cast Closing Wheels; Pr Furrow Fillers; Pr Planter Drive Sprockets & Wheels; (4) Martin Closing Wheels; (6) 20” NT Blades, 4 hole; (1) 14L-16.1 T/R, 6 bolt; (4) JD Squeeze Pump; (8) IH 100# Frnt Wts, stamped; Pr JD Front Fenders; (6) JD SD Liquid Fert Tubes; 7.50-20SL T/R, 6 bolt; Pile Knock-on Cult Sweeps; Pr JD Lift Cyls; (2) 18.4-26 T/R, MFWD; (8) Martin Spike Closing Wheels; (12) Row Chain Drag; Several Piles of New 7” Sweeps; (60) Danish-tine Sweeps; 110 Gal Fuel Tank w/ pump; 20’ Drill Harrow; (5) JD 40 Series Frnt Wts; JD 40-50 Series Wt Bkt; (4) JD 70 Gal Fert Tanks; (2) JD Planter Trans; Remlinger Brush Quick-fill; IH 3588 Hood; (30) Closing Wheels, 3”, stem bearings; (15) 24” Disk Blades; Pr 14.9-46 T/R; (4) 12.16-5 Skid Ldr T/R, foam; (2) Skid Ldr Track Chains; ‘03 F-350 Utility Bed; (2) Turf Tires off 3600/3000 Ford, bolt pattern; (4) Michelin 445-50R22.5 Super Single Tires on alum rims, new recaps; (4) 255/75-17 Tires; (4) 18.4-42 Tires; (5) 24” Culverts; (22) 3’x10’ Pallets; . . . with much more to be added before the auction!

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IL AUCTION LICENSE #441001008 • 6997 E 5000 S RD, ST. ANNE, IL 60964 (815)427-8350 and (815)427-8360 OFFICE • (815)791-0723 JIM Visit us at: www.stanneconsignmentauctions.com

Auction Service & Real Estate, LLC, 608-751-8590.

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Wed., March 18

MILFORD, ILL.: Farm Equipment, 8 a.m., Mowrey Auction Co., Inc., 815-8894191.

MENDON, ILL.: 92 +/- Acres in 2 Tracts, 10 a.m., Craig Peters, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844-8472161.

FRANCISCO, IND.: Farm Equipment, 10 a.m. CST, Dave & Deloris Watkins, Schrader Real Estate & Auction Company, Inc., 800-451-2709.

Thurs., March 19

WARSAW, IND.: Retirement Auction, 9 a.m. EST, Dennis Polk Equipment, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844-8472161. See p. B2 GIBSON CITY, ILL.: 36th Annual Farm Machinery Consignment, 10 a.m., Bill Kruse, 217-784-8000. See p. B2 GREENUP, ILL.: Complete Closeout Auction, 10 a.m., Dilliers Hatchery Inc., Schmid Auction, 217-8571507. See p. B3 MENDOTA, ILL.: 108 +/Acres, 11 a.m., The Heirs of Dean & Keith Eich, McConville Realty & Auctioneering, 815-5395673.

COVINGTON, IND.: 874 +/- Acres in 16 Tracts,

1 p.m. CST, GRD Limited Partnership & TIPRAD Broadcasting Company, Schrader Real Estate & Auction Company, Inc., 800-451-2709.

HENRY, ILL.: Sealed Bid Auction, 102.62 Acres, bids due 3/18, bids will be opened 3/19 at 2 p.m., Tim Placher Auctions, 309-2468658.

Fri., March 20

ANNAWAN, ILL.: Hatzer & Nordstrom Consignment Auction, 8:30 a.m., Owned & Operated by Anderson Enterprises & Equipment, LLC, 309-935-6700.

MONMOUTH, ILL.: Farm Equipment, 9:30 a.m., Ruth Harlow & Sons, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844-8472161.

ONEIDA, ILL.: Retirement Closing Out Auction, 10 a.m., Nicholas & Kay Dennis, Van Adkisson Auction LLC, 309-426-2000.

See p. B3 PENFIELD, ILL.: Farm Toys, 5 p.m., I & I Antique Tractor & Gas Engine Club. See p. B1

Sat., March 21

ANNAWAN, ILL.: Hatzer & Nordstrom Consignment Auction, 8:30 a.m., Owned & Operated by Anderson Enterprises & Equipment, LLC, 309-935-6700.

See AUCTION, Page B4

NEW

Friday Night Fish Fry in the Cafeteria 4:30-7:00

ANNUAL SPRING AUCTION Auctions to be conducted at I&I Showgrounds in Penfield, Illinois,

by Gordon Hannagan Auction Company

FARM TOY AUCTION

Friday, March 20, 2020 • 5:00 pm To consign toys, contact Barry Maury 217-202-0967

EQUIPMENT AUCTION

Saturday, March 21, 2020 • 10:00 am To consign equipment, contact Chuck Stelter 217-497-7686

Breakfast available before and lunch available during auction.

Proceeds from the auction are used to maintain the I&I Showgrounds.

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THURSDAY & FRIDAY, MARCH 26 & 27 AT 8:30 A.M. BOTH DAYS AUCTION TO BE HELD AT SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS’ HAMILTON, ILLINOIS FACILITY. PHYSICAL ADDRESS: 1066 US HWY 136 E, HAMILTON, IL 62341

VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR DETAILED LISTINGS, OWNERS’ CONTACT INFO. & COLOR PHOTOS: www.SullivanAuctioneers.com

➤ TRACTORS ➤ COMBINES & HEADS ➤ LATE MODEL FARM EQUIPMENT ➤ HAY & FORAGE EQUIPMENT ➤ TRUCKS & TRAILERS ➤ CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

EVERY ITEM SELLS AT ABSOLUTE AUCTION WITH NO MINIMUMS OR RESERVES! If you have one item or an entire line, feel free to contact us today.

We offer national advertising, internet bidding, cleaning & detailing, trucking, competitive commission and more! This auction will feature farm machinery, construction equipment, trucks & trailers, livestock equipment and more.

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B2 Friday, March 13, 2020

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CONSIGNMENTS WANTED! MENDOTA TRI COUNTY FAIR FARM MACHINERY AUCTION Tri County Fairgrounds 1st Avenue Mendota, Illinois Saturday March 21, 2020 • 9:00 am ANTIQUES, LAWN & GARDEN EQUIPMENT TOOLS AND MISCELLANEOUS

Consignments now being accepted for listing and advertising. Call, text, fax or email. Items must be listed by MARCH 1 to be included in pre-sale advertising. Additional items welcome for consignment until 5 PM Thursday before sale. Accepting consignments daily beginning Saturday March 14, 9 AM to 5:00 PM until Thursday March 19. NO consignments accepted after March 19. ALL ITEMS MUST BE SALEABLE. All titled vehicles MUST have clear title at consignment. NO EXCEPTIONS. 1 Piece or a Full Line – Multi-State Buyers & Advertising Donated items will also be Welcome and Appreciated! **NO FURNITURE OR APPLIANCES** **ALL RACK ITEMS MUST BE FARM RELATED ITEMS ONLY** **LAWN AND GARDEN ITEMS MUST RUN** **NO PICKUP BED LINERS OR FIBERGLASS TOPPERS** **ALL LIQUIDS MUST BE SEALED AND LABELED** AUCTION RATE PER CONSIGNOR Any individual items (except rack items) $49 or less will Be a donation to MENDOTA TRI COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION. $50 to $100 – 25% ~$101 to $500 – 15% ~$501 to $2000 –10% $2001 and OVER – 6% OR MAXIMUM $500 PER ITEM No sale: 2% Minimum $20, Max $100 per item. $40 surcharge per rack. $15 PER TIRE DROP OFF FEE Email consignments and photos to tricofairauction@gmail.com or cssr1221@hotmail.com Fax consignments to 815-539-9312 Text to 815-252-5321 SM-LA1760676

2-DAY TRI-COUNTY SPRING AUCTION

FARM MACHINERY CONSIGNMENT AUCTION

2 Miles north of ARCOLA, IL on Route 45 & 2 1/2 miles west on Cty Rd. 400

SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2020

1,200 + TOYS: Orig. Farm Sets NIB; Orig. Farm Toys - 1950’s NIB; Smith Miller Semis; Tonka Trucks; Tru-Scale Trucks; Ertl Trucks & Semis; Construction Toys; Customized Toys; 1/8th Scale; 70’s, 80’s, & 90’s Toys NIB; Pedals; Arcade; Custom Toys by Crook & Weber - Pedals and 1/8th Scale will sell at 2 & 4 pm 2ND RING STARTS AT 6 PM Private collection of Trains; Nascar vehicles; Semis

Located at Scherer’s Auction Facility, 3 miles east of Oxford, IN on 600 S; or, one mile east of Junction S.R. 352 & U.S. 52 on 600 S; or, 15 miles northwest of Lafayette, IN on U.S. 52 to 750 E & north one mile to 600 S & 1/4 mile west, on

10:00 A.M., EST - FARM MACHINERY -

WOLVERTON ESTATE: 1964 John Deere 4020 gas, synchro range, year-round cab, WF, shows 4870 hours, with Freeman loader; Kewanee 12’ disc; John Deere 145 5-bottom plow; Glencoe 3-pt, 15’ field cultivator; Massey 3-pt, 10’ chisel plow; Galvanized flare-bed wagon; 3-pt, 6’ Blade; 16’ Hay rack; Pipe gates; 3-pt, 6’ Bush Hog rotary mower; IHC 3-bottom pull plow on steel; 4’x6’ Single-axle trailer; 5’x10’ Tandem-axle trailer; Acetylene cutting torch; Lincoln welder; Two 3-wheel bikes; John Deere fenders; And assorted shop tools VERLEN & WILMA WIGGINS ESTATE: Oliver 1755 gas, WF, front weights, fenders, 3-pt, 2215 hours, runs great; 1975 Ford F350 Custom, 4-speed, 360 motor, 10’ Knapheide bed & hoist, 730x16 tires, only 37,600 miles, sharp; Caldwell 3-pt 8’ blade; Woods Model 184 3-pt rotary mower; Workhorse GT 1100 lawn tractor; Power unit with cultivator & 3’ disc, sulky; John Deere 425 lawn tractor, 918 hours; Craftsman yard cart; Craftsman 9” band saw; John Deere 4’ blade Farm Primitives: Steelyard scales; Wood planes; Antique wrenches; Scythe & cradle; Lard press; Lots of screw & hydraulic jacks; Single trees; Pair hand garden cultivators; Cow kickers; Coal bucket; Wash tubs; Wagon seat; Pitcher pump; Cistern pump; License plate collection; Long-handled tools; Fence stretchers; 2-man Saws; And lots of other items too numerous to mention

- CONSIGNED BY AREA FARMERS -

2018 Case CX60 T4F mini excavator, D, cab, heat, radio, long arms, 2-speed, 16” wide rubber tracks, 2-way auxiliary hydraulics, 62 hours, 2 buckets: 16” & 36”; 2013 Sure-Trac 22’x10’ gooseneck trailer, 10’ hydraulic dovetail, 22,500 GVW, 2.35x16 tires;1998 Mac-Lander 20’ gooseneck trailer with 5’ ramps, 24,000 GVW, new tires; Top Air 750-gal. poly tank trailer sprayer, tandem-axle, hydraulic pump, 45’ boom; John Deere 7000 8RN planter; John Deere Model 650 grain cart, tandem-axle, front unload; John Deere 400 30’ hydraulic-fold rotary hoe; John Deere 400 15’ rotary hoe; John Deere 12RN cultivator; IHC 6RN cultivator; IHC 1063 6RN corn head with hydraulic reel; 18.4x38 Duals & hubs for 1486; 16’ Hay rack; Galvanized hay/feed rack;1966 Jeep Gladiator J2000, from California, no rust; Log splitter, gas, with vertical hoist

- SHOP TOOLS -

Socket sets, 1”-drive & 3/4”-drive;Lincoln welder; 48” Floor fan; Pair Knipco heaters; 4-ton Floor jack; Parts washer;Wheelbarrow; 18-volt Lincoln grease gun; Hotsy Model 520 washer; Flare set; Air tank ;Air tools; Long-handled tools; Hand wrenches; 12-volt Sprayer; Log chains; Tank cart; Bottle jacks; Handyman jack; Test Rite drill press; Anvil on stand; And much more; A large assortment of tools on 46’ trailer also!

CONSIGNMENTS TAKEN UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING - SCHERER’S AUCTION SERVICE, LLC -

Toy Auction: Friday, March 27, 2020 -- 10:00 AM

General Auction: Sat. March 28, 2020 - 8:00 am TRACTORS & FARM MACHINERY Farmer Closeout: New Holland TL100A w/cab - FWA & Loader 1900 hrs.; New Holland 920GH Backhoe attachment; Ford 915 Belly Mower; J.D. 7200 15 Row Planter w/no till; Land Pride RCD 1884 3 pt. mower; Land Pride DH1572 3 pt. Disk 5’; Land Pride RTA 1558 3 pt. Tiller 5’; Woods HB65 3 pt. 6’ Box Blade; Ford Dearborn 2 bottom 3 pt. Plow; 3 pt. Sprayer w/Hand Sprayer; Bradco 6’ Quick Attach Rock Bucket; Alitec Forks - Quick Attach; McCormick Sickle Bar Mower 3 pt.; 12’ J.D. Wheel Disk; 18’ IH #45 Vibra Shank Field Cultivator; Donahue Implement Trailer; IH Baler; Gehl 95 Grinder Mixer; Farmall C w/Belly Mower; 23’ Hay Elevator; 8 Ton Lacoe Fertilizer Spreader; New Idea 2-row Picker; J.D. Grain Drill 8300 w/Press Wheels; J.D. 4 Row 3 pt. Rotary Hoe; 4 wheeled power unit 30 hp Lombardini - 3 cyl. hydraulics - 3 pt. side shift tongue (Neil Hostetler style) ANTIQUE MACHINERY - BUGGYS Standardbred size Cruiser w/Bucket seats - windshield - good condition; Buggys from good to Lawn Ornament; Carts; Potato Planter; Walk Behind Cultivator; Walking Plows; Lots of Steel Wheels - all sizes; Wooden Wagon Wheels; Wooden Wheel Box Wagon - “Mandt” - narrow wheel; Good variety of early Primitives ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES Railroad Push Car w/Fairmont motor; R.R. Crossing Signs w/Marbles; (1) R.R. Crossing sign w/4 Tracks - all the marbles “Very Rare Find!”; Track Marker Sign w/Lantern; DeHuff Hopkins - Steel Wheeled Dump Cart; Wood Barrels; Vises & Anvils; Old Barn & R.R. Lanterns; Over 10 loads of Primitives; Rows of Primitives.

FURNITURE - GLASSWARE - LAMPS- CROCKS - BUTTER CHURNS LAWN & GARDEN - YARD ITEMS HOUSEHOLD MISCELLANEOUS & APPLIANCES SHOP TOOLS • FARM MISCELLANEOUS Shop Smith w/5 Attachments and parts - like new; Jet 10’ Table Saw; Welding Table w/Vises; Craftsman Work Table w/Drawers; Snap-On 4 drawer Cabinet w/Vise; 6 Drawer Heavy Duty Tool Cabinet w/Casters; Metal Work Bench; Rockwell Drill Press; Lots of Craftsman Tools; (2) Loads of tools from an estate; Gates; Posts CAMPERS - BOATS - TRAILERS LUMBER - BUILDING SUPPLIES

LARRY SCHERER BILL DECKER BROCK GARRELTS Oxford, Indiana Milford, Illinois Fowler, Indiana 765-385-1550 - Off. 815-889-4111 - Off. 765-299-3755 765-385-5080 - Res. 815-889-4213 - Res. AU11200084 AU01017404 AU01014341 TERMS: Cash or check with proper I.D. Not responsible for accidents or property after sold. Announcements day of sale take precedence over printed material. LUNCH SERVED. AuctionZip.com #20042.

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36TH ANNUAL MACHINERY CONSIGNMENT SALE PIT RUN PARK GIBSON CITY, ILLINOIS THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2020 • 10:00 AM

ED FISHER ESTATE PUBLIC CLOSING OUT AUCTION QUALITY JOHN DEERE EQUIPMENT SATURDAY-MARCH 21ST, 2020 @ 10:00 AM AUCTION LOCATION 20710 E 200 N RD, LEROY, IL 61752 6 MI E OF HEYWORTH ON RT 136-NORTH SIDE WATCH FOR AUCTION SIGNS LIVE ONLINE BIDDING STARTS AT 10:30 AM

TRI-COUNTY AUCTION LLC - 650 E. CR 400 N • Arcola, IL 61910 Sale Week #s (all 217) 521-0246; 294-3838; 254-9899 VISA/MASTER CARD ACCEPTED.

Farm Equipment Auction Saturday March 21, 2020 • 9:00AM

Auction held 8 miles east of Macomb IL. At the junction of route 136 & route 41 the WGM Rail Shuttle Facility Lot. CONSIGN NOW

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TRACTORS - PICK UP TRUCK - GRAIN TRUCKS - IH DUMP TRUCK - FORD BULK FEED TRUCK

TRACTOR: 1976 IH 706 Gas Tractor, WF 3 pt. 2 Remotes, New Rear Tires; PICKUPS: 1996 Dodge; GRAIN TRUCKS: 1978 Ford F600 V-8, 15 ft Bed Grain Truck; 1975 Chevy C60 Grain Truck new motor & New Tires; 1990 IH Tandem Dump Truck, Belongs to Lawndale Township; 1975 FORD F600 Bulk feed truck.

SPRING & FALL TILLAGE EQUIP - WAGONS - STRAW RIDING MOWERS - FARM GENERATOR - MOWER TRAILER

AC 1300E 30 ft Field Culti. W, Hitchhiker Bar Harrow; Glencoe 12 ft 9 Shank Soil Saver; John Deere15ft Culti-mulcher; IH #490 24 ft Disc; JD 28 ft. planter trailer w/steel flooring Kewanee #1020 Flat fold Disk; IH #4500 24 FT Field Cultivator w/5 Bar Harrow; IH 6R30 RM Row Crop; IH 12 R30 RM Row Crop Glencoe 8RN Row Crop Cultivator; 20 ft Harragator; M&W 9 ft. Prairie Clipper Disc Mower; Vermeer605C 4x5 Round Baler; Rhino #184 3 pt Mower; Ford 7 ft 3 pt. Sickle; JD #5 7 ft sickle mower 2 pt Mount; Type Sprayer MC 15 ft Stalk Chopper; Hay Rack; Truck Tire 275x8.0x22.5 WAGONS: 3-Ficklin#231 Wagons; Killbros 350 bu. Wagon on 10T gear; 2-DMI 300 bu. Wagons; 2- E-Z Flow Wagons; M&W Wagon; MISC: AC4X8 Hyd Cylinder; Bachtold Weed Mower; IH end gate Oat Seeder; Horse long tongue for box wagon STRAW: 32Bales; 500 gal fuel Tank w/pump; RIDING MOWERS: Cub Cadet RTZ 50 Zero Turn Mower; 5 x 10 Tilt Mower Trailer; FARM GENERATOR: Generac 7000KW20-30 Hrs. Elec Start Generator; Kato Light 4500K Watt PTO Generator w/cart;

EQUIP FROM RHINO TO BE ON SALE (OLD M&W) LOADER TRACTORS AVAILABLE FOR LOADING

AUCTIONEER NOTE: This is a partial listing more by sale time. We will take consignments till 8:30 AM Sale morning. NO TIRES WITHOUT RIMS. All Items subject to prior sales.

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HAYCRAFT AUCTION CO., INC.

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Visit auctionzip .com auctioneer #14498 for updates and pictures!

SALE LOCATION: From Intersection of RT 47 & RT 9, West on RT 9 1/4 mile to Pit Run Park, Behind Gibson Material Cement Plant. Watch for Signs located at Gibson Material Cement Plant & East of Alliance Grain West Elevator.

Go To: www.auctionzip.com Auctioneer ID: 12228 The numbered items will sell live and live online 5% Buyers Premium For Online Bidding Only To view complete listing and photos: www.haycraftauctions.com 1) JD9570 STS COMBINE, BULLET ROTOR, ENGINE HRS-1017, SEPARATOR HRS-624 2) JD MOD 893 8 ROW CORN HEAD W/STALK STOMPERS 3) JD MOD 853A 8 ROW CROP BEAN HEAD 4) JD4440 3PT QUICK ATTACH 6331 HRS SELLS W/ 740 CLASSIC LOADER W/72” BUCKET 5) JD4440 W/DUALS QUAD RANGE QUICK ATTACH 3936 HRS 6) JD4430 QUAD RANGE 5786 HRS 3PT-CAB 7) JD4120 UTILITY TRACTOR 72” 7 IRON COMMERCIAL BELLY MOUNT MOWER 4 WHEEL DRIVE 884 HRS 8) CHEVY MOD 7500 GRAIN TRUCK 42,179 ACTUAL MILES 9) 2011 CADILLAC DTS-160,000 MILES 10) JD MOD 2210 FIELD CULTIVATOR 4 BAR TINE HARROW 11) JD MOD 155 HYDRAULIC 9’ REAR BLADE 12) WOODS BB84 REAR MOWER-LIKE NEW 13) MOD 825 ROW CROP REAR MOUNT CULTIVATOR 14) PROGRESSIVE PULL BEHIND 1000 GAL SPRAYER W/PUMP 15) 40’ SEMI FLAT BED STEEL TRAILER Also selling tool box, small tools, welder, JD wheel weights, set of duals and misc. items.

Loader tractor available day of sale, all items must be removed

by Mar. 24th.

Payment: Cash, Check, Debit/Credit Card.

(3% for use of card) Wapella, IL 61777 Office-217-935-6286 Jay-309-275-4506 ILN440.000106

UNLOADING TIMES March 21 - 9 am. to 5 pm March 23-25 - 8 am to 7 pm March 26 - 8 am to 5 pm Call if these times don’t work for you.

AUCTIONEER: BILL KRUSE 110 N. SANGAMON Gibson City, Illinois OFFICE 217 784 8000 CELL 217 781 8091

Online bidding available Visit Kylekelsoauctioneer.com for more information Office 309-337-5612 SM-LA1758094

THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH @ 9:00 A.M. EST

AUCTION HELD AT DENNIS POLK EQUIPMENT • 4916 NORTH STATE ROAD 15 • WARSAW, INDIANA 46582 TRACTORS: ‘12 JD 9360R 4wd, PS, PTO, 3-pt., 3,609 hrs; ‘06 JD 8230 MFWD, 3,748 hrs; ‘98 CIH 8920 MFWD, 4,106 hrs; ‘93 C-IH 5250 w/loader, 2,397 hrs; ‘91 JD 4055 2wd tractor, 6,280 hrs; JD 6320 MFWD w/loader; JD 4105 MFWD w/loader, 388 hrs; ‘74 JD 4030 2wd, 6,795 hrs; ‘70 JD 4000 2wd, restored; ‘69 JD 3020 2wd, restored; JD 2030 2wd tractor w/loader, 3,310 hrs; JD 2010 2wd, restored; ‘80 IH 1086 2wd, 6,612 hrs; ‘74 IH 966 2wd, 4,426 hrs; ‘92 Kubota L4350DT MFWD w/loader, 2,036 hrs; ‘86 Kubota L2850 MFWD w/loader, 1,338 hrs. COMBINE & HEADS: ‘14 JD S680 4wd, 1,800/1,400 hrs; ‘14 JD 635FD 35’ draper; Gleaner 9250 40’ draper; JD 930F 30’ platform; JD 925F 25’ platform; JD 920 20’ platform; JD 693 6R30” corn head; C-IH 1020 20’ platform; Misc. head trailers. TILLAGE EQUIPMENT: ‘12 Kuhn 8000 Excelerator 30’ VT tool; ‘16 Great Plains 24’ TurboMax VT tool; Sunflower 4710 inline ripper; DMI Tiger-Mate II 30’ field cultivator; Remlinger 30’ rolling basket; Elk Creek 3-pt. implement caddy. HAY EQUIP & MOWERS: JD 338 square baler; JD 702 8-wheel rake; Woods HS106 6’ 3-pt. Ditchbank mower; JD HX14 14’ 3-pt. mower; BH 2010 2-pt. mower; BH ATH900 8’ 3-pt. grooming mower. GRAIN HANDLING: J&M 385 gravity wagon w/seed conveyor; Parker 2500 gravity wagon. PLANTERS: Kinze 3600 12/23 planter; (2) JD 7200 6R30” planters. LIVESTOCK EQUIP: NH 355 grinder mixer; Valmetal AM450 TMR feed mixer wagon; Kuhn 5135 Vertical Maxx feed mixer wagon; 2015 Kuhn Primor 4270M bale processor; NI 3639 manure spreader; JD L manure spreader. TRUCKS: ‘05 Peterbilt 378 daycab, Cat C15, 10-spd, 555k miles – Platinum overhaul @ 543k miles; ‘94 Freightliner FL70 rollback; ‘16 Chevrolet 3500HD 4wd service truck, diesel; 22k miles; ‘16 Chevrolet 2500HD 4wd pickup, gas, 14k miles; ‘19 GMC Sierra 1500 Denali 4wd pickup, 24k miles. TRAILERS: ‘19 Landoll 440B 45’ traveling axle flatbed equipment trailer; ‘11 Kaufman DT50 detach trailer; ‘06 Witzco RG35 Challenger detach trailer; ‘16 Direct Trailer LP 53’ alum. stepdeck; ‘99 Alum-Line 30’ enclosed trailer; ‘15 PJ 21’ tilt deck trailer; ‘14 PJ 21’ tilt deck trailer; ‘94 Maurer 20’ flatbed trailer; Retriever 2-pt. equip. transport hitch for truck. LOADER & ATTACHMENTS: Cat IT38G wheel loader, 10,692 hrs; ACS telescoping boom; ACS pallet forks; PWI 3-pt. hitch mover; (2) PWI head movers. SKIDSTEERS & ATTACHMENTS: ‘13 Bobcat S650, 1,402 hrs; ‘15 Bobcat S630, 1,991 hrs; Case 1840, 940 hrs; 84”, 78” & 60” buckets; 72” grapple bucket; receiver hitch. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT: ‘08 Cat 320DL excavator, 5,718 hrs; ‘14 Bobcat E35 mini excavator, 2,119 hrs; Deere 570A motor grader, 1,510 hrs; JLG 450AJ 4wd manlift, 3,098 hrs; Manitou MLT526 Turbo 4wd telehandler; Komatsu 15 forklift, 4,102 hrs. UTV’s: Kubota RTV1100 4wd UTV; JD TX 2wd Gator, dump bed, 176 hrs. ALSO SELLING: misc. smaller implements; pallet racking; flat steel; tractor dyno; HD jump pack; dual tire changer; PTO shafts; tires; tanks; planter parts; weights; hitches; generators; chains & binders; jacks; service manuals; huge selection of tools & parts; and much more!

DENNIS POLK EQUIPMENT

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Fulton County, Illinois

FARMLAND AUCTION 177.90 Acres in Macon & Logan County March 26 (Thurs.) 10:00 a.m.

8 Tracts

WED., MARCH 25TH AT 10 A.M.

Juanita M. Harvey Trust, Willoughby Harvey Estate, Owners

VENUE: Donaldson Community Center, 250 South Avenue D, Canton, IL TRACT 8 OPEN HOUSE DATE: Mon., March 16 from 4 - 5 PM The Harroun farm is located at the east edge of Canton, IL and is further described as being located in Sections 24 & 25, T7N - R4E, Canton Twp & Sections 19 & 30, T7N - R5E, Orion Twp, Fulton County, IL. Tracts 1-3 represent productive, tillable cropland. Tracts 4-7 represent tillable cropland, recreational acreage & potential building sites. Tract 8 represents a 2-story home, outbuildings & grain bins situated on a beautiful acreage. All tracts sell free & clear for the fast approaching 2020 crop year!

JACK HARROUN TRUST

Sale Conducted By

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Atty: Ron Weber â&#x20AC;˘ Froehling, Weber & Schell, LLP â&#x20AC;˘ Canton, IL â&#x20AC;˘ Ph: (309) 647-6317 FOR INFO, CONTACT AUCTION MANAGERS: Kevin Haas (309) 264-7767 or Kyle Ferguson (309) 255-8353

REAL ESTATE AUCTION 340 ACRES (M/L) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3 TRACTS HENDERSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2020 AT 10 A.M. AUCTION VENUE: The Barn at Fairview Acres, 1632 State Hwy. 94, Biggsville, IL 61418 FARM LOCATION: 1060 US Route 34, Gladstone, IL 61437. Property consists of 340 acres, subject to ďŹ nal survey, located 6 miles East of Burlington, IA on Route 34 in Sections 19 & 20, Gladstone Township, Henderson County, IL. TRACT 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 192.5 ACRES (m/l) consisting of 171 acres +/- of cropland, an irrigation well and turbine pump, grain bin site, with the balance in woods that could be cleared and converted to cropland. PI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 108.6. The existing irrigation pivot and diesel engine are not included with the farm and will be sold separately at the conclusion of the auction.

TRACT 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 146 ACRES (m/l) consisting of 121.2 acres +/- of river bottom cropland with the balance in woods and drainage ditches. PI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 129.6 TRACT 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; RESIDENCE on 1.50 ACRES (m/l) featuring a one story-3 bedroom-1873 sq. ft. home plus 600 sq. ft. enclosed porch and a 24â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x24â&#x20AC;&#x2122; detached garage. The property has some deferred maintenance but offers many possibilities. OPEN HOUSE: Sunday, March 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 12 to 2 P.M. IRRIGATION PIVOT & DIESEL ENGINE: T-L Center Pivot Irrigation System, approx. 1320 linear feet including 10 towers, circa 1970. Deutz D914L06 116 hp. 6 cylinder diesel engine, showing 3426 hours.

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CAROLYN M. OLSON FARM

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Fulton County, Illinois

George Hennenfent, 120 N. Main Street, Roseville, IL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ph. 309-426-2176 Ronald D. Stombaugh, 1025 E. Broadway, Monmouth, IL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ph. 309-734-3150

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AUCTION VENUE: VFW, 1200 E. JEFFERSON ST., MACOMB, IL 61455

120

ACRESÂą

(Subject to Survey)

3 TRACTS

RETIREMENT

CLOSING OUT

The Danner farm is located approximately 3 miles north of Table Grove, IL. Tracts 1 & 2 represent productive tillable cropland with a small amount of timber on Tract 2.

Tract 3 is improved with a ranch style home and shed situated on approx. 7 acres.

AUCTION

DENNIS CONSTRUCTION

708 S. CENTER ST., ONEIDA, ILLINOIS 61467

ATTORNEY: Chris W. Walters â&#x20AC;˘ Walters Law Office, LTD 149 E. Locust St., Canton, IL 61520 â&#x20AC;˘ Ph. (309) 647-6300 AUCTION MANAGER: MICHAEL SULLIVAN (309) 333-0916 SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS, LLC â&#x20AC;˘ TF (844) 847-2161 www.SullivanAuctioneers.com â&#x20AC;˘ IL Lic. #444000107

309/426-2000 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; www.vanadkisson.com

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TUES., APRIL 7TH AT 1:00 P.M.

STAN DANNER â&#x20AC;&#x201C; SELLER

Representing Attorneys:

SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2020 AT 9:30 AM Will County Fairgrounds 710 S. West Street, Peotone, IL 60468

Nancy Jean Harroun Clifford & Paul Joseph Harroun â&#x20AC;˘ Co-Trustees

MIKE HALL AUCTION CO. (217) 413-7847

247 AcresÂą

(subject to survey)

Sale Held at: Illini Park Pavilion, Warrensburg IL Tract I â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 77.90 Acres Improved w/Grain Bin & Corn Crib. Lake Fork Township, Logan County, 3 Miles S. of Latham, IL on Latham/Niantic Blacktop- Auction Sign Posted. P.I. 133.8 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Open for 2020 Tenancy.

Tract II â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 100 Acres Unimproved Farmground. Illini Township, Macon County, 3 Miles SW of Warrensburg, IL on Park Road â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Auction Sign Posted. P.I. 137.5 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Open for 2020 Tenancy.

Farms Sell Separately & Not Combined. For Terms & More Information â&#x20AC;&#x201C; www.mikehallauction.com

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Case 4x4 Backhoe; Lull Telehandler; 7 JLG Telescoping Lifts; 3 Scissor Lifts; 5 Trucks; 11 Job Site, Flatbed & Utility Trailers; 36â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Everest 5th Wheel Camper; Garden/Lawn Tractors; Snowmobile Aluminum Picks/Walkways/Handrails; Scaffolding & Planks; Misc. Tools & Equipment NOTE: The Dennis Family has retired after a successful career in the Masonry Building Restoration business. This is an outstanding offering of exceptionally well maintained machinery and equipment! Everything has been stored inside and must be seen to be appreciated! Live Online Bidding Powered by PROXIBID View the full listing online @ www.vanadkisson.com and www.biddersandbuyers.com

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For information contact John Dennis after 4pm @ (309) 368-4432 Auctioneers: Van Adkisson (309) 337-1761, Jeff Gregory (309) 337-5255 & Steve Gregory (309) 297-0407

LARGE 2-DAY LAND AND EQUIPMENT AUCTION LAND: MONDAY, MARCH 30 AT 10:00 A.M. To be held at the Carrollton Knights of Columbus Hall

837 ACRES (SUBJECT TO SURVEY) 16 TRACTS

LAND IS GENERALLY LOCATED NEAR CARROLLTON, IL IN NORTHERN JERSEY AND GREENE COUNTY, IL. (CARROLLTON, IL IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD, IL OR APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES NORTH OF ST. LOUIS, MO.) SM-LA1760471

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4 - 1122Âą ACRES IN 24 TRACTS. Hancock County (GreenďŹ eld, IN). Productive Cropland â&#x20AC;˘ Commercial/Industrial Potential â&#x20AC;˘ Excellent Development Property â&#x20AC;˘ Tax ExchangePotentialâ&#x20AC;˘911.38ÂąTotalFSACroplandâ&#x20AC;˘2020Crop Rights Conveyed. Contact Steve Slonaker 765-969-1697 or 800-451-2709.

17 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 56Âą ACRES IN 4 TRACTS. Allen County (Harlan, IN).

4 Bedroom Home â&#x20AC;˘ Small Barn â&#x20AC;˘ Large Multi-use Building.

Contact Jerry Ehle 866-340-0445.

19 - 874Âą ACRES IN 16 TRACTS. Vermilion County, IL. 2020 Farm Rights w/ Immediate Possession â&#x20AC;˘ Excellent Productive Farmland â&#x20AC;˘ Wind Income on 4 Turbines â&#x20AC;˘ InvestmentPotentialâ&#x20AC;˘Tiledon40â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Centers. Contact800-451-2709.

23 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 75Âą ACRES IN 3 TRACTS. Dane County (DeerďŹ eld, WI.) Country Home with small storage building on 3.25Âą Acres â&#x20AC;˘ 70Âą Acres Tillable Land. Contact Gary Bailey 260417-4838.

24 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 62 ACRES IN 4 TRACTS. Allen County (Grabill, IN) Contact Jerry Ehle 866-340-0445.

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29 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; FARM EQUIPMENT. Morenci, MI. Contact Ed Boyer 574-215-7653 or Ted Boyer 574-215-8100.

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2 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; FARM EQUIPMENT. Wolcottville, IN. Contact Robert Mishler 260-336-9750.

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6 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; FARM EQUIPMENT. Dansville, MI. Contact Robert Mishler 260-336-9750 or Eric Ott 260-4130787.

14 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; FARM EQUIPMENT. Hudson, IN. Contact Rick Williams 765-639-2394.

21 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; FARM EQUIPMENT. Willshire, OH. Contact Ritter Cox 260-609-3306.

28 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; FIREARMS CONSIGNMENT. Columbia City, IN. Contact Phil Wolfe 260-248-1191 or Ritter Cox 260-609-3306.

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JASPER COUNTY, IN 160Âą ACRES WITH 143Âą ACRES CROPLAND and 14Âąacres of woods. 9Âąmiles northeast of Rensselaer. Call Jim Hayworth 765-427-1913 or Matt Wiseman 219-689-4373. (JH/MWW05J) NEWHITECOUNTY,IN.139ÂąAC.(138.66ÂąTILLABLE).

These farms have quality soils and excellent road frontage. SE side of Burnettsville, IN. Call Dean Retherford 765-427-1244. (DRETH03WH) 392.4Âą ACRES. NEWTON CO., IN. 355Âą Acres Cropland of which 17.1 Acres are in CRP, Woods for Hunting/ Recreation, Stocked Pond, Beautiful setting for a home or cabin. 48â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 96â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Machine shed with c/c ďŹ&#x201A;oor.

Northeast of Morocco on Meridian Road and 200 S. Call Matt Wiseman 219-689-4373 or Jim Hayworth 765-427-1913. (JH/MWW06N) 82.78ACREPARCELOFLANDWITH82.24CROPLAND ACRES. This tract has excellent soils and frontage on CR 325 South. Call Jim Hayworth at 1-888-808-8680 or 1-765-427-1913 or Jimmy Hayworth at 1-219-8690329 (JH43C)

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LATE MODEL FARM EQUIPMENT!

TRUCKS & TRAILERS! LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT!

EQUIPMENT AUCTION MANAGER: LUKE SULLIVAN (309) 371-5214 DETAILS, MAPS AND PHOTOS AVAILABLE ONLINE OUR WEBSITE:

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SHERRIE A. HEATON, OWNER

ATTORNEY: STEPHEN SCOTT â&#x20AC;˘ SCOTT & SCOTT, P.C. 611 E. MONROE STREET, SUITE 200 â&#x20AC;˘ SPRINGFIELD, IL 62701 â&#x20AC;˘ (217) 753-8200

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B4 Friday, March 13, 2020

AUCTION FROM PAGE B1

CLINTON, ILL.: Farm Equipment & Machinery, 8:30 a.m., Martin Auction, 217-935-3245. See p. B4 OKAWVILLE, ILL.: Multi Farmer Absolute Auction, 9 a.m., Riechmann Bros., LLC, 618-243-6106.

ADAIR, ILL.: 2020 Spring Farm Machinery Consignment, 9 a.m., Kyle Kelso, 309-337-5612. See p. B2 MENDOTA, ILL.: Farm Machinery, 9 a.m., Mendota Tri County Fair

| ILLINOIS AGRINEWS | www.agrinews-pubs.com Association, 815-539-9312.

See p. B2 OXFORD, IND.: Spring Farm Machinery Consignment, 10 a.m. EST, Scherer’s Auction Service, LLC, 765385-1550. See p. B2 LEROY, ILL.: Farm Equipment, 10 a.m., Ed Fisher Estate, Haycraft Auction Co., Inc., 217-9356286. See p. B2 LAREDO, MO.: Farm Machinery Estate Auction, 10 a.m., McLaughlin Farms, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844-847-2161.

PENFIELD, ILL.: Farm Equipment, 10 a.m., I & I Antique Tractor & Gas Engine Club. See p. B1

SPRING MACHINERY AUCTION MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2020 at 9:30 AM

Located at the Micenheimer Auction Building approx. 4½ miles south of Taylorville, IL on County Highway #1

Micenheimer Auction Service

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Mon., March 23

TAYLORVILLE, ILL.: Spring Machinery Auction, 9:30 a.m., Micenheimer Auction Service, 217-8249324. See p. B4 VINTON, IOWA: Farm Retirement Auction, 9:30 a.m., Rich Red Angus Farms, Kurt & Jane Rich, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844-847-2161.

MEXICO, MO.: 376 +/- Acres, 10 a.m., Fern Properties LLC, Wheeler Auctions & Real Estate, 660-327-5890.

ANNAWAN, ILL.: 325 +/Acres in 3 Tracts, 11 a.m., Cranbrook Farms, LLC, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844-847-2161.

Tues., March 24

ST. ANNE, ILL.: Farm Machinery, 8 a.m., St. Anne Consignment Auction & Equipment Sales, 815-4278350. See p. B1 INDEPENDENCE, IOWA: Farm Retirement Auction, 9 a.m., Crawford Farms, Gary & Karen Crawford, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844-8472161.

NEWTON, ILL.: 95 +/- Acres, 2 p.m., Anna Stewart, Schmid Auction, 217-8571507.

Wed., March 25

LEXINGTON, ILL.: 109.99 +/- Acres, 10 a.m., The Haworth Trust Farm, First

The 46th Annual BENTON CENTRAL FFA AUCTION Benton Central High School Parking Lot

765-884-1600 Ext. 2164 Saturday, March 28, 2020 • 9:00 AM EST Website: bentoncentralffa.com/auction.html Facebook: Benton Central FFA Email: bentoncentralINFFA@gmail.com SM-LA1756556

Mid Ag Services, 800-5325263. See p. B4 WILLIAMSFIELD, ILL.: 80 +/- Acres, 10 a.m., Michael Murphy & Patricia Ruppert, Folger’s Auction Service, Inc., 309-337-2150.

CANTON, ILL.: 247 +/- Acres in 8 Tracts, 10 a.m., Jack Harroun Trust, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844-8472161. See p. B3

Thurs., March 26

HAMILTON, ILL.: 2-Day Dealer & Farmer Auction, 8:30 a.m., Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844-8472161. See p. B1 DEER GROVE, ILL.: 293.55 +/- Acres, 10 a.m., Eugene Hardy Estate, Rediger Auction Service, 815-6997999.

WARRENSBURG, ILL.: 177.90 Acres, 10 a.m., Juanita M. Harvey Trust, Willoughby Harvey Estate, Mike Hall Auction Co., 217-413-7847. See p. B3 ATLANTA, ILL.: Equipment, 10 a.m., Hoblit Seed Inc., Mike Maske Auction Service, 217-519-3959.

BIGGSVILLE, ILL.: 340 +/Acres in 3 Tracts, 10 a.m., Carolyn M. Olson Farm, Van Adkisson Auction LLC, 309-426-2000. See p. B3 LANGHAMAUCTIONEERS. HIBID.COM: Online Consignment, bidding closes at 6 p.m. CST, Langham Auctioneers, 618-267-8400. See p. B4

Fri., March 27

HAMILTON, ILL.: 2-Day Dealer & Farmer Auction, 8:30 a.m., Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844-8472161. See p. B1 MONMOUTH, ILL.: 79.5 +/Acres, 10 a.m., Rissing Charitable Trusts, Van Adkisson Auction LLC, 309426-2000.

ARCOLA, ILL.: 2-Day TriCounty Spring Auction, 10

a.m., Tri-County Auction LLC, 217-521-0246. See p. B2 KENNETT, MO.: Annual Farm Machinery Consignment, 10 a.m., DeWitt Auction Company, Inc., 800-5339488.

PARIS, ILL.: 40 +/- Acres, 10 a.m. Central, Moss Auction Team, LLC, 217-465-4545.

Sat., March 28

ARCOLA, ILL.: 2-Day TriCounty Spring Auction, 8 a.m., Tri-County Auction LLC, 217-521-0246. See p. B2 OXFORD, IND.: 46th Annual Benton Central FFA Auction, 9 a.m. EST, Benton Central FFA, 765-884-1600, ext. 2164. See p. B4 HOPEDALE, ILL.: Farm & Construction Equipment Consignment, 9 a.m., S&K Auctions LLC, 309-202-8378 or 309-696-9019.

CAMBRIDGE, ILL.: 106.28 Acres, 10 a.m., Randall Edmund, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844-8472161. See p. B4

Mon., March 30

FREEPORT, ILL.: 431 Acres in 7 Tracts Sealed Bid Land Sale, bids due 3/30 by 10 a.m., Ruf Family Trust, Nicole Bauer, 815235-1212.

MENDOTA, ILL.: 96.42 +/- Acres, 10 a.m., Jack Heidelmeir Trust, Rediger Auction Service, 815-6997999.

CARROLLTON, ILL.: 837 Acres in 16 Tracts, 10 a.m., Sherrie A. Heaton, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844-847-2161. See p. B3

Tues., March 31

CARROLLTON, ILL.: Equipment, 9 a.m., Sherrie A. Heaton, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844-8472161. See p. B3

See AUCTION, Page B5

FARMLAND AUCTION Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 at 11:00 A.M

Sale Location: The Elks Club 205 E. 2nd Street – Beardstown, IL 62618 Visit cowmanauction.com or auctionzip.com #37758 for more details.

Directions: Approx. 3 mi. East of Beardstown on IL Rt. 125, then ¼ mi. North on Star Lane; or approx. 10 mi. NW of Virginia on IL Rt. 125, then ¼ mi. North on Star Lane. Watch for signs. ** NOTE: Tracts 1 and 2 will be sold together as one parcel **

**Tract 1: approx. 40.82 +/- acres **Tract 2: approx. 80.00 +/- acres

Approximate total of 69.80+/- acres of cropland as recorded by the Cass Co. FSA office.

Brief Terms: Ten percent (10%) of the bid price will be due on sale day with the balance payable at the time of closing.

Buyers MUST have financing arranged prior to sale day.

Sellers: Lena & Matthew L. Alcorn Attorney: Thomas L. Veith | Jacksonville

Sale to be held onsite at 3066 Cty. Rd. 103, Ft. Madison, IA

THURS., APRIL 9TH AT 10 A.M.

36±

ACRES 3 Parcels

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Cass Co. Land Auction 120.82 +/- acres Sat., March 14, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.

Lee County, IA Real Estate & Personal Property Auction

REAL ESTATE SELLS AT 11:00 A.M.

OPEN HOUSE: Monday, March 30th from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Fulton County, Illinois

From Ft. Madison, Iowa take 18th Street north, continue on Cty. Rd. 103 a short distance to the auction site.

Make plans to attend this upcoming Lee County, Iowa real estate and personal property auction. The real estate will be sold in three separate parcels. Parcel #1 will include an ideally located 1-story, 3-bedroom home with an attached 2-car garage as well as a Cleary 26′ x 40′ shop/storage building that is only 2-years old. Parcel #2 will include a recently refurbished 1-story, 2-bedroom home with a new metal roof that is only 1-year old. Parcel #3 features 34 acres± of beautiful timber type recreational land located just outside the city limits of Ft. Madison, Iowa directly west of Parcels 1 & 2.

Personal property to include: ’16 JD 4066R MFWD tractor, only 86.4 hours, selling w/ JD H180 loader; ’16 JD Gator 825i side-by-side; ’11 JD X720 Ultimate riding mower; JD MX6 6′ 3pt. brush mower; ’13 Chevy 2500 HD ext. cab, 2wd pickup; ’05 Chevy TrailLite 2235S B-Plus motorhome; ’15 PJ TF182 18′ tilt tandem axle trailer; Polaris Sportsman 500 4×4 ATV; Polaris Sportsman 335 4×4 ATV; 12′ x 20′ portable utility building w/ metal roof; Nice selection of tools, appliances, modern furniture, household type items & more.

WED., APRIL 1ST AT 11:30 A.M.

AUCTION VENUE:YMCA, 300 MILLER STREET, BUSHNELL, IL Land is located approximately 7 miles southwest of Fairview, IL on Babylon Rd., just east off of County Rd. 2.

The farm represents cropland, pastureland, as well as timber that makes for outstanding wildlife habitat. The property is improved with (2) 40×60 machine sheds, (4) grain bins, a 70’ well, (2) stocked ponds and an unfinished home with a poured basement and attached garage.

THE STUCKEY FARM SELLS FREE AND CLEAR FOR THE 2020 CROP YEAR AND HUNTING SEASON!

LEROY R. PAYNE – OWNER

ANDREW STUCKEY, SELLER

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Sale to be held at: Memory Hill (next to Nite Equipment) 2322 N Conger Road • Pecatonica, IL 61063 122.218 Surveyed Acres TWO PARCELS: Sections 20 & 29 of Harrison Township in Winnebago County, IL. OPEN TENANCY 2020 For complete listing of sale bill, maps, tax info, and terms & conditions, etc. visit www.lennybrysonauctioneer.com For Information Contact: Lenny Bryson – Auctioneer 11749 West Judson Road Polo, IL 61064 • Ph) 815-946-4120 Owner, Heidelmeier Investments, LP Trust, Midland States Bank Wealth Management Attorney, Emily Vivian of Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger & Considine, LLC.

ATTORNEY: Nancy Schell • Froehling, Weber & Schell, LLP 167 W Elm St. • Canton, IL 61520 • (309) 647-6317 AUCTION MANAGERS: Kyle Ferguson (309) 255-8353 and Dan Sullivan (319) 795-1833 SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS, LLC • TF (844) 847-2161 www.SullivanAuctioneers.com • IL Lic. #444000107

Attorney: Robert N. Johnson III • Fort Madison, IA • Phone: (319) 372-3773 For Info, Contact Auction Managers: Jeff Hoyer (319) 759-4320, Craig Hoyer (319) 931-7016 or Jim Huff (319) 931-9292

SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS, LLC • TOLL FREE (844) 847-2161 www.SullivanAuctioneers.com • IL Lic. #444000107

Fulton County, Illinois

WED., APRIL 1ST AT 10:00 A.M. 80

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AUCTION VENUE: YMCA, 300 MILLER STREET, BUSHNELL, IL The Ridle farm is located approximately 6 miles east of Bushnell, IL on 7 Hills Road, just north off of County Road 15 and south off of State Rt. 9.

THE FARM REPRESENTS A COMBINATION OF CROPLAND, PASTURELAND, AS WELL AS TIMBERED DRAWS.

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GEORGE AUCTION SERVICE & REAL ESTATE, LLC 189 Head of High Grade Holstein Cattle TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2020 • 11:00 A.M.

(608)751-8590 or (608)751-7529 3618 North Coon Island Road,Evansville, WI 53536 DIRECTIONS: East of Evansville ¼ mile on Hwy 14 to Co. M, South 2 miles to Coon Island Rd, East 3 miles. Watch for George Auction Signs. LUNCH: Deli Dog House.

DAIRY HERD: 67 Cows (2 Jersey Holstein Cross); 30 Heifers Short Bred to Springing; 10 Heifers Breeding Age; 8 Heifers 8 Months Old; 15 Heifers 6 Months Old; 7 Heifers Weaned; 10 Calves on Milk; HOLSTEIN STEERS: 13 Steers 300-500#; 14 Steers 700900#; 15 Steers 1000-1300#; HERD INFORMATION: 24 Fresh in the last 90days, 25 are in their First Lactation, 18 are in their 2nd Lactation, no three quartered Cows. The Somatic Cell Count is consistent at 90,000. The Milk average per Cow is 65# per day, 25 over 80# and they are not pushed at all. 4.00 Fat & 3.4 Protein. Breeding

by Select Sires, Semex, CRV & ALTA. Bred the last 9 months to a red & white bull. Cows are housed and milked in tie stalls.

They are vaccinated with Bolvi-Shield Gold One, Blackleg and pregnancy checked monthly, steers are implanted;

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Reg. WI Auctioneers: Dean George #486 (cell 608-751-5703), Kale George #2811 (office 608-882-6123) Reg. IL Auctioneer: Kale George #441002280 – 11211 North Union Road, Evansville, WI 53536 TERMS: No Buyers Fee. Check or Cash. 4% courtesy charge for purchases using credit card. All sales final. All announcements day of sale take precedence over printed material. Not responsible for accidents or losses. For Complete listing and photos log onto www.georgeauction.com.

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ATTORNEY: Stephen Holland • Holland & Holland 397 W Main St. • Bushnell, IL 61422 • (309) 772-3178 AUCTION MANAGERS: Kyle Ferguson (309) 255-8353 and Dan Sullivan (319) 795-1833 SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS, LLC • TF (844) 847-2161 www.SullivanAuctioneers.com • IL Lic. #444000107

Henry County, Illinois SAT., MARCH 28TH AT 10:00 A.M. 106.28 TAXABLE ACRES

Auction Venue: Cambridge Community Center 407 N. West St. | Cambridge, IL 61238

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The Edmund farm is located 3 miles southeast of Cambridge, IL and is further described as being located in Section 22, T15N•R3E, Cambridge Twp, Henry County, IL. The farm represents productive, tillable farmland selling free & clear for the 2020 crop year!

RANDALL EDMUND – SELLER REPRESENTING ATTORNEY: Carmen Law Office, P.C. Bruce L. Carmen 116 N. East Street • Cambridge, IL • Ph: (309) 937-3339 AUCTION MANAGER: Dale Jones (309) 299-6400 SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS, LLC • TOLL FREE (844) 847-2161 www.SullivanAuctioneers.com • IL Lic. #444000107

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Follow flu tips to stay safe from coronavirus

By Matilda Charles

Guidance from the Centers for Disease We can’t turn on the Control and Prevention news now without hearis mostly common sense, ing about the new virus but every step is importthat’s sweeping the world. ant: Coronavirus, now called n Wash your hands freCOVID-19, is a serious quently. Use warm water virus that came out of and soap and wash for China. At this point, the a minimum of 20 secvirus has spread to more onds. Try singing “Happy than 30 countries and Birthday” to mark the there have been over time.

2,800 deaths. n Keep your hands away Protecting ourselves from your face, even if from COVID-19 is much you’ve just washed your like how we avoid the sea- hands. sonal winter flu that’s now n Cover your mouth and in high numbers in every nose with a tissue when state. you cough or sneeze and

then throw away the tissue. n Disinfect surfaces in your environment frequently, such as countertops and doorknobs. n When you go out, take a pack of antiseptic wipes to wet down grocery cart handles. If you don’t have those, put hand sanitizer on your palms and wet the cart handle. n Never share cups or plates or anything else with those who are sick. n If you have to be out in public, keep your distance. Stay at least 6 feet away from others. For

now, avoid shaking hands. n If you feel sick, don’t rush to the doctor. Call first and explain your symptoms. If they want you to come in, there might be a special entrance for you to use to keep from spreading germs to others.

Stay healthy this winter. Get enough sleep, eat well and keep your stress down. All of those affect your immune system. And if you haven’t had a flu shot, get one now. © 2020 King Features Synd., Inc.

Hand washing with soap, water and the right length of time can slow the spread of viruses.

KITCHEN DIVA

DONNA’S DAY: CREATIVE FAMILY FUN

St. Patrick’s Day the traditional way

By Angela Shelf Medearis

When we see a rainbow, sunlight is being refracted by tiny raindrops in the sky. The raindrops act as prisms, and when sunlight passes through them, the wavelengths in white light are refracted by the drops to reveal the colors of the rainbow.

Discover your pot of gold

By Donna Erickson

St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner on March 17, and the first day of spring follows on the March 19. Both celebrations bring thoughts of colorful rainbows to mind.

While we might not see them often, when we do, we marvel at their beauty.

Like the Irish, we ponder the thought of finding the legendary pot of gold at the end of one.

Even if rain isn’t in the forecast, enjoy a rainbow-filled day with kids learning the rainbow spectrum.

DISCOVER Learn the sequence of colors in the spectrum.

My artist friends use the catchy name “Roy G Biv” to help children remember. The letters stand for Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet.

Then, discover the basic spectrum indoors on a sunny day. Pour water in a clear glass, tilt it sideways and move it slowly along the edge of the

activity. The labels peel off easily, and the lids are handsomely designed in gray. I used the six bottles for the basic colors, combining blue and indigo.

Children over 4 years old will enjoy rooting through their craft supplies and toys for unbreakable items to drop and stuff into each bottle by color.

We used pipe cleaners twisted in spirals, crayDRAW ons, ribbon, tissue paper Create rainbow place wadded into balls, butmats for springtime snacking. Line up washable mark- tons and wooden beads ers in the order of the spec- — which add the bonus of nice sound when shaking. trum, then draw a rainbow Sort items in six piles by with them on construction color, then fill each bottle. paper. Dip a paintbrush in Drizzle glue around the water and swipe it over the rainbow to meld the distinct outside mouth of bottles colors into one another, cre- and screw on caps tightly.

For play, name the colating hues. ors, line them up in order of the spectrum and deMAKE scribe contents by shape.

Recycle clear plastic Make up rainbow stories. water bottles into artisDisplay your rainbow on tic rainbow “Discovery a shelf.

Bottles,” each filled with items representing a To find more of Donna conventional color of the Erickson’s creative famspectrum.

While I rarely purchase ily recipes and activities, visit www.donnasday. water in plastic bottles com. © 2020 Donna anymore, I purchased a Erickson distributed by six-pack of Voss artesian water for this eye-catching King Features Synd.

kitchen counter until you catch rays of sun shining through the water.

A ribbon of rainbow colors will appear on a white floor or on a white sheet of paper placed on the floor. Look closely to see that the colors of the spectrum are on a continuous gradient. They are distinct yet meld into one another.

ANTIQUES & COLLECTING

‘Paddy and the Pig’ ride again

By Terry and Kim Kovel

“Paddy and the Pig” was a caricature used by British political cartoonists since the 1840s to represent Ireland and the Irish people.

Paddy was the ignorant peasant; the pig was the backward agricultural nation. Paddy wore breeches, a patched coat and a strange hat.

Most of the political arguments were about Irish Home Rule, a hot topic in Victorian England politics. The comic Paddy was re-created as a toy.

A version made by Lehmann, a German toy manufacturer, depicts Paddy trying to ride an uncooperative pig that moves back and forth while Paddy holds on for dear life. It sold at a Bertoia auction in New Jersey for $1,320.

CURRENT PRICES “Peanuts” Lucy cookie jar, yellow dress, 12 x 8 1/2 inches, $15.

Irish lace collar, ivory shawl,

Paddy and the Pig is a caricature found in political cartoons during Victorian times. A toy based on the caricature sold recently for $1,320. flower blossom pattern, trailing leaf border, c. 1910, 11 x 46 inches, $50.

Pitcher, silver, lid, hinged, inset Irish coin, armorial, hammered, 1800s, Ireland, 6 inches, $90.

For more collecting news, tips and resources, visit www.

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want to serve a traditional Irish dinner. The If you’re planning to main course is an allcelebrate the St. Patrick’s in-one-pot lamb stew Day holiday at home, you with root vegetables and are part of growing num- pearl barley with a side ber of Americans who of Northern Irish potato like to commemorate the bread. Here’s a little day with a family dinner. history about these Irish A national St. Patrick’s recipes.

Day survey found that Irish Stew: This dish regardless of family roots originated from the old or Irish heritage, the hol- ways of cooking over an iday is more about food open fire. A good Irish and family than drinking. stew should be thick and More than 30% of creamy, not swimming in respondents said they juice. celebrate at home or at a Adding potatoes and friend’s or family mempearl barley gives the ber’s house. Less than stew body and texture 14% of those surveyed and makes it a hardy, celebrated at a bar or main-course meal. local pub.

Carrots are typically This year, you may added for extra color and

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Lamb Stew with Root Vegetables INGREDIENTS 2 pounds boneless lamb shoulder, trimmed of fat and cut into bite-size pieces 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, divided 1 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper, divided 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon olive oil, divided 2 large yellow onions, chopped 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 or 2 medium Irish or white potatoes, scrubbed and cut into 1/8-inch rounds 3 medium carrots, cut into 1/4-inch rounds 1 cup pearl barley 4 cups water or chicken broth 2 tablespoons chopped, fresh parsley PROCEDURE In a medium mixing bowl, toss the lamb with 1/2 teaspoon of the salt, 1/2 teaspoon of the pepper and the flour. Heat 1/2 tablespoon olive oil in a 4- to 5-quart Dutch oven set over medium-high heat until it shimmers. Add half of

AUCTION FROM PAGE B4

BRADFORD, ILL.: 365.68 +/- Acres in 4 Tracts, 10 a.m., Hertz Real Estate Services, 815-935-9878.

CLINTON, ILL.: 553.78 Acres, 10 a.m., Schmid Family, Martin Auction, 217-935-3245. See p. B4 PECATONICA, ILL.: 122.218 Acres in 2 Tracts, 11 a.m., Heidelmeier Investments, LP, Lenny Bryson, 815-946-4120. See p. B4 MACOMB, ILL.: 40 +/- Acres in 2 Tracts, 5 p.m., Otto Ullrich IV, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844847-2161.

Wed., April 1

BUSHNELL, ILL.: 80 +/- Acres, 10 a.m., F & L Ridle Family Farm, LLLP, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844-847-2161. See p. B4 BUSHNELL, ILL.: Land Auction, 11:30 a.m., Andrew Stuckey, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844847-2161. See p. B4

Thurs., April 2

interest.

The authentic Irish recipe calls for mutton, which is usually an older lamb with a tougher texture of meat, which made it perfect for stewing.

Potato Bread: Northern Ireland’s love of the potatoes is part of a rich legacy of dishes such as this recipe for potato bread, also called fadge or farls.

Typically, this bread recipe incorporates leftover boiled potatoes, but leftover mashed potatoes will work just fine. The finished bread is like a flat bread in texture.

NEW PARIS, IND.: Annual Spring Collector Tractor, Toy, Literature & Memorabilia Auction, 8:30 a.m., Polk Auction Company, 877-9154440.

LIBERTY, ILL.: 371 +/- Acres in 2 Tracts, 5 p.m., Raymond J. & Clara T. Neisen Farm, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844-847-2161.

the lamb, and brown on all sides, about 7 to 8 minutes total. Remove the lamb to a bowl and repeat with the remaining oil and lamb.

Remove the second batch of lamb and add it to the bowl.

Add the onions to the pot and cook for 1 to 2 minutes.

Add the garlic, potatoes, carrots and the remaining teaspoon of salt and pepper.

Cook for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Return the lamb to the pot with the barley. Stir to combine.

Add the water or chicken broth. Bring to a boil. Then, decrease heat to low, cover and simmer for 30 to 45 minutes or until the liquid is absorbed and the lamb and barley are tender. Add the parsley. Stew will be thick.

Potato Bread INGREDIENTS 1 cup mashed potatoes

LANGHAMAUCTIONEERS.HIBID. COM: 104.31 +/- Acres, Online Only, bidding closes at 6 p.m.

CST, Martin E. Hoerath & Karen L. Price, Langham Auctioneers, 618410-6286.

Fri., April 3

NEW PARIS, IND.: Annual Spring Collector Tractor, Toy, Literature & Memorabilia Auction, 8:30 a.m., Polk Auction Company, 877-9154440.

RICHFIELD, ILL.: Farm Machinery, 9 a.m., Raymond J. & Clara T. Neisen Farm, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844-847-2161.

Sat., April 4

NEW PARIS, IND.: Annual Spring Collector Tractor, Toy, Literature & Memorabilia Auction, 8:30 a.m., Polk Auction Company, 877-9154440.

POLO, ILL.: Hazelhurst Annual Spring Consignment, 8:30 a.m., Public Auction Service, 815-9462660.

PEOTONE, ILL.: Annual Spring Consignment, 9:30 a.m., Benjamin Auction Service, 708738-3895. See p. B3 TRENTON, ILL.: 164.86 Acres in 3 Tracts, 1 p.m., Lorna M. Jacober Trust, Mark Krausz Auction Service, 618-588-4917.

Tues., April 7

MACOMB, ILL.: 120 +/- Acres in 3 Tracts, 1 p.m., Stan Danner, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844847-2161. See p. B3

(leftovers are fine) 1 tablespoon unsalted butter or Irish butter 1/4 cup flour plus more for sprinkling 1/2 teaspoon salt PROCEDURE Place the potatoes into a large, microwavable bowl.

Mix in the butter and salt.

Heat on high for 3 to 4 minutes or until warm. Mix in the flour until the mixture turns into a dough.

Split the dough into two equal pieces. Sprinkle a cutting board with the remaining flour. Roll the dough on the floured board to create two circles about 1/4-inch thick.

Cut the circles into quarters.

Brown on both sides on a lightly greased hot griddle or heavy-bottomed pan about 5 to 6 minutes. Serve warm with stew.

Wed., April 8

MONROE CENTER, ILL.: 30 +/- Acres, 11 a.m., Holcomb Bank, Lenny Bryson, 815-9464120.

Thurs., April 9

FT. MADISON, IOWA: Real Estate & Personal Property, 10 a.m., Real Estate sells at 11 a.m., Leroy R. Payne, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844-847-2161.

See p. B4

Sat., April 11

CONGERVILLE, ILL.: Livestock Equipment & Machinery, 9 a.m., Reel Livestock Center, 309-4482288.

Fri., Aug. 21

ANNAWAN, ILL.: Hatzer & Nordstrom Consignment Auction, 8:30 a.m., Owned & Operated by Anderson Enterprises & Equipment, LLC, 309-935-6700.

Sat., Aug. 22

ANNAWAN, ILL.: Hatzer & Nordstrom Consignment Auction, 8:30 a.m., Owned & Operated by Anderson Enterprises & Equipment, LLC, 309-935-6700.

Multiple Dates

SEE AD: Upcoming Auctions & Featured Farms, Schrader Real Estate & Auction Company, Inc., 800-451-2709. See p. B3

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Sensing corn productivity Satellites, field cameras give real-time data UR BA NA, Ill. — University of Illinois scientists, with help from members of the Illinois Corn Growers Association, have developed a new, scalable method for estimating crop productivity in real time.

The research, published in Remote Sensing of Environment, combines field measurements, a unique in-field camera network a nd h i g h - r e s olut ion , high-frequency satellite data, providing highly accurate productivity estimates for crops across Illinois and beyond.

“Our ultimate goal is to provide useful information to farmers, especially at the field level or sub-field level.

Previously, most available satellite data had coarse spatial and/or temporal resolution, but here we take advantage of new satellite products to estimate leaf area index, a proxy for crop productivity and grain yield. And we know the satellite estimates are ac-

curate because our ground measurements agree,” said Hyungsuk Kimm, a doctoral student in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at U of I and lead author on the study.

Kimm and his colleagues used surface reflectance data, which measures light bouncing off the Earth, from two kinds of satellites to estimate LAI in agricultural fields.

Both satellite datasets represent major improvements over older satellite technologies; they can “see” the Earth at a fine scale — 3-meter or 30-meter resolution — and both return to the same spot above the planet on a daily basis.

Since the satellites don’t capture LAI directly, the research team developed two mathematical algorithms to convert surface reflectance into LAI. While developing the algorithms to estimate LAI, Kimm worked with Illinois farmers to set up cameras in 36 corn fields across the state, providing continuous ground-level monitoring. The images from the cameras provided detailed ground information to re-

Hyungsuk Kimm with field-installed camera. fine the satellite-derived estimates of LAI. The true test of the satellite estimates came from LAI data Kimm measured directly in the corn fields.

Twice weekly during the 2017 growing season, he visited the fields with a specialized instrument and measured corn leaf area by hand.

In the end, the satellite LAI estimates from the two algorithms strongly agreed with K imm’s “groundtruth” data from the fields.

This result means the algorithms delivered highly accurate, reliable LAI information from space and can be used to estimate LAI in fields anywhere in

the world in real time.

“We are the first to develop scalable, high-temporal, high-resolution LAI data for farmers to use.

These methods have been fully validated using an unprecedented camera network for farmland,” said Kaiyu Guan, assistant professor in the Department of NRES and Blue Waters professor at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.

Having real-time LAI data could be instrumental for responsive management. For example, the satellite method could detect underperforming fields or segments of fields that could be corrected

with targeted management practices such as nutrient management, pesticide application, or other strategies. Guan plans to make real-time data available to farmers in the near future.

“The new LAI technology developed by Dr. Guan’s research team is an exciting advancement with potential to help farmers identify and respond to infield problems faster and more effectively than ever before,” said Laura Gentry, director of water quality research for the Illinois Corn Growers Association.

“More accurate measurements of LAI can help us to be more efficient, timely, and make deci-

sions that will ultimately make us more profitable.

The last few years have been especially difficult for farmers. We need technologies that help us allocate our limited time, money and labor most wisely.

Illinois Corn Growers Association is glad to partner with Dr. Guan’s team, and our farmer members were happy to assist the researchers with access to their crops in validating the team’s work. We’re proud of the advancement this new technology represents and are excited to see how the Guan research team will use it to bring value directly to Illinois farmers,” Gentry said.

New technology for pathogen detection driven by lasers WEST LAFAYET TE, Ind. — Researchers at Purdue University have been working to develop new technologies to help stop the spread of foodborne illnesses by detecting them more efficiently.

They have developed a lanthanide-based assay coupled with a laser that can be used to detect toxins and pathogenic E. coli in food samples, water and a variety of industrial materials.

The two key features of the new technology are

the incorporation of lanthanides and simple lateral flow paper-based assays.

The Purdue team created a method for combining different heavy metals that when linked to antibodies can detect multiple agents in a single analysis.

The Purdue team’s work is published in the January edition of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry.

“Our goal was to incorporate easily detectable elements into a paper-based assay which is low-cost

and effective,” said J. Paul Robinson, the SVM Professor of Cytomics in Purdue’s College of Veterinary Medicine and a professor of biomedical engineering in Purdue’s College of Engineering.

“Designing a technology that is both low-cost but also accurate and can detect multiple antigens simultaneously was a critical factor in our decision to work on this problem.”

The innovators worked with the Purdue Re-

search Foundation Office of Technology Commercialization to patent the technology in the United States and in Europe.

They are looking for partners. For more information, contact Dipak Narula of OTC at dnarula@prf.org and reference track code 2019-ROBI-68413.

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the intellectual property as this will enhance the possibility of finding commercial partners,” Robinson said. “The potential for moving this to handheld, field deployable use is something we see in the future.”

The group is evaluating the potential for fully portable use that would allow field use in virtually any

environment.

The approach uses a high-powered laser pulse to obliterate a sample, while simultaneously collecting the spectral signature of the resultant emission. These signals are then compared with a database that translates the signals into an identification of the toxin or pathogen.

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Nominations sought for World Food Prize DES MOINES, Iowa — The World Food Prize Foundation is currently accepting nominations for the internationally renowned World Food Prize that recognizes the accomplishments of individuals who have worked to improve the quality, quantity or availability of food in

the world.

“The World Food Prize Foundation annually seeks to elevate the work of leaders in agriculture and food systems to feed the world in a sustainable and nutritious manner,” said Barbara Stinson, president of the World Food Prize Foundation. “We must

honor accomplishments and progress, and inspire further action, particularly by women-led initiatives and young leaders.”

Nominations of worthy candidates are invited from public and private organizations, academic institutions, governmental organizations and busi-

nesses.

Nomination criteria, the selection procedure and other information can be found at www.worldfoodprize.org/nominate.

Nominations will be accepted through May 1.

In 2019, the World Food Prize was awarded to Simon Groot of the

Netherlands. Groot is the founder of East-West Seed, a company whose impact has spread over many countries, impacting millions of smallholder farmers.

Groot’s efforts resulted in enhanced vegetable production, benefiting millions of consumers

and allowing for access to healthy, nutritious diets.

“You have to share your knowledge if you want to make the world better,” Groot said.

In its 33-year history, this reputable $250,000 award has been presented to 49 high-achieving individuals from 19 countries.

27 projects receive Schoolyard Habitat grants SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Schoolyard Habitat Action Grant program will distribute $22,477 to 27 projects from the fall 2019 application period.

“The Illinois Schoolyard Habitat Action Grant program provides children and educators with an opportunity to increase the use of native plants in Illinois landscapes while benefiting wildlife species,” said Illinois Department of Natural Resources Director Colleen Callahan.

“By participating in these projects, students learn their efforts can make a positive difference in the world, and they gain experience in

problem-based learning by planning, developing and maintaining the habitat.”

The Illinois Schoolyard Habitat Action Grant program supports the development or enhancement of wildlife habitat on the school grounds or other public places.

Funding for the program is provided through donations to the Illinois Conservation Foundation.

The Jadel Youth Fund and the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Foundation are the major sponsors for the program.

More than $294,000 in Illinois Schoolyard Habitat Action Grant funding has been distributed since the program’s inception.

“We want schoolchil-

dren to learn about nature through hands-on experiences,” Callahan said. “It is our goal to have Illinois Schoolyard Habitat Action Grant program projects developed in every county of the state, and eventually at every school. So far, we have supported projects in 85 of Illinois’ counties.”

Applications will be accepted soon for the next round of the Illinois Schoolyard Habitat Action Grant program, with an application deadline of Nov. 30.

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NAITCO’s mission is to increase agricultural literacy through Pre-K-12 education and it does so with an online, searchable database of lessons and resources called the Curriculum Matrix, a national conference, a national teacher awards program and professional development and support for Agriculture in the Classroom.

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Do-it-yourself hydroponics system provides growing alternative DECATUR, Ill. — As the weather starts to remind us of the upcoming gardening season, it’s a great time to experiment with a do-it-yourself home hydroponics system. Most people have heard of hydroponics, but believe that using this method to grow plants is too difficult.

The use of hydroponics has been documented as far back as the first century when Roman Emperor

Tiberius grew off-season cucumbers under what was described as transparent stone.

Indoor hydroponics systems can be constructed with items such as a 5-gallon bucket with lid, net pots, a growing medium, an air stone and an aquarium pump.

Studies have shown that plants grow up to 30% to 40% faster than a plant in soil, and there is a greater

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Hydroponics allows plants to thrive in environments where there is no soil or the soil is contaminated, such as roof tops, abandoned buildings, vacated urban lands and so forth.

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There are two categories of home hydroponics systems, Gucker said. The passive hydroponic system relies on the capillary effect or what is sometimes referred to as wicking. The capillary effect helps bring nutrient rich fluid up into the roots. In a passive hydroponic system, the fluid is drawn up and absorbed

by the growing medium.

An active hydroponic system relies on the nutrient solution to be delivered to the roots by a pump, and any excess solution simply drains away. A growing medium is not necessary in an active system.

“Hydroponic growing allows us to grow in locations or at times that would not be possible with the typical growing of plants outside in the soil,”

Gucker said.

“In addition for the do-ityourselfer, there are many plans for repurposing plastic buckets and other containers into easy-to-use hydroponic growing systems for use indoors or outdoors on a balcony or porch.”

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Marijuana exposure harmful to pets URBANA, Ill. — In the first week that recreational use of the drug became legal in Illinois, the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital saw two cases of likely marijuana intoxication in pets.

Dr. Caroline Tonozzi, a specialist in veterinary emergency and critical care who heads the small animal ER at the hospital, expects the frequency of those cases to grow.

“Animal poison control hotlines have been reporting exponential increases in the number of calls about pets exposed to marijuana as the drug has been legalized for medical or recreational use in states across the country,” she said.

The rise of reports probably indicates not only more exposures, but also more willingness among owners to seek medical help for their pets, now that legalization has lessened the stigma surrounding use of the drug.

Both dogs and cats can be poisoned by tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive substance in marijuana. Dogs are more likely to ingest the drug, while cats are more likely to be sickened by exposure to smoke.

In dogs, the most common signs of marijuana intoxication include dribbling urine, swaying or general unsteadiness, drooling and being less alert.

Cats will show signs that mimic those of neurologic disease, such as appearing

As marijuana is starting to be legalized throughout the country, it means that veterinarians will probably see an increase in pets accidentally ingesting the drug. to react to visual stimuli that are not actually present. They may also have dilated pupils.

“There have been a small number of reported deaths in dogs from marijuana intoxication. Of particular concern are cases of co-intoxications from consuming marijuana in edible products such as brownies or other bakes goods, especially products made with butter or oil containing THC,” Tonozzi said.

“If there is a known ingestion of marijuana, the pet should be evaluated by a veterinarian,” Tonozzi said. “Important treatment considerations include the potential for co-intoxication from edibles that contain chocolate, raisins, xylitol, or high-fat substances. Your veterinarian can assess the type of care needed, including whether the pet would benefit from decontamination procedures.”

Health risks to pets from

marijuana exposure include a very low heart rate and becoming so sedate that the pet cannot swallow or stand.

“Pets can go into a coma within a few hours of ingestion. Therefore, it is key to have your pet evaluated soon after ingestion,” Tonozzi said.

Ongoing medical monitoring at a veterinary facility may be advisable.

CBD stands for cannabidiol, another of the many chem ic a l compou nd s found in marijuana. Unlike THC, CBD is not psychoactive, meaning it will not produce the “high” that is associated with marijuana.

A wide variety of health claims associated with CBD have been made for human patients, and CBD products are marketed for pets, as well.

“There is very little science to support the claims for effectiveness,” said Tonozzi regarding the use of these products.

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VOIGT GROUND - 1815 US HWY 36, CHRISMAN, IL 61924 32.11 +/- ACRES OF PRIME HUNTING GROUND. SHED, H2O, POLLINATER PROGRAM. 5 MINS FROM WORLD RECORD BUCK HUNTING SPOT. $6,984/A PRICE REDUCTION

Champaign County HORSE FARM - 1090 CR 2400 E, HOMER, IL 61849

4 FENCED ACRES. AMISH BUILT FENCING. 60X160 SHED. INDOOR RIDING ARENA. 5 STALLS WITH FANS. $200,000 FOR SALE

Shelby County

LOG HOME - 1862 N 2500 EAST RD., WINDSOR, IL 61957

9 +/- ACRES SURROUNDED BY WOLF CREEK STATE PARK 5 BEDROOMS, 3.5 BATHROOMS, 2.5 CAR GARAGE WITH L O F T A P A R T M E N T A N D W O R K S H O P . $ 3 6 9 , 9 0 0 PRICE REDUCTION

Vermilion County

BERTSCH FARM - 9400 E 2750 N RD, POTOMAC, IL 61865

50 +/- ACRES OF CLASS A FARM GROUND WITH AN AVERAGE PI OF 166.3. APPROX. TOTAL TILLABLE = 49.57 ACRES. $7,900/ACRE - $395,000 SOLD IN 1 DAY!

CHAFFEE FARM - 43000 N 1900 E RD, HOOPESTON, IL 60942 15 +/- ACRES OF CLASS A FARM GROUND. MACHINE SHED & 2 GRAIN BINS. PI OF 132.4. APPROX. TOTAL TILLABLE = 12 ACRES. $160,000 FOR SALE

MOHR FARM - 7464 N 100 EAST RD, HOMER, IL 61849 5 +/- ACRES. NEEDS EXTENSIVE DEMOLITION. $25,000 (APPRAISED VALUE) PENDING

CONTACT US TODAY! Steve Littlefield, Broker (217) 202-7950 Matt Rhodes, Broker (217) 251-7067 Clayton Maddox, Broker (217) 474-1345 Trey Coffey, Broker (217) 841-2542

2441 Village Green Pl. Champaign, IL 61822

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FARMS FOR SALE

51 Acres, Byron, 141 PI . . . . . . . . .$11,500/acre 54 Acres, Near Triumph, 136 PI . . .$11,500/acre 64.9 Acres, Lee County, near West Brooklyn, 125.7 PI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CALL 81 Acres, Putnam Co, 141 PI . . . . .$11,000/acre 112 Acres, Morrison, 128 PI . . . . . .$6,750/acre 188 Acres, Erie, 180 acres CRP, $46K/year CRP income! SALE PENDING . . . . .$4,925/acre 77 acres Whiteside County . . . . . . . . . . . . SOLD 54 acres Whiteside County . . . . . . . . . . . . SOLD

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1688 Brandywine Lane, Dixon, IL 61021 • (815) 973-6768

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Open Tenancy 2020

PUBLIC AUCTION LASALLE COUNTY FARMLAND 96.42+/- SURVEYED ACRES

The following described farmland real estate will be offered by PUBLIC AUCTION on:

Open Tenancy 2020

Monday, March 30th, 2020 • 10:00 A.M.

Sale Day Location: MENDOTA MOOSE LODGE, 211 E. 12th ST., MENDOTA, IL 61342 Farm Location: East of Meriden, Illinois ¾ mile on Rt 34 or 4 ½ miles West of Earlville, Illinois on Rt 34. NE ¼ of Section 29, Meriden Twp., LaSalle County, Illinois.

Farm Description: 96.42 +/- surveyed acres with 93.2 +/- tillable acres. A 138.9 +/- Productivity Index as per Surety. Tillable soils include Muscatune-Buckhart, Sable, Drummer, Osco and Catlin. No Improvements.

Taxes: Tax ID #02-29-204-000 • 2018 taxes paid in 2019 $4,160.22 Plat locations, Aerial Photos, Soil Maps and improvement information available at rickrediger.com TERMS AND CONDITIONS: 1.) Tract will be sold by the surveyed acres. The existing survey will be provided by Seller.

2.) The successful bidder will be required to enter into a standard purchase agreement contract. 10% of the contract purchase price will be due immediately following the auction.

The balance will be due and payable at closing on or before April 29, 2020.

3.) The seller shall provide a title insurance policy in the amount of the purchase price of the subject property.

4.) The 2019 real estate taxes due and payable in 2020 will be credited, based on the most current evidence available, by the Seller to the Buyer at closing. All subsequent real estate taxes will be the responsibility of the buyer.

5.) The property is being sold in “AS IS” condition, with no implied warranties of any kind.

6.) The information is believed to be accurate. However, we strongly urge all prospective buyers to thoroughly research all pertinent data and to draw their own conclusions.

7.) All announcements made the day of the sale take precedence over any previously printed material.

Seller: JACK HEIDELMEIR TRUST

LAND FOR SALE

Trustee – Midland States Bank Attorney: Gary R. Gehlbach, 215 E. 1st St., #100, Dixon, IL 61021 Number System will be Used – I.D. Required Not Responsible for Accidents

Macon County, IL - 107.11 Acres - $11,200/acre Harristown Township, West edge of Decatur, IL

RICK REDIGER, Auctioneer REDIGER AUCTION SERVICE – WYANET, IL 815.699.7999

Lots of potential, A unique property with excellent soil - 143.1 PI

Macon County, IL - 124.00 Acres - $10,850/acre

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South Wheatland Township, Corner of Elwin & Cornthwaite Rd. Just south of Decatur, A great farm - 138.4 PI

RICH HANSEN Managing Broker, ABR

Macon County, IL - 65.85 Acres - $10,150/acre Mt. Zion Township, One mile south of Long Creek Productive Macon County land - 129.8 PI

Macon County, IL - 32.46 Acres - $9,500/acre Hickory Point Township, North edge of Decatur, IL Just west of Camelot subdivision - 142.3 PI.

Licensed in Illinois and Indiana

Macon County, IL - 31.70 Acres - $3,250/acre

Hickory Point Township, Northwest portion of Decatur, IL Wooded Tract - Picturesque Views

• E-mail: RHansen972@aol.com • Cell: 815-383-4558 • Fax: 815-933-4558

McLean County, IL - 78.75 Acres - PENDING Randolph Township, West of Heyworth, IL

NEW FARM AND LOTS

FARMLAND

Shelby County, IL - 121.38 Acres - PENDING

56 acres Loda ..................... REDUCED...$6,450/ac 130+/- acres NEW Momence area................ $8,200/ac 78+/- acres NEW St. George area ............... $7,850/ac 80+/- acres NEW St. George area ............... $7,500/ac 160 acres Milks Grove Twp .. PENDING...$8,250/ac 80 acres NEW Ashkum................................ $8,950/ac 20 acres Rockville ................ PENDING...$7,600/ac 51 acres 1800’ River Frontage Aroma Park .. $9,000/ac 38 acres Beecher .........................SOLD...$8,750/ac 80 acres Beecher ........................................ $7,300/ac 100 acres Herscher ..................................... $8,250/ac 4 Commercial Lots Available Manhattan .............CALL 47.8+/- acres Residential Development 93 Lots Manhattan ...................................................... CALL 4.58+/- acres Commercial Site Elwood ...............CALL 20+/- acres Zoned Commercial Gilman...............CALL 22+ acres Commercial Lots Available Channahon ..CALL 13.79+/- acres Zoned C-3 Channahon................CALL 218+/- acres St. Anne.................................. $5,850/ac 134 acres Grant Park .................................. $8,150/ac 80 acres Towanda ..............PENDING...$10,900/ac 221 acres Towanda ...................................$10,900/ac 105 acres Clifton........................................$10,250/ac 80 acres Chebanse Twp.............................. $8,450/ac 8 acres Wilmington Rt 102 ..............................$80,000 90+/- acres Kankakee - close to town .................CALL 72 acres deer, turkey CRP, CREB, 2 creeks, river Best hunting in Iroquois Co..................... $5,250/ac 75 acres Otto Twp .............. REDUCED...$7,800/ac 51 acres just outside Ashkum...................... $9,000/ac 182 acres Pittwood/Watseka area............... $5,500/ac

68 acres Demonte IN................................... $6,950/ac 86 acres Manteno Rt 50 ............................$10,900/ac 75 acres Donovan ....................................... $8,350/ac 17 acres Clifton............................................ $5,500/ac 80+/- acres Ashkum Twp ..............SOLD...$9,200/ac 116 acres Ashkum ...............................................CALL 159 acres Bourbonnais..............................$30,000/ac 76 acres Manteno - Development .......................CALL

Nice property along 136 - 128.5 Soil PI

Big Spring Township, Southeast of Strasburg, IL

Nice productive 80.00 acres and recreational 41.38 acres

Shelby County, IL - 90.00 Acres - $6,450/acre Rose Township, Five miles west of Shelbyville, IL Half mile south of 16 - 100.2 PI.

Washington County, IL - 190.90 Acres Beaucoup Township, Offered in Two Tracts

150.9 acres ($7,700/acre) and 40.0 acres ($6,000/acre)

First Illinois Ag Group Management I Sales I Auctions I Appraisals

Bruce Huber, Managing Broker 217 521-3537

225 N. Water St. Decatur, IL 62523

Logan Frye, 217-872-6294

Broker 225 N. Water St. Decatur, IL 62523

www.FirstIllinoisAgGroup.com

MASON COUNTY, IL Lynchburg Twp. Sec. 25, 26: 263 +/- acres tillable • PI 133 • 160 +/- timber • Price $4,255/A

Forest City Twp. Sec. 11:

102.7 +/- acres • 87.01 A irrigated tillable • 10.44 A CRP 6.63 A timber • Price $7,500/A

MCDONOUGH COUNTY, IL New Salem Twp. Sec. 1: 48.5 +/- acres • Price $8,000/A

Kennedy-Sarff Real Estate, LLC Champaign County

154.78 +/- ac, S35, T19N, R10E, PI 143 NEW PRICE $9,999/ac

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McLean County

160 +/- ac, 1 mile south of Colfax, IL, S15, T24N, R5E $7,495 52.83 +/- ac, Adjacent to Colfax on the west, S3, T24N, R5E $7,550

MCLEAN CO., IL - 120 A: Producve Soils, 2 Tracts, 10 Miles W of Bloomington, Aucon SOLD - $12,100/A CHAMPAIGN CO., IL - 153 A: 2 Tracts, Quality Farm, 10 Miles E of Champaign, Aucon SOLD - $10,300/A

Peoria County

Trivoli & Elmwood Twp

Tract 1: 312.13 +/- ac, S5, T8N, R5E & S31, 32, T9N, R5E, tillable & recreational acres with shed & well $6,247/ac

THE DEMAND FOR LAND REMAINS STRONG. HAVE INVESTORS LOOKING FOR “A” QUALITY TRACTS!

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STARK Co., IL - 141.2 A: Quality Farm, 2 Miles W of Toulon or 10 Miles S of Kewanee, Asking $9,300/A SOLD! LIVINGSTON CO., IL - 158 A: 2 Tracts, Good Yield History, 3 miles S of Ponac, Aucon SOLD - $9,400/A

Agricultural Services 200 West College Ave. Normal, IL 61761 309-664-8941 - Warren Basting 309-664-8934 - Tim Woods hbtbank.com/farms-for-sale

FARMLAND FOR SALE WINNEBAGO COUNTY • ROCKFORD, IL

154± ACRES

123± ACRES

129± Tillable Acres, 122.2 PI ASKING PRICE: $6,500/ac

G 120± Tillable Acres, DIN 119.9 PI N E ASKING PRICE: LE P $7,950/ac

Located in Section 9 of Rockford Twp. (S9-T44N-R1E)

Located in Section 18 of Rockford Twp. (S18-T44N-R1E)

Price Reduced: NOW $6,100/ac

WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR LAND IS WORTH? N-49G

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Darell Sarff, Managing Broker 509 E. Laurel, Havana, IL 62644 kennedysarff.com • 217-652-2356

Auctions, Brokerage & Consulting ng

20.39+/- acres I-57 Interchange Manteno ...........CALL 44.66+/- acres Danville - 20 acres Solar ...... $800,000 75 acres Grant Park .................................... $8,400/ac Lot 46 RT 45................................................. $146,328 Lot 2 Prairie Harbor ...................................... $230,901 Lot Prairie Harbor ......................................... $330,000 Lot 47 Prairie Harbor .................................... $368,550 New River Run Lot ..........................................$15,000 30 acres Bourbonnais......... REDUCED...$7,900/ac 137 acres corner of Rt 45 and Peotone/Wilmington Rd ..................................CALL 48 acres Momence area - Good Cash Rent $7,400/ac 158 acres Manteno..............................................CALL 5 acres Manteno .................................................CALL 134 acres Grant Park .................................. $7,500/ac 10 acres Gilman .........GREAT FISHING...$80,000 8 acres -Development Potential ......................$67,900 50 acres Kankakee-Development ............... $750,000

SA Price Reduced, NOW $7,500/ac

Call (800) 607-6888

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Open Tenancy 2020

PUBLIC AUCTION LEE & WHITESIDE COUNTY FARMLAND 293.55 +/- ACRES

Open Tenancy 2020

The following described farmland real estate will be offered by PUBLIC AUCTION on:

THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH, 2020 • 10:00 A.M.

Sale Day Location: The Happy Spot, 1667 Hoover Road, Deer Grove, IL 61243 Location Tracts 1, 2 & 3: NW ¼ & Part of SW ¼ of Section 30, Hamilton Twp. (T.19N.-R.8E.) Lee County, IL. East of IL Rte 40 on Hahnaman Road 3 miles to Hamilton/County Line Rd then South 1 ½ miles.

Tract 1: 86.53+/- surveyed acres with 85.49 +/- tillable acres. Tillable acres have a 119.7 +/- Productivity Index as per Surety. No Improvements. Part of Tax ID #09-19-30-100-005.

Tract 2: 76.93+/- surveyed acres 69.4+/- tillable acres. Tillable acres have a 128.1 +/Productivity Index as per Surety. No Improvements. Part of Tax ID #09-19-30-100-005 & 09-19-30-300-004.

Tract 3: 33.14+/- surveyed acres with 29.28+/- tillable acres. Tillable acres have a 130 +/Productivity Index as per Surety. Tax ID #09-19-30-300-005 Lee County Tax ID #09-19-30-100-005 $6,625.06 +/- 2018 paid 2019 (with improvements) #09-19-30-300-004 $149.38 +/- 2018 paid 2019 #09-19-30-300-005 $930.82 +/- 2018 paid 2019 Tract 4: 96.95 +/- surveyed acres located most of N ½ of S ½ (North of Green River) Section 26 Hahnaman Twp. (T-19-N-R-7E) Whiteside County, Illinois. East of IL Rte 40 1 Mile to Freeport Road then South 1 ½ mile to farm. 96.95 +/- acres with 87.03 +/- acres tillable.

Tillable acres have a 122.2 +/- Productivity Index as per Surety. Tax ID #23-26-300-001 & #23-26-400-001.

Whiteside County Tax ID #23-26-300-001 $1,649.80 2018 paid in 2019 #23-26-400-001 $425.56 2018 paid in 2019 All tracts located in Hamilton & Hahnaman drainage districts.

Plat locations, Aerial Photos, Soil Maps and improvement information available at rickrediger.com TERMS AND CONDITIONS: 1.) Tracts will be sold by the surveyed acres. Survey will be provided by Seller.

2.) The successful bidder will be required to enter into a standard purchase agreement contract.

10% of the contract purchase price will be due immediately following the auction. The balance will be due and payable on April 24, 2020 at closing.

3.) The seller shall provide a title insurance policy in the amount of the purchase price of the subject properties.

4.) The 2019 real estate taxes due and payable in 2020 will be credited, based on the most current evidence available, by the Seller to the Buyer at closing. All subsequent real estate taxes will be the responsibility of the buyer.

5.) The property is being sold in “AS IS” condition, with no implied warranties of any kind.

6.) The information is believed to be accurate. However, we strongly urge all prospective buyers to thoroughly research all pertinent data and to draw their own conclusions.

7.) All announcements made the day of the sale take precedence over any previously printed material.

Seller: EUGENE HARDY ESTATE

BETTY J. ANDERSEN, CO-EXECUTOR AND BONNIE S. MATTINGLY, CO-EXECUTOR Attorney: Holly Harris, 708 S. Pleasant St, Princeton, IL 61356 815.875.3808 Number System will be Used – I.D. Required • Not Responsible for Accidents

RICK REDIGER, Auctioneer REDIGER AUCTION SERVICE – WYANET, IL 815.699.7999

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SWINE ORR FEEDER PIGS demand for quality groups, feeder pigs, early weans, licensed & bonded Call Tim at 563-920-2680 BEEF CATTLE

MISC. LIVESTOCK EQUIP Westendorf loader fits several models will fit MFWD, $3500.

618-528-8744 BEEF CATTLE

HEART OF AMERICA HEREFORD ASSOCIATION Cattlemen's Livestock Center, Wayne City, IL Spring Sale Saturday March 28 2020, 11am CST SELLING 63 LOTS 9 - Hereford Bulls, 17 - Open Hereford Heifers 18- Bred Hereford Heifers / Cows 11- Hereford Cow/Calf pairs 8 Hereford Influenced (Baldy)Lots Please contact for a catalog or sale info.:

Contact: Kevin Babbs 3605 Bannister Road, Salem, IL 62881 Cell 618-322-5880 Email: kevinbabbs@sbcglobal.net heartofamericanherefordassociation.com (10) BLK COWS, preg checked for early 2020 calving, all very quiet elec. fence broke & good ages, $1,0000/ea. (309)678-5540

(2) Registered Yearling Hereford bulls, good genetics, docile, 217-543-3259 19 open heifers, coming yearling Reg. Hereford heifers, all shots, 217-827-5796, 217-565-3275 BRED HEIFERS, SPRING calving, BLK, BWF and Red Angus. 618-528-8744 Cattlemens Choice Sat. March 28th 1:00pm Arthur Livestock Arthur, IL

LIVESTOCK TRAILERS FEATHER LITE LOW profile livestock trailer, model 81076716, great condition, maybe pulled 6 times a year. Comes with spare tire & plexieglass inserts, bought new in Jan. 2017, clean title, asking $9,250 call 309-224-8935

HIEL TRAILER SALES â&#x20AC;˘ Wilson Alum. Gooseneck

â&#x20AC;˘ Titan â&#x20AC;˘ Haulmark â&#x20AC;˘ Stealth â&#x20AC;˘ Aluma, LTD #LTD Route 41 S., Prairie City, IL

(800)255-4435

Bulls, Breds, Cow-Calf pairs To Consign.

Larry Martin 217-433-0242 lmcs2000@gmail.com For Sale 5 Bred Heifers AngusSalers cross breds. bred to Angus Bull. Aviator Son, calve around April 1st, $1500; Coming 2 year old Salers bulls, Angus/Angus $2500-up. Kassing Farms, Mt. Sterling, IL 217-430-4417 POLLED SHORTHORN BULLS, 2-yr. olds & yearlings, calving ease genetics, prices to sell, Call 217-737-1023 PRESCOTT ANGUS Yearling Angus Bulls For Sale Richard Prescott 815-228-2069 prescottangus.com RED AND BLACK ANGUS BULLS. (618)528-8744

SUNNYHILL ANGUS FARM 30th Annual Bull and Female Sale

March 14, 1 pm, at the farm Fairview, IL. Selling yearling and fall bulls, open heifers, bred cows, pairs and fall bred heifers Stacked AI pedigrees EXCELLENT EPDs, calving ease genetics Call or Email for Info: 309-338-2957 or

sunnyhillangusfarm@gmail.com

Sale book on sunnyhillangus.com and angus.org 3 miles North of Fairview on Rt 97 DAIRY CATTLE WISCONSIN CALVES AND FEEDER CATTLE Good quality Holstein and beef cross calves, started calves and feeder cattle are available thru Reynolds Livestock. Give us a call today for prices.

Trucking available.

Reynoldslivestock.com 608-574-7338 SHEEP/GOATS PYGME NIGERIAN DWORF cross young goats, 6 month, 2 males 2 females, black & white, Call 815-631-7391 SWINE EQUIPMENT (12) FARMWELD JUMBO feeders, SS 3 hole, Very Good Cond., (36) SS double drinkers, 4'; D&M portable loading chute, 217-756-8268 FARMWELD FARROWING CRATES w/SS dividers and cast iron flooring, 4 x 5 nursery pens w/tenderfoot flooring, Farmweld gestation crates.

Call 618-553-3672 DAIRY EQUIPMENT WANTED: USED BULK MILK COOLERS, ALL SIZES. (319)330-2286 MISC. LIVESTOCK EQUIP Ashland I950 scraper, 9-1/2 yard, front dolly wheels, like new condition, $28,500.

815-275-0699 For Sale 24ft feeder wagon hay and silage, Heavy duty, exc shape, several available, $4500. 618-528-8744 Like new 8-½' x 20' DOW, Load Trail, 14K GVW, slide in ramps, heavy tires, picture available. $6K. Call Mike 217-259-8552

SEED

WINTER SPECIALS!!

Livestock Bumper Pulls: 16Lx6Wx6-1/2H, Corn Pro, LED LIGHT, SPARE TIRE, HEAVEY ROCK GUARD IN STOCK. Only $5,950! Wackerline Trailers Sandwich, IL. 815-786-2504 wackerlinesales.com SEED CORN EQUIPMENT MODERN FLOW MALE row destroyers for sale. 3 to choose from or get all 3. John Deere Diesel engine. Well maintained and a lot of spare parts. $14,000 ea. Call 815-590-8500 WANTED NEW IDEA hydrostatic Uni Power Units, Husking beds and Attachments.

563-568-7923 COMBINES/PLATFORMS/ HEADS 1968 JD 55 quick attach gas, 1836 hours, w/quick attach heads, 244 & 343 corn heads, 12ft grain heads, $2250.

618-267-4931

Want Ads Get Attention!

1998 CIH-2366 COMBINE w/3900 eng. hrs, 2900 sep. hrs, recently had work at Stollers, good working cond. 2004 2206 corn head, 6R30, very nice cond. 2008 CIH-1020 bean head, 25-ft., 630-803-2970 2000 CAT-460, 3037 Eng. 2225 sep., rice package, duals @ 70%, Ag Leader, yield monitor w/mapping, inspected yearly, shedded, clean machine, w/S30 platform, & 830 corn head, will separate, $32,500 obo Call 815-848-2300 2001 JD-9650 STS, 2700 hrs., well maintained Exc. appearance; 03 JD-930F head, good shape, $36,900. (815)988-2074 2004 JD-893 CORN head, 2 years on knife rolls, 1 year chains & sprockets, hyd. Deck plates, $12,000 (217)415-1804 2005 CIH-2388, 2145R, 2725 eng. Hrs., new 30.5x32 tires, chopper, 4wd, through shop, good paint, $39,850. Call 217-556-5807 2009 CIH-5088, AFX rotor, chopper, FT, RT, YM, 1903 eng.

Hrs., 1317 sep. hrs., choice of duals or singles, $79,500; 2012 3020 25', $15,000; 2012 Drago, 8-30", $17,500 (618)562-4819 436 International turbo diesel, $1600.

618-214-2194 466 JD turbo diesel out of 8820 combine, runs good, $2500.

618-214-2194 640 V8 Perkins turbo diesel, $2500. 618-214-2194 Cat Track w/JD final drive, rebuilt after last used, good shape, $5000. Can Deliver. 618-777-2077 CIH-1063 and 1083 corn heads, completely rebuilt. CIH 2000 and 3000 series also available!!

(712)470-0554 FOR SALE GRAIN Bin Drying System, 42' Shivvers Drying System w/level dry & computer system & Cross Augers, 2 turbo Fans & Burners, 26hp a piece, Call 217-821-6232 for price JD 9750 combine, 2000 eng/.

1500 sep hrs, exc tires, field ready, shed kept, top cond, $58,500. 618-927-7858, 7857 JD-9500 2500 hrs. $16,900 exc. appearance & good cond.; 1998 JD-920 flex head, exc. Shape, $7,950 (815)-988-20743

JD-9650, 2192 SEP. hrs., 3108 eng. Hrs., $48,000 obo; JD-893 corn head, $11,000 0b0; JD925 bean head, $7,000 obo Call 309-546-2831 SEED

MODERN MILL 2" seed blower, single ph. 7.5 HP motor, complete unit, $2,500. obo Call 574-315-9657 Roto-grind bale grinder, less waste, feed less hay, I use a 85hp w/540 or 190-hp w/1000. $12,500-obo. 618-777-2077

NGMO SEED CORN,

TURN TRACTOR TIRES into hay and silage bunks!

Cell Phone: (309)738-9531 www.ecofeeder.com

(618)339-2200

TURN TRACTOR TIRES into hay and silage bunks!

Cell Phone: (309)738-9531 www.ecofeeder.com

OPEN POLLINATED SEED corn, out produces Hybrids for silage. $67 per bu.

Plus shipping. 217-857-3377

107-113 Day Maturity, $85.00 for 80,000 Per Kernel Count,

Protect Your Yield From Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome And White Mold A Complete Management Planter Starts With Heads UpÂŽ

1-866-368-9306 headsupST.com/ Illinois TRACTORS 1970 JD 4020, syncro, wf, fenders, weights, straight, runs and shifts great, $9000-obo.

309-333-0580 1970 JD 4520 w/power shift, w/John Sieben, one of the kind loader; IH 856 diesel, new tires; IH 656 diesel; Case IH 585 diesel; 4020 JD gas, w/loader; JD 3010 gas, new tires; MF 50 & 135; JD 1210 grain cart, w/tarp, $2000; other tractors and all types of farm and hay equipment. Vandalia, IL 618-267-4931 1978 JD 4640 , 5000 hrs, power shift, 1 owner. 217-874-2440.

1983 JD-4650 MFWD, 5640 2 owner hours, Power shift trans.

Excellent Condition, asking $36,500. Text or call for pictures 815-693-1041 1996 JD-7800, 2600 hrs., Power shift, 42" tires & duals, $69,5000.; 1969 JD-3020, DSL, side console, dual hyd., frt & rear wts. $10,500; 1980 IH1086, dual PTO & hyd. 18.4x38 tires, $11,900; 1976 IH-986, 2100 one owner hrs. 18.4x34, dual PTO & hyd., $17,900; Ford-5610, dsl, w/loader, 429 one owner hrs., very nice. $17,900; JD-4020, dsl, side console, dual hyd. ROPS, $7,900. Call 815-592-3656 2004 VERSATILE-2425, 3300 hrs., exc cond., $72,500, OBO retiring. 563-357-4300 2005 CIH MX255, 2950 hrs, near new front tires, heated leather seats, hi-flow hyd. pump 3 remotes w/power beyond, hammer strap. $75,000. Call 815-693-7695.

2007 AGCO-DT180, 4890 hrs., $70,000 obo Call 309-546-2831 2010 FARMALL-95C, 97 hp., 540 PTO, 1830 hrs., MFD, A/C, Heat, CD radio, 2 remotes, 3 pt.

W/quick attach L730 loader, w/quick attach 97" bucket, block heater, stored inside, Like New, $40,000 obo, (309)883-6340 2013 8310R, 1550 HRS., 480X50, frt. duals, ILS, PS, 5-hyd., $164,900, Call 217-242-9105 2013 JD-8285, 2900 hrs. IVT, 480x50 duals, $122,500 obo 217-242-9105 580 Super D backhoe, w/cab, 4&1 front bucket, farmer owned, 4490-hours, $13,000.

217-348-0394 ALLIED-995TSL, QUICK ATTACH 84â&#x20AC;? bucket, mounting brackets for JD-8300, Exc. Cond., $6,000 (618)638-7842

TRACTORS JD-8520T, 120-in. Spacing, 18in. belts 70%, auto trak, 2004 Model, deluxe Light package.

Cat. 4 drawbar, 4 remotes, $62,500. (309)209-0888 JD-8520T, 3750 HRS., 18â&#x20AC;? tracks on 120â&#x20AC;? centers, tracks like new, has most options, Call 920-887-7491 JD-8630, W/50 SERIES eng., air seat, 2000 hrs., on eng., $11,500 Call 618-267-1647 NH-T6175 TRACTOR, LESS than 1200 hrs. Call 219-869-5433 OlIVER-880 STANDARD DSL restored Exc. Cond., Super 77 restored, Oliver 70 restored.

550, 971 hrs., (618)670-9474 STEIGER PANTHER III, 310 with cummins 955.

217-274-0632 WANTED; WHITE AND Oliver tractors, running or need of repair, 920-526-9915

FARMS FOR SALE/RENT For sale by owner, 475Ac's, Pope Co., IL 25 mi's NE of Paducha KY Consist of 340 Ac's till. cropland, 25 Ac's pasture, & over 100 Ac's of hard wood timber. 40,000 bu. Grain storage, large barn, large field & exc deer hunting, w/good lease income. Open crop lease for 19, price below appraised value, 618-528-8744

INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT

INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT

684 HOES TILE trencher, Call 608-295-9287 BERMEER T600C TRENCHER, can install up to 10" field tiles 7' deep, laser ready, Detroit diesel, always shedded, great cond., $24,000 obo Call 618-530-5311

FARMS FOR SALE/RENT

CASE 580K, CAB, 2wd, 4 in 1 bucket, 3391 hrs., $14,900; CASE-580M 4x4 cab Extend-AHoe, 1800 hrs., no welds, $38,900.; JD-310J, 4x4 cab, Extend-A-Hoe 2071 hrs., $39,900; NEW Holland B95B, 4X4, cab, Extend-A-Hoe $28,900; CASE-686 GXR, Telehandler, 4X4, good tires, $23,900; CAT. D3B Dozer, 6 way blade. $12,900 Call 815-592-3656 Central Culvert & Tile, LLC Mahomet, IL. Steel and Alum.

Culverts. Plastic Tile & fittings.

8-inch to 36-inch in stock. up to 144-inch avail. 217-637-8453 JD-310C, 4x4, CAB, extend-ahoe, $13,90; Gehl-553 Telehandler, 4x4 cab, 5091 hrs., $19,900 Call 815-592-3656 EMPLOYMENT CENTRAL MISSOURI FARM operation looking for experienced farm help able to run & maintain farm machinery on corn/soybean farm & licensed to drive trucks. Call 573-228-2770 FARMS FOR SALE/RENT

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161 Ac. Ford Co. 108 PI $5.900/Ac

JOHN DEERE

404D 4010-4020 EARLY ............ $1025 404T 4320-4520-4630 ................. $1095 466T LATE - 4250-4450-4620 $1295

For More Kits - Just Call Dons Diesel 800-345-6513 www.donsdiesel.com Lawrence, KS

IH-3688, 3800 HRS. dual plot hyd, cab, heat, air, 18.4x38, $14,900 Call 815-592-3656 IH-806, GAS, WIDE front, $4,000. Call 815-303-9650 JD 8130 MFWD, front weights, duals, 540/1000 PTO, 4 remotes, high hours, asking $52,500. 309-781-6829 JD 8345R, 2200-hrs., IVT, 5 hyd. Front duals, $162,900obo. 217-242-9105 JD-4430 QUAD Range, 18.4x38, 1 owner, new interior, higher hrs., $12,000 Call 217-899-6048 JD-4555 2WD, POWER shift, 5100 hrs., duals, wts., nice shape, $35,000 815-988-2074 JD-7830 MFD, IVT Trans, frt susp., active seat, higher hrs., nice, $42,500 715-574-4561 JD-8200, 1997, 6618 hrs., SN P011285, MFWD, 18.4x46, nice tractor, $60,000, Call 217-249-3912 JD-8430 2007 ILS, Guidance Ready, Firestones, Front Duals SN P016327 60 gal. pump, active seat, nice tractor 4148 hrs. $105,000 (217)379-3912 JD-8430 MFD DUALS, IVT, wts., active seat, 50" tires, HID lighting, guidance ready, 5032 hrs., $79,900 Call 715-572-1234

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I saw it in AgriNews 2004 JD-1750 Conservation planter, 8R30â&#x20AC;?, 250 monitor, corn & bean units, nice low acres. $13,900 309-826-8347 2011 White 8531, 16x31, 2 bu. boxes, hi-rate sensors, pt row clutches, HD down springs, unit mount no-till cutters, Keeton seed firmers, 4 insecticide boxes, GTA console 1 monitor, always been shedded, $33,000.

217-246-5600 2015 JD 1795 ccs, 24R20" hyd row cleaners, electric drive, $134,900. 217-242-9105 2015 JD-1755 PLANTER, 8 row liq. Fert., planted less than 3000 ac., Call 219-869-5433 24 JD 1770 liquid fertilizer applicator, $250-each.

618-562-7550 24 ROW YETTER short Titan, w/clean sweep & threader wheels, $370/row; 24 row Yetter pin adj. $100/row, pictures avail.

Call 417-214-3265 greendrills.com (740)756-4810 Hizey Farm Service LLC Harms Land-Rollers, Brand New! 12 - $6,800, 14 -7,300, 16 - $8,000 , 24 - $14,800, 32 - $17,500, 42-$21,500 Any size Available. 715-234-1993

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CLASS DISPLAY

CLASS DISPLAY

200 Ac. Iroquois Co. PI 124 $7,650/Ac

33 Different Parcels of farm and development land in Will County.

12 JD vac meters c&b disks 1.6 bu hoppers, $1000-obo.

815-821-3397, leave voice mail.

18 White 6100 insecticide boxes; 24 Rows of smart Boxes for later JD planter.

217-397-2404 1978 JD-7000 12R30â&#x20AC;? front fold, all no-till attachments.

Call 630-803-2970 1995 7200 vac hydraulic wing fold 12r30. Precision meters with 20/20, No-tills, floating Yetter Sharktooth, one Martin spike, drag chains, pneumatic down pressure, flat fold markers, 1.6 bu boxes with extensions, RK rebuilt gauge wheel and closers. $10,000.

217-474-4199 1998 CIH-955 SOLID stand, 23 row planter, $13,000 Call 217-839-4284 1999 JD 1770, 16Row, no-till coulters, heavy duty down pressure, liquid fertilizer, $18,500. 309-781-6829 2000 JD-1760 FINGER pick up planter, 12R30â&#x20AC;?, flex frame, half width disconnect, precision meters, bean & corn, Keetons, sensor one seed population monitor, w/GPS speed sensor, 1 cast iron spike closing wheel per row, books & spare parts, small farm, retired, can send photos, 217-473-2548 2000 JD-1770, 16-30 MAXEmerg plus vac, 250 monitor, insecticide, Shedded, well maintained, Farmer Retiring, $14,000 Rochelle, IL., Call 815-751-7642

01 KINZE-3600, 16R32, air clutches, insect boxes, $36,000 Call 815-791-6207

80 Ac. Beecher, IL. 117 PI $5,900/Ac

560 Ac. of Industrial Development land, Normal.

Next to the Rivian auto plant.

PLANTERS

INT'L-800 PLANTER, 12R30â&#x20AC;?, insect & herb., Chedderman fold, hyd., 900 update, $2,600 (815)257-8712 JD 1760 12Row 30 inch planter, equipped w/insect boxes, no-till cutters, Yetter residue managers, very sharp, no welds, used on small acreage. 217-259-2168 JD 7000, 8R30, NT coulters, row cleaners, liquid fert., Kinze bean meters, $3000.

217-397-2404 JD-7200 6-ROW 30" planters, dry fertizler and insect boxes, like new no-till cutters seed firmers w/monitor ,$7,500 Call 812-865-3238 KINZE 3600-ASD 16-30", loaded, low acres, 2012, $67,500. Call 563-357-4300 Kinze 4900 24R planter with electric drive, good condition, $93,000. 712-579-1825 KINZE-2200, FLEX FRAME, 12 row, no-till, $10,000. Call 815-541-1275.

MERIDIAN-240RT, LIKE NEW, $15,000 obo Call 309-546-2831

PLANTERS 180 Ac. Edgar Co. 143 PI Under Contract $10,900/AC

ENGINE KITS: sleeves, pistons, pins, rings, bearings & IN-FRAME GASKETS

Farms for Sale Macon Co. - 31.11 acres - Farm/ Development Land along the north side of U. S. Route 36 - Sec. 12 - Harristown Twp. (directly E of Harristown).

Macon Co. - 21.74 acres - Farm/ Development Land along the south side of U. S. Route 36 - Sec. 13 - Harristown Twp. (directly E of Harristown).

Macon Co. - 40.00 acres - Prime - Friends Farmland - Sec. 13 Creek

Twp. (2 mi. N of Argenta).

Macon Co. - 31.77 acres - Prime Farmland - Sec. 12 - Whitmore Twp.

(2 mi.i. S of Argenta).

Piatt Co. - 129.69 acres - Prime Farmland - Sec. 8 - Willow Branch Twp. (3 mi. NE of Cerro Gordo).

Special Auction Offering DeWitt Co. - 553.78 acres and a 230,000 bushel modern grain storage system located around the south edge of Clinton (in 5 tracts). See website for the details. This will all be sold at public auction in conjunction with Martin Auction Company on March 31, 2020.

Heartland Ag Group Ltd.

FAMILY FARMING OPERATION interested in cash renting large tracts of good farm ground Missouri/Illinois. Please call (573)228-2770

800-982-1769

ENGINE KITS Clevite - FP Diesel - Reliance Quality SINCE 1988

We Have Buyers looking for farms.

Burgener Auction and Realty.

Moweaqua, IL 217-768-4999

FARMLAND WANTED FAMILY FARM LOOKING for tillable acreage for 2020 and beyond. Pay up to $250 per tillable ac. Call (765)719-3995

STEIGER TRACTOR SPECIALISTS

Bushhog 2615 legend, Batwing mower, $5000. JD 2950, MFD w/260 SL loader, 8ft bucket, bale spear, pallet forks, $22,000. 309-337-0482

LAND FOR SALE Madison County, IL. 90 Ac. Olive Township, 76 Ac. New Douglas Township, All Tillable Cell: 217-414-6905

Dale E. Aupperle - President (217) 876-7700 www.heartlandaggroup.com SM-LA1760779

BIG TRACTOR PARTS ~ Geared For the Future~ 1.We are your source for new & used Steiger drivetrain parts - S.I.9300 2. We rebuild Spicer manual transmissions, Fugi power shift transmissions, dropboxes & axle with ONE YEAR WARRANTY! 3. We now rebuild computer control boxes for Steiger tractors 1982-1999.

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129 Ac. & 253 Ac parcels of timber/recreational land in Schuyler County $3,950/Ac 110 Ac. Chebanse Farm, Iroquois Co. 127.3 PI $8,900/Ac

258 Ac. Rollo Farm, Dekalb Co.PI of 129.9 $9,750/Ac

Goodwin & Associates Real Estate, LLC Mark Goodwin Office 815-741-2226 Doug Deininger 630-258-4801 doug@deininger-land.com

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500 AC. Row Crop Farm Enterprise Realty (660)582-7160 entrealty.com FARM FOR SALE: 37.5A (37.2 till A), LaSalle Co., 3.5 SE of Earlville, Drummer & Muscatine, avg. bu. 59.3 beans, 217 corn, $9,500/AC. Call 240-888-1416 FARM LAND FOR SALE By Owner - near Pekin, IL. 278 AC. 251 tillable, some irrigation, Call 815-488-3575 FOR SALE 175-AC, class A soils, in Big Rock IL, Kane Co., solid investment. Serious inquires only. 847-980-7956 FOR SALE BY owner, Handcock County, Fountain Green Township, 69 ac., 67 tillable, 121 PI, $7,500/ ac. Call or text 773-991-1786

Todd Lash, The Farm Guy

Offices in Princeton and Peru Office: 815-224-8381 Cell: 815-228-7981 tlash@amfam.com

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PLANTERS Moeller Ag Service Inc. (319)698-4005 More than 25 Years!

Specializing in Planter Attachments & No-Till Equip

www.moelleragservice.com moellerag@cloudburst9.net ROTARY 2015 WOODS BATWING model BW180X, 1000-PTO, only used 2 summers, very nice, Call 630-803-2970 2017 JD-1570 TERRAIN CUT front mount mower, dual wheels, 4wd, air seat, hyd. Wts, transfer kit, 37 HP diesel, 72" 7iron pro side discharge mower deck, Excellent Condition, 430 hrs, $19,750. (618)836-5906, 618-535-2800 cell HAY & STRAW (24) 4x5 ROUND bales, of 2nd cutting alfalfa, very leafy, plastic wrapped, call 815-822-3565 (53) LARGE NET wrapped round bales of mix and straight alfalfa, 1st & 2nd cut., Eureka IL. 309-251-2957 5X6 NET WRAPPED Grass hay or large squares of alfalfa for horses and dairy cows. Delivery to your farm. (217)370-4342 60 BALES OF cerial rye net wrapped 2019 hay, 5-1/2' dia. bright bales $60.00/bale; 50 corn stalk bales, shucks & cob only, no dirt or roots,$50.00 picked up, we will load 309-525-5520 6X6 ROUND BALES $45. per bale. MaCoupin County IL. 314-640-9210 ALL KINDS OF Hay & Stray Big Squares, Small Squares, & Big Rounds. Delivered in 18-24 ton loads. 217-322-4663 CORN STALK BALES & hay Please call 815-878-7222 GOOD DRY GRASS hay, Round Bales, most are net wrapped, North West IL., 815-878-5871 GREAT QUALITY GRASS Hay. Round, net wrapped grass hay.

NO RAIN. STORED INSIDE. MT. Olive, IL. Call Len for pricing and info (217)246-3423 HAY AND BEDDING Auction!

Every Saturday at 12 Noon.

Reynolds Feed & Supply Cobb, WI. (608)623-2121 reynoldslivestock.com LARGE SQUARE BALES of grass hay, 1, 2nd & 3rd cutting, Call 815-757-4951

Check out our Auction Section in today's AgriNews Need bedding? We got BEANSTALK bales to meet your need. Call Brad @ 618-322-5231 Texico, IL QUALITY HAY AND STRAW , limited quantity of 1st and 2nd cut, big & small squares, delivery available, Call us David 815-685-5344, Mike 815-685-9646 STRAIGHT GRASS, $130/ton; alfalfa grass mix, $160/ton; corn stalks, $80/ton. All big square bales. 815-848-7899 TOP OF STATE Hay & Straw, 3x3x8 bales and rounds. Davis, IL. Please Call 815-238-8372 UNVERFERTH PLANTER FILL conveyor, $1,500 obo; 1790 12 row liquid Fert. Attachment, $7,500 obo Call 217-473-9161

| ILLINOIS AGRINEWS | www.agrinews-pubs.com SPRAYERS JD-4940 SPRAYER, 1200 gallon tank, 120-ft. booms, 15" spacing, like new tires, globe and 2630 monitor, HID lights, 3640 hours, super sharp, always shedded, 417-343-8787

FERTILIZER EQUIPMENT

6-Row corn liquid nitrogen applicator, 3pt hitch, red ball monitor, PTO pump, includes tractor tanks, can also spray herbicide, Delivery possible, $4500. 814-322-8090

AUGER 2018 WR100-31 Westfield PTO 10"x31' auger, like new, $3250.

Arthurs Repair Shop, Hindsboro, IL 217-346-2737

DMI 13-SHANK 3-PT., anhydrous applicator, coulters, disc sealers, Dicky John controller, $3,500 815-693-8952

Backhoe conveyors, several reconditioned, $5500 & up.

Complete backhoe parts.

Arthurs Repair Shop, Hindsboro, IL 217-346-2737

DMI 5310, 12R strip-till, markers, $13,900.

217-242-9105

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Serving IL, IA, WI 800-866-7327

WANTED: HARVESTORE SILOS, 25' diam., will also build to suite Steel Constructors Inc. 507-346-2374 MISC. FARM EQUIPMENT

TILLAGE EQUIPMENT/ PLOWS ETC. (2) IH-4600 FIELD cultivators, 24-1/2', $1,800 each.; Wilrich field cultivator, 27', $1,000 Call 815-326-1190 2007 JD-637 DISC, 32', 7-1/2" spacing, hyd. leveling, sngl pt. dpt. control, 3-bar Remlinger, low ac. VGC., always shedded, $25,000 Call 217-304-5646 2013 CIH-110 CRUMBLER, 45'; 2012 JD-612C, nonchopping corn head, 1-owner, Exc. Cond.; Call 815-303-9650 CIH 200 field cultivator 43-1/2ft, knock off shovels, 4 bar tine harrow, hitch, exc cond.

Farmer owned. 309-224-9186 CIH-496 24' 7-1/2" spacing, 21" frt. 19-1/2 rear blades, 3-bar Remlinger harrow, Ser. JAG0162738 $7,900; IH-490, 21' 2-1/2" spacing, 19-3/4 frt., 19-3/4 rear blades, Ser. 04700004032969, $3,500; JD235, 25', 7-1/2" spacing, 21-1/4 frt, 19-1/4 rear blades, Ser. 015828A, $3,700; Brillion XL 144 33' Packer Xfold, good rolls, weld on hitch, Ser. 164772, $5,900; Krause, 2011, 15' offset disc, 11" spacing, 251/2" blades; Glencoe, 55K soil saver, New paint, Hoses & Points, $3,300. (815)592-3656 DMI FIELD CULTIVATOR, 28-ft., coil tine harrow, rear hitch,$7,000. Call 815-541-1275 GLENCOE SOIL FINISHER, 21' SF 4500, 5-bar harrow, field ready. $7,500.; 21' SF 4300 with reel and 5 bar harrow.

Nice. $6,250. 815-495-4806 or 815-263-1431 IH-496, 22' DISC W/HARROW, 7-1/2" spacing, $6,900; Sun Flower-7252, 35' Crumbler, $4,900; CIH-160, 21' Crumbler, $5,500' Kin Kutler 6' tiller, Call 815-592-3656 JD MULCH MASTER, MODEL 550, 25-FT., EXTRA SWEEPS, GOOD COND., $5,250.

812-204-4587 JD-637 32ft Disc; JD-630 25ft disk, excellent condition, 618-528-8744 JD-980, 24' FIELD cultivator, 5bar harrow, very nice, $10,900; Salford 24' Vertical till, $15,900 Call 815-592-3656

2013 Freightliner Cascadia 125, Air Ride susp., tandem axle, Detroit engine, 241,000 miles, auto, Very Nice truck Call for price.

217-924-4405 8-5pm.

DODGE RAM 3500, flat bed truck, gas, new tires, 1000,000 mi., 4wd, Excellent, Call 217-415-6405 or Email nobes99@hotmail.com for pictures, Call 217-415-6405 WANTED 18' OR 20' GRAIN BOX WITH OUR WITHOUT HOIST. CALL 309-635-4575 MISC. FARM EQUIPMENT

Onarga, IL. 815-351-8124 *New/used Bush Hog mowers on hand. *Full line of Bush Hog parts.

*Fast, low rate shipping.

We can help keep your Bush Hog mower running like new!

16 ROW DAWN PLURIBUS on B&D tool bar w/liquid, $40,000; Call 815-252-7117

CARS/TRUCKS/TRAILERS

YETTER SEED JET II with wireless remote, mounted on yetter seed cart. $3,000/OBO.; JD-400 15-ft. rotary hoe. $700/OBO. (217)491-4089

(450HP), 10-spd, Pete air ride, new tires, good, clean semi. We can change wheelbase to fit your needs as a tandem or tender truck.

New& Used REM & Kongskilde grain vacs. Used Kongskilde 1000 & 500 grain vacs.

Cornwell Equipment, Arthur, IL 217-543-2631

Yetter seed vac II pneumatic seed tender on M&W 2 compartment 300-bu wagon w/ tarp, very gd. 319-759-669675

BINS & DRYERS 10 HP, 24" fan & burner, also, DMC stirator w/2 augers, for 21' bin, $3,500 Call 618-644-9237

IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT Used Zimmatic center pivot 9 tower 1500 ft long, $15,000; Kifco water winch & 6" alum pipe, 815-303-3650 Putnam, IL

3-ACRES INCLUDES GRAIN elevator w/80-ft. scales, office, 3 storage buildings & bins, etc.

6 miles East of LeRoy, IL $220,000. 309-825-5017

2007 International 8600, AR, tandem axle, 10-spd. transmission, C13 Cat eng., 167-wb, Nice Truck, $19,500.

217-924-4405 8-5pm.

Iroquois Equipment Bush Hog Dealer

GRAIN VACS

DMI-3300 NUTRI PLACER, NH3 applicator, pull type, 13shank, no-till coulters, Blu-Jet independent cover disk, Hiniker 8150 controller monitor, stored inside, exc., $15,500.

765-426-5711, Frankfort, IN

TANKS: STAINLESS. PIPE For Culverts 10-inch to 10ft DIA. 618-553-7549, 618-562-4544, www.dktanks.com

Deteriorated block, brick & limestone Repair

Bunker Hill Supply Co Hutsonville, IL 618-563-4464

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Propane/Ammonia Tanks 12,000, 18,000, 30,000 & 60,000 Sales, Installation & ServiceCall For A Quote!

Dibble Enterprises 815-237-2247

2007 KENWORTH W900 Cat C-15 550 hp, 18 spd, 336, 272 wheelbase, 72in. Sleeper, ag380 susp. 1,010,283 miles.

Nice, 1 owner. 309-826-8347.

Early Season Pricing

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NH BB940A 3X3 baler, 15,000 bales, price reduced.

563-920-3674

Parker 200 bu seed wagon with hydraulic auger. $2,500.

217-474-4199

High capacity Westfield Augers

DMI 5310, 12R strip-till, markers, $13,900.

217-242-9105

New Steel Storage tanks available Capacity up to 50,000 gal. 618-553-7549, 562-4544 www.dktanks.com

CARS/TRUCKS/TRAILERS 2004 FORD F350, diesel w/service body, 98,000 miles, good condition, $8000.

815-499-4900

Jetcrete (Pneumatically applied concrete) Reline your Silo w/ Jetcrete Bunker Silo Restoration & Repair Barn wall and Basement Resurfacing

1903 w/16ft Chandler litter bed, Cat power, torque boost trans., 4800-hours, 73x44-32, $39,500.

618-562-7550

Humates Omri cert organic carbon 2400-lb super sack, liquid humate applied with starters, folliar, or with sidedress nitrogen. 563-920-3674

WAGONS & GEARS JD-716A SILAGE WAGON, SN 01266zw, 3 beaters, roof, wood floor, unloading apron ext., PTO shaft, variable floor spd. On a JD-1075 4 wheel running gear, SN 014541w with tongue ext., trails straight, well maintained and shedded, Asking $6,000.

Wanatha IN. 219-252-0510

SILOS

(4) 2500 GAL. green poly fertilizer tanks, $2,000 or $900. ea, Call 815-252-7117

2007 PETERBILT-378, ISX

Call 217-341-5945

WINDMILLS JD-6420, MFD, 24 spd. Higher hrs., LED lights, buddy seat, eng rebuilt 2700 hr. ago, (our mixer tractor 10 yrs.) $29,500 obo, Call 715-572-1234

48ft 12 ring 2.66 bin with bolts, floor supports and unloads also available. 217-474-8820

ELEC. MOTORS/GENERATORS

FARM FAN DRYERS 320J AB350, 500H, 1000H, 1500H 650 Mod, Super Prices on bin bolts.

Harms Grain (815)-568-4000

Generators: used, low hr takeouts. 20KW to 2000KW. Dsl, Propane, Nat. Gas. 701-3719526. abrahamindustrial.com

GRAIN BIN MOVING Bins moved in one piece 18' diameter or smaller

KATOLIGHT & WINPOWER. Generators, automatic & PTO engine sets. Swits Farms Sales & Service. (217)752-6213

Grain Bin Roof Vents.

Buy Direct From Manufacturer.

12x12 Vent - $45.00-each.

15x15 Vent - $48.00-ea. Other sizes available. Modern Sheet Metal, Falls City, NE. 402-245-4114, since 1981. www.modernsheetmetal.net GSI FLOORING New-Weather: 18' , 21' , 24' Floor. 50% off.

While They Last. Call Place Order. Brush Enterprises, Bethany, IL 1-800-373-0654

WANTED WANTED: IH-153 OR 53 row crop cultivator, 6 OR 8 row, Call 815-291-8235

Winco Generators. PTO portables & eng. sets avail., Large Inventory. Albion, IL. Waters Equip. 618-445-2816

217-379-3586

CARS/TRUCKS/TRAILERS 1978 Chevy C65, grain truck, 16ft bed, twin hoist w/tag axle, been kept inside, 65,000 miles, exc condition, $5500.

618-927-0255 1992 GMC Topkick, Cat engine, 10ft bed, new paint, good condition, $7500.

618-528-8744 1997 REITNOUER STEP deck, 48 X102, all alum.,10.2 spread. $9,250 obo; 2007 Manac, step deck, 48x102, all alum.10.2 spread, $12,500 obo; 1999 Roadmaster rgn, 50-ton tri-axle, 48x102 with 26-ft. well, $25,000 obo. 815-674-0720.

2003 IH TANDEM, 600-bu. grain truck w/466 International engine, 20-ft. Scott aluminum box, telescoping hoist, Best offer. 630-803-2970

Krause TL6200-45 45' Soil Finisher w/knock-on sweeps, updated, walking tandems, single point depth control, rear hitch, plumbed w/hyd. Motivated seller. 269-876-8939, Galien, MI

2015 NEW HOLLAND-316 disc bine, used on 1200 acres, like new, 16-ft. cut. Shedded.

815-861-7087.

JD-330 ROUND BALER, well

maintained, always shedded, Exc. $8,000; JD-510 disc ripper.

7-shank, $8,000. (618)799-9307

SPRAYERS 1000 GAL. BEST Way, 60-ft. rear folding hyd. boom, hyd. pump, foam marker. Extra parts.

Raven monitor. $6,500. Call 815 946 2748, Polo, IL. 1100 GALLON TOP AIR Sprayer, 60-ft. folding hyd. boom, foam maker, Raven monitor. $6,000. (815)471-8088 2014 JD-4630 SPRAYER, 1669 hrs., 600 gal. Poly tank, 80' boom, 20" spacing, 38" tires, Greenstar-III 2630 display, Starfire 3000 receiver or globe, $79,500 636-528-6141- Jeff 8-ton Chandler stainless fertilizer spreader, $11,500; 2000 Apache 790 sprayer, 780 hours, 90' boom, $39,000.

618-839-0438 GREGSON, 1000 GAL., 60' booms, Foamer, hyd. Pump, nice. $4,900 Call 815-592-3656 HAGIE 280 SPRAYER, 60' booms, Raven 440 mon., 4wd, A/C, 500 gal. capacity, new pump, field ready, $8,500 obo Call 618-530-5311 HARDI NAVIGATOR 550, 60-ft. Eagle boom, foam and rinse, $6,500. Call 815-541-1275.

FEED & GRAIN

JD-6700, 3-WHEEL, 60-ft. boom, triple nozzles, w/drops 2375 hrs, spray star monitor, Trimble light bar, foamer, Good Cond., $41,000. 815-260-0249, can text pics.

FORAGE

NEW HOLLAND 27P windrow pickup, off of fp230 pull-type chopper, will fit other models.

2015 model, good as new.

309-255-4000.

Vermeer 4 basket tedder, like new, $6500. 618-528-8744 We Repair Baler Knotters on your Farm!

Service Calls also available for farm equipment! Used Rakes & New Tedders for Sale!

Kings Repair, Marshall IN 765-597-2015 WEST LAKE 135K App. $1,900; PMI 135K App., $1,600; DMI-4200II, 125K, App w/marker, $2,500; 3 pt. West Lake 115K 28% App. W/1000 gal, pull tank & ground driven pump, no till coulters, $3,200.

(815)592-3656

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Ag Chemicals Value Pricing

2020 recommendations farmershelpingfarmersco.com

KRAUSE-8200 CLASS II, 25' with rolling basket, Call 219-869-5433 LANDOLL-876 TILLOLL 30' soil finisher, Excellent Condition Located near Yorkville, IL. $23,500 Call 630-669-0437

Farmers Helping Farmers Co. Hinckley, Illinois 815-739-7700

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Western Illinois University has announced it is launching another minor program relating to cannabis, amid growing interest after Illinois legalized the substance for recreational use.

MACOMB, Ill. — According to Forbes, the cannabis industry is among the fastest-growing job markets in America. According to Leafly’s 2019 Cannabis Jobs Count, cannabis directly employs more than 211,000 fulltime workers in the United States.

And now Western Illinois University students interested in careers in what Leafly calls America’s hidden job boom will have the opportunity through a new Cannabis Production minor set to debut at WIU this fall.

Offered through WIU’s School of Agriculture, the majority of courses for the minor will be offered through the school, with additional coursework offered through the Department of Biological

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A new course within the program, “Cannabis Biology and Production,” as well as the minor itself, will assist with developing employees for the new Illinois industry in cannabis production, said School of Agriculture Director Andy Baker.

“We’re excited to be a part of this flourishing industry and providing in-demand, and new, academic opportunities for our students,” said WIU Interim President Martin Abraham.

“Because of our many years of work in alternative crops, and the outstanding expertise of our faculty at Western, we are in a unique position to be at the forefront of cannabis studies.”

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ticulture professor in the School of Agriculture, will lead the biology and production course, which includes cannabis anatomy, physiology, breeding, propagation methods, management techniques, post-harvest processing, commercial production, crop rotations and product applications.

“The U.S. farm bill of 2014 legalized industrial hemp for research by state agriculture departments and universities.

School of A g r iculture Professor Win Phippen, who leads our alternative crops program, has been conducting research on hemp for several years and, most recently, added a cannabis component to his research,” Baker said. “This new course and minor are per fect

complements to our comprehensive ag r icult u re degree program.”

Other courses available in the minor, which already exist through the School of Agriculture and Department of Biological Sciences include crop sciences, introduction to horticulture, introduction to plant biology, genetics in biology and agriculture, pest management, plant structure, plant physiology, landscape construction and management, greenhouse and nursery management, plant breeding, crop improvement and hydroponic plant production.

For more information about the new minor, contact the School of Agriculture at 309-2981080, or AJ-Baker@wiu. edu.

Leatherneck Country Meats holds sale MACOMB, Ill. — For a third time, the student-run L eat her neck Cou nt r y Meats — the Purple and Gold Standard of Western Illinois University — will offer a pork sale to the public.

The operation is run through the University Farm and uses animals raised there as part of the University’s academic offerings, including classes on swine science and as part of WIU’s nationally-successful Livestock Judging Team. Money raised through the program benefits the School of Agriculture.

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“Leatherneck Country Meats offers our students a valuable opportunity to learn all aspects of selling what they produce,” said WIU Interim President Martin Abraham. “And as a Leatherneck Country Meats customer, I can personally attest to the great work our students do to produce delicious, high-quality products.”

Processing for Leatherneck Country Meats is done at the Farmhouse Meat Co. in Carthage.

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SPR I NGF I E L D, Ill. — Following last year’s historically successful state fair season which generated record-breaking revenue and the highest grandstand attendance in years, Illinois State Fair Manager Kevin Gordon announced six of the 11 concerts for the 2020 Illinois State Fair, scheduled Aug. 13-23 in Springfield.

“We are excited to announce the first wave of concerts today.

The lineup reflects a diverse mix of genres from both established artists and emerging stars that will appeal to a wide variety of fans,” Gordon said.

“Toby Keith’s mix of country anthems and party tunes are the summer staple we can build the rest of this year’s lineup around.

And when that lineup already includes popular hip-hop artist and actor LL Cool J, country’s newest stars like Kane Brown and Chris Young and alternative rock powerhouses Puddle of Mudd and Fuel, we are well on our way to having another record-breaking State Fair lineup.”

Countr y music megastar Toby Keith brings his “Country Comes to Town” tour to the 2020 Illinois State Fair on Sunday night, Aug. 16, capping

a full day of special activities for the state’s veterans on Veterans Day at the Fair. Craig Morgan, a U.S. Army veteran, will serve as Keith’s opening act.

Keith has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide during a career spanning 25 years. He has had 61 singles on Billboard’s Country Charts, including 20 No. 1 hit songs.

Hits like “How Do You Like Me Now?!,” “Should’ve Been A Cowboy” and “As Good As I Once Was” have made Keith a can’t-miss country concert across the nation.

In addition, in what Keith himself describes as his most rewarding experiences, his 11 USO Tours to date have enhanced the lives of nearly 256,000 troops and military families in 18 countries with more than 285 events.

He was recognized for his commitment with the Spirit of the USO Award in 2014.

Veteran Craig Morgan is best known for his hit single “That’s What I Love About Sunday,” but has had six songs — including “International Harvester” and “Bonfire” — reach the Billboard Chart’s top 10.

Country’s rising superstars also are slated to hit the Illinois Lottery Grandstand stage this year with Kane Brown headlining the concert on the Fair’s first full day, Friday, Aug. 14, and Chris Young performing on Tuesday night, Aug. 18.

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Billboard 200, Kane Brown’s newest album “Experiment” was released in November 2018. The acclaimed singer/songwriter, who first rose to stardom on social media, released his first fulllength album, self-titled “Kane Brown,” in December 2016.

The hit single “What Ifs” came from the album, and in October

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Following a record year on the road in 2019 playing to more than 400,000 fans on his headlining tour, multi-platinum entertainer Chris Young will bring his arena and amphitheater “Town Ain’t Big Enough World Tour 2020” to Springfield on Tuesday, Aug. 18. Young will be joined by multi-platinum performer Scotty McCreery along with Payton Smith.

In what is sure to be one of the fair’s most hopping nights at the Grandstand, Wednesday, Aug. 19, features award-winning rapper, actor and producer LL Cool J. A two-time Grammy Award winner, LL Cool J is best known for hip-hop favorites “Mama Said Knock You Out”, “Going Back to Cali” and “Hey Lover.”

In 2010, VH1 placed him on its “100 Greatest Artists of All Time” list, and in 2017, LL Cool J became the first rapper to be honored with the Kennedy Center Honors.

Yet another genre will be the highlight of Thursday night, Aug. 20, as legendary post-grunge alternative rock artists Puddle of Mudd and special guests Fuel, as well as Trapt and Tantric, will slash their way through their electric sets.

The fair is offering special

pricing for this show, with all tickets — including seats in the grandstand and standing room only on the track — costing only $12 each.

With Puddle of Mudd having sold more than 7 million albums to date and having a string of No. 1 mainstream rock hits, including “Control” and “She Hates Me” off their triple-platinum album “Come Clean,” and with Fuel having their massive hit single “Shimmer,” and their second album hitting multi-platinum driven by the singles “Innocent” and “Hemorrhage,” which remained at No. 1 for 10 weeks, this is sure to be one rocking night at the fair with the additional support from Trapt and Tantric.

At an even greater bargain, The Traveling Salvation Show will play a free show on Senior Night at the Fair, Aug. 17. The Neil Diamond Tribute returns this year after inclement weather pushed up the start time of last year’s scheduled performance which caused many disappointed fans to miss this concert.

This up-tempo, rock-oriented tribute to the legendary Neil Diamond will have everyone dancing and singing along to all of Diamond’s classic hits.

Tickets will go on sale Saturday, April 25, during the Illinois State Fair’s “Corndog Kickoff” special event.

John Deere Historic Motorcycle racing returns to Du Quoin Site opens for season GRAND DETOUR, Ill. — The John Deere Historic Site opened its gates to the public for its 56th season on March 2.

L ocated i n Gra nd Detour, the site is the original Illinois homestead of John Deere and where he built his first self-scouring steel plow. This year, guests will be treated to an updated archeologic exhibit with new hands-on features that explore a blacksmith anvil and a replica of John Deere’s first plow. They will also learn more about the story behind the birthplace of the company.

Also new this year, the John Deere Historic Site will host a special family event on Oct. 10. Forge Into Fall Fun is the site’s signature event, celebrating the age-old trade of blacksmithing and the bounty of the fall harvest season.

Guests will see dozens of blacksmiths and other artisans crafting one-ofa-kind pioneer-era items while kids can decorate pumpkins, bob for apples, pet farm animals and take horse-and-wagon rides.

“We are very excited to open our doors to the public and show off our new exhibit, enhancing the experience guests have when they visit,” said Kristen Veto, manager of the John Deere Pavilion.

John Deere Historic site exhibits include: Blacksmith Shop: A highlight of any visit to the site includes seeing a recreation of John Deere’s original blacksmith shop.

Entering the exhibit is like walking into a time warp to early pioneer days as guests see the shop as it would have looked over a century ago. Throughout the day, resident black-

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Deere Family Home: The original home John Deere built in 1836 gives an intimate glimpse of pioneer life. Visitors see how the Deere family raised eight children and accommodated live-in apprentices in their six-room home.

See the rooms as the Deere family would have known them, f urnished w ith period household items that show how pioneers cooked, cleaned, bathed, and spent their few leisure hours.

Archeological Site: In 1963, an archeology team uncovered the exact location where John Deere forged his first self-scouring steel plow. While visitors look over the preserved site and see firsthand the excavated artifacts, a video tells the story of how John Deere built a thriving manufacturing business. New features uncover Deere’s story according to neighbors at the time and provide a hands-on element.

Gift Shop: This one-of-akind gift shop sells handforged items made in the blacksmith shop. A selection of John Deere licensed items and other Historic Site merchandise is available.

The John Deere Historic Site is open March through December. Gates are open 1 to 5 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; the facility is closed Sunday.

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COOK COUNTY March 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Upper Midwest CRAFT Field Day: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Prairie State College Matteson Area Center, 4821 Southwick Drive, Matteson, Ill.; extension.illinois.edu/ events/2020-03-13-uppermidwest-craft-field-day.

March 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Chicago Community Gardeners Association eighth Annual Conference: 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Whitney Young High School, 211 S. Laflin St., Chicago, Ill.; chicagocommunitygardens. org/conference.

March 23-27 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Relationship Smarts: 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Cook County Extension office, 2205 Enterprise Drive, Suite 501, Westchester, Ill.; 708-449-4329; extension. illinois.edu/events/2020-0323-relationship-smarts.

EFFINGHAM COUNTY March 24 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Private Pesticide Safety Education â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Testing Only: 9 to 11 a.m., Effingham County Extension office, 1209 Wenthe Drive, Effingham, Ill.; 217-347-7773; tinyurl.com/ tdzfluw.

FULTON COUNTY March 17 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Annieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Project: 6 to 9 p.m., Fulton County Farm Bureau, 15411 N IL 100 Hwy, Lewistown, Ill.; 309547-3711; go.illinois.edu/ AnniesProject2020.

JEFFERSON COUNTY March 18 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Raising Happy Houseplants: 6 p.m., Jefferson County Extension office, 4618 Broadway, Mt. Vernon, Ill.; 618-687-1727; extension. illinois.edu/events/202003-18-raising-happyhouseplants.

March 25-27 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food

MONTGOMERY COUNTY March 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; All Gardenerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day 2020: 8 a.m. to noon, Holy Family Catholic Church â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Parish Center, 211 E. Columbia St., Litchfield, Ill.; extension.illinois. edu/events/2020-03-14all-gardeners-day-2020litchfield.

JO DAVIESS COUNTY March 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Spring Break Gardening: 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., CTE Academy, 950 Hwy. 20 W, Elizabeth, Ill.; 815-8582273; extension.illinois.edu/ events/2020-03-21-springbreak-gardening.

March 24 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Exploring Current Diet Trends: The Good, The Bad, and The Hard to Maintain: 1 to 3 p.m., Jo Daviess County Extension office, 204 Vine St., Elizabeth, Ill.; 815-858-2273; tinyurl.com/qstg5mw.

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KANE COUNTY March 19 â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Prepping for Spring: 1 to 2:30 p.m., Kane County Extension office, 535 S. Randall Road, St. Charles, Ill.; extension.illinois.edu/ events/2020-03-19-thinkspring-classes-preppingspring.

KANKAKEE COUNTY March 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Growing Great Hydrangeas: 10 a.m., Kankakee County Extension office, 1650 Commerce Drive, Bourbonnais, Ill.; extension. illinois.edu/events/202003-13-growing-greathydrangeas.

LA SALLE COUNTY March 23 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Free Showing of Rancher Farmer Fisherman: 6 p.m., Illinois Valley Community College Dr. Mary Margaret Weeg Cultural Centre, 815 N. Orlando Smith Road, Oglesby, Ill.; extension. illinois.edu/events/202003-23-rancher-farmerfisherman.

March 24 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cooking for One or Two: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Ottawa YMCA, 201 E. Jackson St., Ottawa, Ill.; extension. illinois.edu/events/2020-0324-cooking-one-or-two.

LEE COUNTY March 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ready Set Grow Gardening Workshop: 8 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., Sauk Valley Community College, 173 IL-2, Dixon, Ill.; go.illinois.edu/ ReadySetGrow.

LIVINGSTON COUNTY March 23-25 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; World of Adventure Camp: 9 a.m. to noon, Livingston County Extension office, 1412 S. Locust St., Pontiac, Ill.; extension.illinois.edu/ events/2020-03-23-worldsadventure-camp-livingston.

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March 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; International Night: 6:30 p.m., Shawnee Community College, 8364 Shawnee College Road, Ullin, Ill.; extension.illinois. edu/events/2020-03-13international-night.

March 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Speaking for Illinois 4-H: 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Shawnee Community College, 8364 Shawnee College Road, Ullin, Ill.; tinyurl.com/rmfawb9.

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STEPHENSON COUNTY March 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tri-State Forest Stewardship Conference: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Highland Community College Student Conference Center (Building H), 2998 W Pearl City Road, Freeport, Ill.; extension. illinois.edu/events/202003-14-tri-state-foreststewardship-conference.

March 24 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Industrial Hemp Production Workshop: 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Highland Community College Student Conference Center (Building H), 2998 W Pearl City Road, Freeport, Ill.; 815-235-4125; tinyurl.com/u2ut2s5.

March 25 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Get Growing: Vegetable Transplant Workshop: 5 to 6:30 p.m., Stephenson County Farm Bureau, 210 W. Spring St., Freeport, Ill.; 815-235-4125; tinyurl.com/ryn867m.

VERMILION COUNTY March 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Garden Day 2020: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Danville Area Community College, 2000 E. Main St., Danville, Ill.; extension.illinois.edu/ events/2020-03-14-gardenday-2020.

March 17 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Seed Starting â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Master Gardener Series: 6 to 8 p.m., International Greenhouse Megastore, 70 Eastgate Drive, Danville, Ill.; extension.illinois.edu/ events/2020-03-17-seedstarting-master-gardenerseries.

March 22 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tractor Driving Clinic: 2 p.m., Vermilion County Fairgrounds, 17528 N 1180 East Rd, Oakwood, Ill.; 217.474.4199; extension. illinois.edu/events/2020-0322-tractor-driving-clinic.

The Jamaica Flatlanders 4-H Club will host a Tractor Driving Clinic at 2 p.m. March 22 at the Vermilion County Fairgrounds, 17528 N 1180 East Rd, Oakwood. The clinic will prepare 4-H members for the Unit 4-H Tractor Driving Contest at the Vermilion County Fairgrounds on June 24 and the State Tractor Driving Contest. Topics will include: safety, part identification, and members will get a chance to practice driving a course that will be similar to the unit contest. This event is open to all 4-H members, regardless of your county. If you are not in 4-H and are interested in participating, call the Extension office at 217-442-8615. If you have questions about the event, call B.J. DeAth at 217-474-4199, email ilfarmin@hotmail.com, or visit extension.illinois.edu/events/2020-03-22-tractordriving-clinic.

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March 23 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; McHenry County 4-H Horse Bowl Practice: 6:15 p.m., McHenry County Extension office, 1102 McConnell Road, Woodstock, Ill.; extension. illinois.edu/events/202003-23-mchenry-county-4-hhorse-bowl-practice-32320.

March 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mercer County Soup Cook-Off: 5 to 7 p.m., Aledo Fire Station, 211 SE 3rd St. Aledo, Ill.; extension.illinois. edu/events/2020-03-14mercer-county-soup-cook.

March 19 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tree and Shrub Pruning Workshop: 6 to 7:30

March 24 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Companion Planting and Basics of Composting: 6 to 8 p.m., Sangamon County Extension office, 700 S. Airport Drive, Springfield, Ill.; extension.illinois. edu/events/2020-03-24companion-planting-and-

March 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Late Winter Trails and Naturalist Tales: 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Torstensonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Education Center, 13735 Cook Road, Pecatonica, Ill.; extension. illinois.edu/events/2020-0321-late-winter-trails-andnaturalist-tales.

March 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Randolph County Foundation Pancake Day: 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sparta VFW Post, 1911 N. Market St., Sparta, Ill.; 618-443-4364.

ROCK ISLAND COUNTY March 23 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sourdough Bread Baking: 7 to 9 p.m., Rock Island County Extension office, 321 W. Second Ave., Milan, Ill.; extension.illinois. edu/events/2020-03-23sourdough-bread-baking.

March 24 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Private Pesticide Safety Education Program Clinic: 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., TaxSlayer Center, 1201 River Drive, Moline, Ill.; tinyurl. com/wqcvnfj.

March 25 and 26 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Commercial Pesticide Safety Education Program Clinics: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., TaxSlayer Center, 1201 River Drive, Moline, Ill.; tinyurl.com/wq8sp52.

WHITESIDE COUNTY March 26 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wits Fitness: 10 to 11:30 a.m., Sterling Public Library, 102 W. Third St., Sterling, Ill.

MACON COUNTY March 20 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Macrame Workshop: 6 to 8 p.m., A Crafting Experience, Hickory Point Mall, Forsyth, Ill.; extension. illinois.edu/sites/default/ files/macrame_workshop_ jrw.jpg.

March 22 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Master Naturalists Annual Meeting: 2 to 4 p.m., Macon County Extension office, 3351 N. President Howard Brown Blvd., Decatur, Ill.; 217-877-6042.

March 23 and 25 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Certified Food Protection Manager Class: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Macon County Extension office, 3351 N. President Howard Brown Blvd., Decatur, Ill.; extension. illinois.edu/events/2020-0323-certified-food-protectionmanager-class.

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MACOUPINN COUNTY March 26 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4-H Public Speaking Contest: 5:45 p.m., Macoupin County Extension office, #60 Carlinville Plaza, Carlinville, Ill.; tinyurl.com/w89a2wy.

MASSAC COUNTY March 20 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Volunteer Planting Day: 9:30 a.m., Community Food Donation Garden, 511 W. Eighth St., Metropolis, Ill.; 217-877-6042; extension. illinois.edu/events/2020-0320-volunteer-planting-day.

WIU School of Agriculture open house set for March 20 MACOMB, Ill. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Western Illinois University School of Agriculture will host its spring open house for prospective students and their parents from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 20 at the University Livestock Center, 2265 Wigwam Hollow Road, Macomb.

School of Agriculture faculty and current students will be on hand to answer questions and to lead tours of the WIU Macomb campus, the Universit y Far m and WIUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agriculture facilities.

The event and lunch are free, and attendees will be entered into a drawing for a $200 scholarship.

Students planning to enroll at WIU within the next two years will each get a $1,000 scholarship. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Attending the School of Agriculture open house is the best way for those interested in studying agriculture to learn about our program,â&#x20AC;? said WIU Agriculture Instr uctor Janna Knupp.

p.m., Aledo Fire Station, 211 SE 3rd St. Aledo, Ill.; extension.illinois.edu/ events/2020-03-19-treeshrub-pruning-workshop.

Certification Training: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 8 a.m. to noon Friday, Jefferson County Extension office, 4618 Broadway, Mt. Vernon, Ill.; 618-203-6473; tinyurl.com/ srbtmer.

The lunch will be a TexMex buffet, which will feature Leatherneck Country Meats.

Schedule: n 9 to 9:45 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Registration and student fair. n 9:45 to 10:10 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Welcome by WIU students, administrators. n 10:10 to 10:20 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Alumni guest speaker Michael Keane, Class of 2015. n 10:20 to 11:20 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Farm tour. n 11:30 a.m. to noon â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Agriculture student panel. n Noon to 1 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Lunch with faculty at the WIU Livestock Center. n 1:30 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Depart Livestock Center for optional walking tour of campus.

Those who complete an undergraduate admissions application during the open house will have the $30 fee waived.

The event is sponsored

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(A) 2017 MF 5712SL 120 HP, 530 Hrs.

$79,500

(A) 2015 Versatile 290 290 HP, 1246 Hrs

$115,000

(A) 1988 JD 4450 115 HP, Loader, 6516 PS Hrs.

$32,500

$67,500

(A) 2003 GLEANER R65 LTM, 2883/1789 Hrs.

(G) (A) (G) (G) (A) (A) (A) (G) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (G) (A) (G) (A)

(A) 2012 MF 8660 295 HP, 1410 Hrs.

(A) 2019 Versatile 610DT 605 HP, PTO, 60 Hrs.

$115,000

$95,000

(A) 2018 Versatile 265 265 HP, 129 Hrs.

(A) 2014 Versatile 375 375 HP, PTO, PS, 1835 Hrs.

(A) 2018 Versatile 460 460 HP, PS, PTO, 99 Hrs.

$149,500

$145,000

(G) 2013 JD 6115D 115 HP, Loader, 1565 Hrs.

(A) 1996 JD 8100 177 HP, 6953 Hrs.

$45,000

(A) 2009 CASE IH PUMA 210 (A) 2009 Challenger MT565B 210 HP, CVT, 2927 Hrs. 168 HP, 1806 Hrs.

$69,500

$55,000

(A) 2014 Gleaner S68 LTM, 1467/1010 Hrs.

(G) 2012 MF 9520 LTM, 1341/1014 Hrs.

$149,500

$115,000

(A) 2019 Versatile HS250 (A) 2019 VERSATILE HS300 (A) 2015 VERSATILE TD500 30’ Hi Speed Disk, Demo 25’ Hi Speed Disk, Demo 24’ Disk Low Acres

$76,000

(A) 2010 MF 8650 270 HP, 1603 Hrs.

$99,500

$49,500

(A) NH TS6.120 118 HP, Loader, 457 Hrs.

$62,500

(A) 2014 MF 7622 (G) 2014 MF 7624 215 HP, CVT, 32 MPH, 2002 Hrs. 235 HP, CVT, 32 MPH, 808 Hrs.

$89,500

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$105,000

$259,500

$395,000

(G) 2002 JD 7810 175 HP, 5255 Hrs.

(G) 2012 JD 9510RT 510 HP, Reman Tracks, 2496 Hrs.

(A) 1975 AC 7040 151 HP 4442 Hrs

(G) 2018 Fendt 1038 380 HP, 32 MPH, 688 Hrs.

$12,000

$295,000

(A) 2014 MF 9560 LTM, 1517/895 Hrs.

(A) 2017 MF 9545 LTM, 739/491 Hrs.

$59,500

Lease for $39,000 yr.

$195,000

$159,500

$259,500

(A) 2000 WHITE 6322 12-30”, Front Fold.

(A) 2015 White 9831 31-15”

$14,500

$115,000

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2016 MF 9545, LTM, 807/560 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$239,500 2013 MF 9560, LTM, 1558/1055 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$145,000 2013 MF 9540, LTM, 1339/936 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$145,500 2013 MF 9520, LTM, 705/467 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$135,000 2011 MF 9695, LTM, 1714/1107 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$105,000 2008 MF 9690, LTM, 1825/1229 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 89,500 2004 MF 9690, LTM, 33212/2188 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 55,000 2016 Gleaner S97, LTM, 925/605 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$229,500 2014 Gleaner S78, LTM, 1339/871 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$159,500 2011 Gleaner S77, LTM, 1138/772 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$139,500 2010 Gleaner R66, LTM 1797/1253 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 99,500 1998 Gleaner R52, 2184/1528 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 35,000 2009 Case IH 1250 24-30” Planter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 69,500 2010 Case IH 1250 16-30” Planter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 67,500 2008 Case IH 1200 12-30” Planter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 29,500 2007 Kinze 3800 SDS 24-30” Planter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 45,000 2000 White 6322 12-30” Planter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 14,500

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Case IH adds square baler RACINE, Wis. — To provide more options for livestock producers, Case IH is adding a lineup of large square baler accumulators to its hay and forage equipment portfolio.

Designed for simplicity and handling of a variety of bale sizes and conditions, the new Case IH large square baler accumulator is fully automatic, providing peace of mind so operators can concentrate on the baling process and not bales on deck.

The Case IH accumulator is available in horizontal and vertical models, creating neatly placed groups of bales ready for pickup.

“In efforts to save time, money and increase productivity, we continue to see producers looking for ways to streamline their operations,” said Brian Spencer, Case IH senior marketing manager.

“Using an accumulator to pre-package and dump multiple uniform bales helps producers streamline their operation by reducing the number of trips needed across their fields, ultimately saving money

on fuel, time, and equipment wear and tear.”

The new accumulator requires no daily maintenance and is compatible with closed-center, open-center, and closedcenter load sensing hydraulic systems.

When the accumulator reaches capacity, the bales are automatically ejected off the deck and ready for handling. An in-cab monitor allows the operator to see how many bales are on deck and to manually eject bales at any time should the need arise.

The Case IH large square baler accumulator reduces loading time by up to 50% and collects up to five bales, depending on the model, and automatically groups bales in the desired dump pattern —

stacked or horizontal.

It is available in four models to meet various bale sizes and horizontal or vertical stacking requirements. For horizontal stacking, a standard threebale accumulator is available in two models: the AC3108 for 3x3 bales and the AC4108 for 4x3 bales.

For larger operations, there is now a five-bale accumulator option: the AC5150. For vertical stacking needs, the VS1208 stacks three 4-foot-wide bales neatly for easy loadCase IH introduces the AC5150 large square baler accumulator, designed to carry five uniformly ing.

In addition to adding packaged bales for maximum productivity. a lineup of large square baler accumulators to its equipment portfolio, Case IH is making updates to its large square baler models available on new Model Year 2020 balers.

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New rules keep on trucking

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PEORIA, Ill. — Dan Meyer is no stranger to his audience. The Illinois division administrator for the Federal Motor Carrier Safet y Administration has spoken to the truckers, owner/operators and truck company owners at the Mid-West Truck and Trailer Show in the past.

Meyer brought news and updates on different issues and programs that FMCSA is working on to ease driver shortages, hours of service issues, and maintaining and increasing safety for truck drivers and other travelers.

“We’ve been working to reduce the regulatory burden on the industry and we’ve been successful in some of that effort.

As we continue to do that work, FMCSA is developing more efficient and effective rules to promote safety and reduce costs,” Meyer said.

ELDS On Dec. 16, 2019, the use of electronic logging devices, became mandatory in the U.S. With that, automatic on-board recording devices that were temporarily grandfathered into the rule are no longer allowed in place of ELDs. Meyer said the mandator y ELD rule has shown positive results and thanked the trucking industry for cooperation.

“Since the out-of-service criteria put the lack of an ELD or a grandfathered AOBRD as an out-of-service criteria, less than 1%, only 42,000 of the over 5 million inspections conducted since the out-ofservice criteria went into effect, have resulted in a driver being cited for operating without the required ELD or grandfathered AOBRD,” Meyer said.

Meyer said the transition to ELDs also has shown results in other areas.

“Over the last year, our hours-of-service violations have decreased by 52%, as well, so it’s reducing the

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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says the mandatory ELD rule for truckers has brought positive results number of violations we’re those comments right now. finding roadside,” Meyer We received over 3,000 comments to the rule that said. was proposed,” Meyer said.

The rule that FMCSA DRUG AND ALCOHOL put forth includes changes CLEARINGHOUSE The Drug and Alcohol to the short-haul exempClearinghouse had some tion by lengthening the technical glitches in its maximum on-duty time initial phases but is up and to 14 hours and the distance from 100 to 150 air running, Meyer said.

The clearinghouse is an miles; extension of the adonline registry where driv- verse driving conditions ers register any drug or al- exception by two hours; cohol violations and where increasing flexibility for employers and others can the 30-minute break; modcheck to see if drivers are ifying the sleeper berth exin violation. Meyer offered ception to allow drivers to tips to those trying to set up split the 10 hours off duty new accounts to make sure time into two periods; althey have an updated email lowing drivers to pause address, phone number and their 14-hour drive time mailing address so they can window with a break of receive information from at least 30 minutes but not more than three hours. the clearinghouse.

“The clearinghouse rule does require that carriers ENTRY-LEVEL DRIVER query all new drivers and TRAINING FMCSA is delaying the do an annual query on all existing drivers so you are rule that will require any going to have to do that new CDL holders to have going forward,” Meyer said. entry-level training before they can take the road test required to obtain a comHOURS OF SERVICE Along with the move to mercial driver’s license.

ELDs, Meyer said FMCSA The delay pushes the also received feedback rule back to Feb. 7, 2022, about the current hours of Meyer said.

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fective website and training registry for the rule. It will work like the medical registry, where the companies will certify themselves and they will have to enter their information on the training registry, then the candidates will select a trainer from that registry,” Meyer said.

MILITARY PILOT PROJECT A program announced in 2018 could offer some hope to the industry that is struggling to find drivers.

FMCSA is in the midst of a three-year pilot program to allow 18-, 19-, and 20-year-old military veterans who have the military equivalent of a CDL to operate trucks in interstate commerce.

“Those participating in the program must have the training and experience from one of the seven military occupational specialties, or MOSs, and must be sponsored by a participating trucking company,” Meyer said.

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Take a forage inventory Ration adjustments may be required for 2019 feed quality

By Martha Blum

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University of Illinois professor Phil Cardoso discusses the importance of including amino acids in dairy rations to increase the milk production. He encourages dairymen to formulate diets with the focus on making sure they contain adequate amounts of methionine and lysine.

A prescription for profitability Amino acids boost milk checks

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FREEPORT, Ill. — A total mixed ration is a prescription for dairy herd profitability.

“You want your cows to give a lot of milk, be healthy and rebreed.

Those are the signals for profitability,” said Phil Cardoso, University of Illinois Department of Animal Sciences associate professor.

“A cow seven days in milk needs a lot of energy and usually she can not get all the energy and that’s when she goes to negative energy balance,” Cardoso said during the Illinois Dairy Summit hosted by the Illinois Milk Producers Association and U of I Extension.

“Metabolizable protein is the same story, so she has a negative protein balance, as well, which usually lasts three to four weeks, and that is a big deal,” he said.

Research shows that a ration for dairy cows with 13% crude protein or 25% crude protein results in the same milk production, Cardoso said.

“That tells us the crude protein is not a good determinant on how the cows are performing,” he said.

“Metabolizable protein is what cows use and should be our focus and proteins are made of amino acids.”

The two limiting amino acids for milk production are methionine and lysine, Cardoso said.

“We need to formulate diets with the focus of getting the cow these amino acids,” he said.

“Check your cattle diets.

They should have 1.200 grams of metabolizable protein per day during the pre-fresh period,” he said.

“Talk to your nutritionist because you need to know the profile of that protein so the amount of methionine and lysine are sufficient,” he said. “It should be a 2.8-to-1 ration with 2.6% of the protein made of methionine and 7% made of lysine.”

The challenge for researchers, Cardoso said, is to determine where energy is coming from in cow’s diets.

“I can have a diet with high fat and low starch or high starch and low fat with the same amount of energy,” he said. “So, we need to figure out which component of energ y will work better for your cows.”

Cardoso talked about a research project where cows were fed rumen-protected lysine before and after calving.

“Cows that were fed lysine preserved a little more body condition score,” he said.

“If you feed lysine before calving there was a tendency for the cows after calving to eat more,” he said.

Increasing the amount of protein cows produce in their milk can impact the profitability of a dairy herd. A herd of 100 cows producing 90 pounds of milk per cow per day totals 9,000 pounds of milk production per day.

“With 3.3% protein, if you increase that by 0.2 and you’re getting paid

$3.65 for protein, that’s an increase of $65 per day or $1,900 per month,” Cardoso said.

“With the cost to feed amino acids at 20 to 30 cents, that equals $600,” he said. “So, it costs you $600 to get almost $2,000, which is a no-brainer since it is almost a 4 to 1 ratio of return.”

At the U of I, a research project that included 32 cows split into two groups looked at the impact of feeding methionine during heat stress.

“For the heat stress we used electric heat blankets,” Cardoso said. “We evaluated the cows for nine days for the baseline and the next nine days they had heat stress.”

During the heat stress period, the cows had higher vaginal and rectal temperatures and the respiration rate was pretty high, as well as the heart rate.

“The intake from the two groups was pretty close, but the one thing that sur pr ised us was t he heat st ress cows produced more milk,” Cardoso said.

“The cows dropped less milk protein with heat stress when they were fed the rumen-protected methionine, and the same thing happened with casein,” he said.

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FREEPORT, Ill. — Compiling a forage inventory is an important task for dairymen.

“2019 was an ugly year in the Midwest with the prevent plant acres,” said Mike Hutjens, University of Illinois emeritus professor of animal sciences.

“About 20 million acres were prevent plant, and a lot of that was corn acreage.”

In addition, Hutjens said during the Illinois Dairy Summit hosted by the Illinois Milk Producers Association and the U of I Extension, U.S. producers are growing a lot less hay.

“California has discovered corn silage, and they can do two crops of corn silage each year,” he said.

“If you have low quality hay below 150 RFQ (relative forage quality), sell it or feed it to dry cows or heifers,” he said. “For dairy cows, most of us want the sweet spot for hay around 170 to 180 RFQ.” Some dairymen are seeing lower milk production than usual this winter.

“The cows aren’t milking on this year’s corn silage,” Hutjens said.

“There could be some anti-nutritional factors such as mold and mycotoxins, wild yeast, dirt and ash contamination or poor fermentation.”

Hutjens recommends fermentation profiles on corn silage which measures the pH. “You’ve got to do that because it tells you how stable the feed is and if you have risks, as well,” he said. “Spend the $25 to $30 to get it done and then you can make appropriate adjustments.”

Many dairymen harvested light weight corn in 2019.

“Typically a bushel weighs 56 pounds, but this year there are lots of guys with corn that weighed from 47 to 52 pounds,” Hutjens said.

“But the good news is this corn has the same composition of nutrients, but not as much of them.”

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Mike Hutjens talks about the impacts of the 2019 growing season on feed for dairy rations.

Dairymen are working with issues such as poor quality forage, lightweight corn and corn silage that may have mold, mycotoxins or poor fermentation. cows will have no problem making it work,” he said. “It might be smaller kernels, so you’re going to have to really grind it fine to be sure the starch is exposed and available to be digested.”

This may be one of the problems with silage made in 2019.

“The kernels might be harder,” Hutjens said.

“If I come to your farm and see any evidence of corn kernels in your corn silage, you didn’t roll it hard enough to get the job done.”

Normal corn silage typically contains about 30% starch, Hutjens reported; however, immature corn silage has approximately 20% starch.

“So, I’m missing 200 pounds of starch which means you need to feed five more bushels of corn,” Hutjens said.

Since a 1,400-pound cow will eat about 2% of its body weight, that means she consumes 28 pounds of forage dry matter every day and for a year that equals 5.1 tons of dry matter per cow per year.

“By adjusting that number for a 6% shrink and adding 30% for replacement heifers, you will need around 6.5 tons of forage dry matter per animal on your farm,” Hutjens said. “So, let’s make the decision now because you don’t

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Hutjens highlighted the importance of the marginal dry matter intake or the last pound of the ration that a cow eats.

“That will give you two pounds more milk or 25 cents because the cow ate another pound of dry matter and made it into milk,” he said. “The first 13 pounds of dry matter your cow eats every day is for maintenance.”

There are several reasons a cow might stop eating, Hutjens said.

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For forage neutral detergent fiber, Hutjens said, it should be over 50%.

“And corn silage over 60% because that effects dry matter intake,” he said. “If you have over 5.6 pounds of undigestible NDF from forages, your cows can’t eat it.”

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To clip a calf Techniques highlighted during expo

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The first step to clip a calf for the show ring is to make sure it is clean.

“If you want to be a good clipper, that means being a good wash rack person,” said Tracy Coffland, master professor for Sullivan Supply Stock Show University. “The cleaner you get them, the better it will be to clip the calves.”

Use a blower on calves before adding water, Coffland explained during a demonstration at the Illinois Beef Expo. “A blower gets a lot more loose dirt and dust out than a hose,” he added.

“If they’re dusty and you pour water on them, you have mud,” Coffland said. “A blower gets a lot of loose dirt out and makes washing easier.”

Clean bedding also is important, especially for light colored cattle. “Really focus on bedding because it’s a lot easier if we can avoid getting them stained,” he said.

Exhibitors can select from a variety of shampoos for their cattle, however, Coffland encourages the use of a shampoo that is formulated for cattle.

“Cheap shampoo will dry out

the calf’s skin,” he said. “But if you get the calves clean and conditioned we can eliminate some of the rubbing.”

Coffland cautions exhibitors about washing their calves too frequently during cold months, “If you wash them too often in the winter, you’ll dry them out,” he added. “But in the summer we rinse our calves one to two times every day.”

The final step before rinsing the cattle off is to take a comb or brush and starting at the center of the back, comb the hair straight down. “Comb all the way to the feet and when we rinse that gives an avenue for the dirt to rinse out better,” he said.

“If you have swirls in the hair the soap will hide in that spot and it is harder to rinse out.”

It is important to get the soap out, Coffland said, because if there is shampoo left in the hair, it will dry the calf’s skin and it will end up with dandruff. “An extra couple minutes on the wash rack to make sure all the soap is out will save you days of conditioning to fix the problem,” he said.

“Dry your calves until they are dry and then dry them another 10 to 15 minutes,” he advised.

“And don’t add conditioning products prior to clipping because you want the calves as dry and clean as you can get them.”

“For clipping, I like to use a steel comb because I think it does a better job of separating the hair,” he said.

“To be very good at clipping, you’re going to need three blades – a medium blending blade, a

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Tracy Coffland uses chalk to help junior exhibitors understand how to clip their calves before showing them. It takes an imagination to be a good clipper, Coffland says, in order to look at a hairy calf and determine how to enhance its good parts. super blocking blade and a 5/8 blade,” Coffland said.

“Use the medium blending blade where you’re touching their skin,” he said. “It is really good for their face and front of the neck and it will leave about one-quarter of an inch of hair.”

The super blocking blade can be used in places where it is not touching the skin, because it cuts everything it touches. “It does a crisp, sharp job of cutting the hair,” he said.

“Use the 5/8 blade from the point of the shoulder up towards the face,” Coffland said. “It leaves hair about 5/8 of an inch long and it is a nice transition blade.”

Coff land also likes using guards on his clippers. “These

guards snap on the blades and the hair feeds through the stainless steel fins,” he explained.

“There are eight lengths in this case from 1 inch to 1/8 of an inch and they will make everybody a better clipper.”

It takes an imagination to become a good calf clipper. “You have to be able to look at a hairy calf as a canvas you’re about to perform art on so you can enhance the good parts of your calf,” Coffland said. “But if you don’t know what they’re supposed to look like, you will struggle.”

The area to start clipping a calf can vary from person to person. “The order of where you clip is up to you but don’t ever start at the low spot on a calf,” he stressed.

“I start at the tail area,” Coffland said. “When you clip on the backside of the tail, go straight up and don’t follow the tail around because you make them look rounded.”

Clipping the belly shape is an important part of the process.

“You want a nice swoop to it, we don’t want it to be straight,” he said. “Especially on heifers, you want the deepest part of the belly to be at the center.”

For more information about Sullivan Supply go to: www.sullivansupply.com.

Martha Blum can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 117, or marthablum@agrinews-pubs. com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Blum.

Illinois Performance Tested Bull sale averaged $4,206 on 37 lots SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Performance Tested Bull Sale was the lead-off event of the 2020 Illinois Beef Expo at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield. The sale averaged $4,206 on 37 lots.

“This sale continues to be one of the best sources for total performance genetics in the

Midwest,” said Travis Meteer, IPT sale manager. “During the past 52 years, the sale has sold 4,825 bulls valued at over $8.9 million.”

There were three breeds represented in the 2020 sale: Angus, Simmental, and Polled Hereford.

Meteer said the highest indexing Angus bull was the top

seller, selling for $12,500. The bull, MG Patriot 14G, was sold

by Murphy’s Genetics LLP, Illiopolis, to Grimmius Cattle Co., Hamford, California.

The second high selling bull was a Simmental bull consigned by Rincker Simmentals, Shelbyville. The bull sold for $7,000 to Wildberry Farms,

Scales Mound.

Keith and Brady Kramer of Kramer Farms, Farina, consigned an Angus yearling bull that was the third high selling bull at $6,500 to Chris Bruns, Carthage. The high selling Hereford bull left the ring at a price of $4,500. The bull was consigned by Rabideau Polled

Herefords, Clifton.

Producers interested in viewing a breakdown of all the prices can visit the IPT Bull Sale website at www.IPTBullSale.com.

Also included on this site are the individual bull prices from the 2020 sale and the numbers and averages from the previous sales.

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From The Barns Early grazing warning March has come in like a lamb, so does it go out like a lion? I have seen some research and a book — “A January Fog will Freeze a Hog” by Hubert J. Davis — that explains how some of the old-time sayings and folklore about weather were right and could be accurate scientifically. I imagine that without our many weather sources today, we would become more accurate with our very own predictions based on personal observation. Mostly, we just need to work through all our changes and challenges and have some fun with all the weather cussin’ and discussin’.

We spent two weeks in Gulf Shores, Alabama, and had some disappointment with the cool temperatures and winds. My photo of the boardwalk to the beach with the red flag flying for riptide warning pretty much sums up the weather there.

We did enjoy the downtime and were able to read several books, something we usually don’t seem to have time for.

We are grateful that our stay in Nashville, Tennessee, on the return trip was Saturday night, Feb. 29, not Monday night, March 2, when tornadoes ripped through the region.

There was much to do when we arrived back here at River Oak, and we relished being able to get out there and continue some projects. I am feeling a bit left out from the hustle with calving and late spring feeding.

I do keep an eye on the group of lead cows here. There is one early calf, the rest being April and May calvers.

We were able to complete

the machine work on all the fencerows in the new South 20 before we left for the south.

Several days of chainsaw work ended in a snowstorm the day before we left. We got a lot done, especially those days when three saws were working and Adam Lucie was moving and stacking and burning with his Bobcat. My neighbor, Mike, removed all the large burnables for his outside wood burner. We are hoping it is dry enough to seed some parts before the next rains, maybe March 7 or 8.

In our travels, we saw a lot of cattle on pasture. Perhaps some of them were being supplemented, but that was difficult to see. The concern with that scenario is that the cattle being out there too early are severely damaging those pastures. I know winter feed is expensive and in short supply, but allowing cattle on early short pasture growth is bad practice.

Grass should be 6 to 8 inches and the ground solid before turnout. Then move rapidly in a rotation to keep up with rapid growth. Take less than half of the growth and move on. You will be back there in your rotation when that grass is more mature and not subject to damage from overgrazing.

Cattle being allowed to wander out on grass now and bite down to the ground the first sign of green is a killing practice.

The best practice, if dry space for calving is needed, is to designate a “sacrifice pasture” and then reseed and give an extended rest to that area when cattle are removed, all the while protecting the rest of your pastures. Have a great March and have patience with the grass.

Trevor Toland MACOMB

Markets now in panic The fear and confusion surrounding the coronavirus has thrown all the markets into a panic and really cast a pall on our marketing plans. Going to grass with all of our 2019 calves looks like the only play to make right now. Putting off sale dates from this fall to next spring looks like a $200 a head bonus play. Keeping the calves from growing too big is the only challenge. The wheat we seeded last fall may be better utilized for steers than for our cows.

It’s been a great winter for feeding. Marketings and cattle weight are exceeding expectations. All of last year’s calves are on feed, and their mothers are getting fattened up nicely in anticipation of a new batch of calves due starting next month. The great start we had to March makes me nervous that there’s still another winter blast on our horizon, and I hope it doesn’t wait until April.

It’s dried off enough to do some manure hauling, so we’ve relieved the pressure on that project. Getting some new hay seeding done is a priority as soon as it dries just a little more. Some tracked up fields and lots will need a little seeding, too, when we find a few spare hours. It seems like any spare time we had all winter was spent in the shop fixing on any number of broken toys, and while we have shortened the list, there’s still lots of tools needing attention.

We’ve been hoping to make a run to Georgia and get our calves run through the chute for the first time and get the cows vaccinated before turning

out the bulls. Unfortunately, it’s been raining every day and the pens would be a wreck in about 10 minutes, so we are in a holding pattern until it dries a bit.

Steve Foglesong ASTORIA

Dealing with illnesses Who would have ever thought that human health would be harder to manage than cattle health, but that has proven to be the case over much of January and February. I had a bout with pneumonia, and everyone else here at the farm has had some sort of illness to deal with. I hope we’re finally past that.

Speaking of cattle health, it has been surprisingly good the past couple of months, considering the terribly wet and ever-changing weather patterns we have dealt with. Not that it has been perfect by any means, but I expected it to be worse. Instead, mortality and morbidity have been holding close to expected numbers. That is the reason we put in place and follow an effective vaccination and treatment protocol.

I also did not expect that we would have another winter with as much precipitation and mud as we did over that 2018-2019 season, but here we are again.

The only difference is it started raining in October and just has not let up. I don’t think we have gone more than four to five days without moisture. Pasture and pen conditions are way less than favorable and cattle comfort has not been ideal and our working environment has been tough, to say the least. The forecast for the next week looks

good. Let’s hope it starts drying up soon and doesn’t continue into June, like it did last year.

Our cattle inventory is down right now. Having shipped nine loads of cattle in January and early February, we normally would have quickly replaced them with more feeder calves.

However, with all of the mud and the poor health of me and all the others, we backed off and didn’t place any new cattle over the past month.

Hopefully, we will start back this week, and that will be determined by sale runs and the price of calves. With all that’s going on around the world, this market sure has been topsyturvy, and it seems like we are all unsure when to sell and when to buy. Hopefully, this thing steadies up and fears will ease.

Bulls came out from the fall calving herds over the last few weeks, and we should begin calving heifers within two weeks, with the cows to follow a week or two later. We have pushed our spring calving season back the past couple of years to avoid calving in conditions like we currently have. That certainly looks to have been a good decision.

If this ground will firm up this week, we will go back on the rye fields for some late winter and early spring grazing. Sure will be nice to feed less hay and deal with trying to get that in the bale rings or unrolled. We had to go strictly to hay feeding and supplementing with our Mix 30 liquid protein and energy feed. That has been a huge help getting through these elements, but ready to get back to some grass.

Hoping that March comes in like a lamb — and goes out like one, as well.

Jeff Beasley CREAL SPRINGS

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These are this week’s most read stories on the AgriNews website: 1. ‘Working for the victim’ in crime scene investigations 2. A look ahead to 2029: USDA expects

4. 2020 soybean price prospects 5. Success in Stewardship: New network will beat drum for conservation

decade of strong global demand 3. Doran: Indiana Beach closure brings fond memories

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Expressing our views in D.C. One of the main themes of today, and likely all of 2020, is cautious optimism. Caution, because many questions remain in the coming months concerning trade, purchase commitments and farm income.

And optimism, because Richard new beginnings on the Guebert Jr. trade front give hope for improved export Illinois Farm markets and farm profBureau itability.

During the last week of February, I had the great opportunity to travel to D.C. and share some of this cautious optimism with our country’s legislators. On Feb. 26, I testified at the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means committee hearing.

The hearing was held to discuss the U.S.-China trade relationship, competition and the recently implemented “Phase 1” agreement. I was one of two farmers giving testimony on a panel of six.

During my testimony, I explained the importance of trade to Illinois farmers, the impacts of the trade war and reasons for optimism.

I also spoke of the reassurance I received while meeting with Chief Agricultural Negotiator Gregg Doud concerning the “Phase 1” agreement, which went into effect on Feb. 14.

The U.S.-China “Phase 1” agreement is an 86-page agreement, 27 of which relate to agriculture. Within those pages there are over 50 specific issues to be fixed and over 50 timelines going along with each of them.

Ambassador Doud spoke to some of these issues and of the enormous amount of effort it took between the two countries to hammer out a deal.

Some would say this agreement doesn’t go far enough in addressing some of those issues. To that, I would say that this deal was never intended to address all the issues. Arguably, doing so would take years — years that farm country doesn’t have as prices decline and markets shrink.

I look at this as a beginning. We are at the beginning of an exciting new chapter as we patiently await the benefits of this new trade agreement.

We must manage our expectations going forward. Illinois Farm Bureau recognizes that China is managing a deadly coronavirus outbreak and that the billions of dollars’ worth of agricultural purchases called for in the agreement have not happened yet. U.S. Department of Agriculture economists have not built those anticipated “Phase 1” sales into their export reports.

Understandably, I’ve heard concerns about China’s credibility and their history of being a rule breaker.

What’s important about this agreement — in terms of enforcement — is that it lays out specific and unique enforcement mechanisms to hold each country accountable in their promises.

If China doesn’t live up to what it’s agreed to, the United States has the right to implement tariffs proportionate to the value of whatever the issue at hand is — and the other side cannot retaliate.

One of five Illinois Farm Bureau 2020 board priorities is working to improve farm income and profitability, including continued efforts to restore and expand global trade relationships. “Phase 1” is a good start.

Getting an agreement into place has been a long time coming, and the jury is still out to see where this goes and how soon China can come back to the U.S. marketplace.

It was a great honor for me to express the views of our membership about how this China “Phase 1” trade deal impacts them and what they see going forward.

My full testimony is available at www. ilfb.org/media.

Grain bin safety, especially with the condition the grain is in this year, is a high priority. If entry is unavoidable, please have an observer stationed outside to get help immediately if needed.

Even one accident is one too many.

Richard Guebert Jr. is the president of Illinois Farm Bureau. His family farm in Randolph County grows corn, soybeans and wheat.

The end is nowhere in sight In just one, unwelcome week in America, the coronavirus drained $3.6 trillion from the stock market, clipped Apple shareholders for $220 billion and sent millions of Americans to stores to Farm & Food buy every facemask, surgical glove and galFile lon of bleach they could get their now-sanitized Alan Guebert hands on.

It’s what we do; we panic first and ask questions later.

Well, it’s now later and questions are rolling in. The biggest, “What’s next?” has no clear answer, but most national governments — including ours — have finally seen enough to act.

In their first coordinated move, the world’s central bankers informally agreed to lower target interest rates to stave off what many forecast will be a 0.5% to 1%, virus-affected slowdown in the global economy.

The high side of that number, 1%, sounds tiny but, it’s actually a $900 billion hit on the estimated $90 trillion world economy.

What’s $900 billion in terms of jobs?

It’s hard to calculate on a global scale, but in 2017, Georgetown University estimated that a $1 trillion infrastructure-spending plan for the United States would create 11 million jobs. As such, it’s a safe bet that a $900 billion hit to worldwide growth would eliminate at least as many jobs.

More importantly, some market seers now claim the U.S. Federal Reserve

will make another, and possibly even a third, interest rate cut in the coming (election) year to ensure U.S. companies remain well positioned for recovery.

If so, the Fed-weakened dollar is welcome news for U.S. ag exports.

Cheaper dollars lead to more exports, right?

Usually, but this is not any usual time. In fact, forecasts Refinitiv, a financial data firm owned jointly by Blackstone and Thomson Reuters, deep U.S. interest rate cuts are just as likely to fuel “an all-out (international) currency battle” that will worsen today’s tariff-based trade wars as much as help them.

As Refinitiv sees it, few coronavirus-weakened nations can afford to concede crucial global markets to any competitor — including the American elephant — without weakening their already sickened domestic economies.

That means they will fight U.S. rate cuts with cuts of their own and, just like that, the world’s economy staggers toward more problems.

It makes frightening sense. Let’s hope it makes frightening sense to the White House, too.

A more focused look at some key commodities proves the virus has already sickened global markets like crude oil. Since Jan. 1, crude futures prices have tumbled from near $65 a barrel to under $50 a barrel. Hard hit Chinese oil imports, estimated one-third lower since the coronavirus struck, are the key cause.

On March 3, traders lifted crude prices off lows when rumors circulated that OPEC oil barons would cut

production to thin the oversupplied market. OPEC’s muscle, however, is overmatched as China’s newest export, coronavirus, has now hit oil importers like Japan, South Korea and Italy.

The waves caused by China’s slow action on its epidemic are now also hitting U.S. farms and ranches.

DTN contributing analyst Elaine Kub noted in late February that the “shocking collapse of freight demand out of China, which accounts for 40% of global dry bulk seaborne shipments,” has dropped shipping costs so low that “you can hire a big ocean vessel” — with a 2 million-bushel cargo capacity — for “around $500 per day,” or one-third its usual cost.

Kub additionally notes troubling signs of virus-slowed ag exports. U.S. Gulf ship loading in mid-February was only 80% of normal. Also, slow grain sales to the “top five U.S. corn customers have stunted rail movement not only to the ports, but also south across the border.”

U.S. meat exports are backing up too, reports the March 2 Wall Street Journal. Incredibly, nearly 1 billion pounds of frozen chicken, a 12% increase over normal, currently crowd U.S. warehouses. Frozen beef and pork are now stacking up, too.

All portend a long, slow recovery once the world and the U.S. truly stop the coronavirus’ still mysterious, steady march. That end, however, is nowhere in sight.

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Agriculture outlook behind the eight ball Remember the Magic 8-Ball? Inside the toy is an object that displays random answers to any question you might have. Will it rain tomorrow? “Without a doubt.” Will it rain money? “My sources say no.”

Looking over the Zippy Duvall various forecasts for the farm economy, I feel American Farm Bureau as if I’m looking at a Magic 8-Ball, because Federation there are many possible answers.

Speaking at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Outlook Forum, the department’s chief economist, Rob Johansson, said that farm exports would go up this year as China increases its imports of farm products from the United States.

China agreed to as much as $40 billion in agricultural, forestry and seafood imports under the new “Phase 1” trade deal with the United States, but until more evidence presents itself, Johansson and others are content to say the ag total will be closer to $14.5 billion in 2020. “Outlook good.”

That $14.5 billion estimate is a slight improvement over the $13.8 billion we’ve seen over the past year, but it’s still below the almost $20 billion in U.S. agricultural exports to China in 2017, before the trade war began.

China’s problems with African swine fever and, now, coronavirus have dampened demand for soybeans and other agricultural products, but any increase is good news.

It’s also important to realize that the United States’ share of China’s market has shrunk as China looked to our competitors to fill their market basket.

In 2016, imports from the United States made up 22% of China’s total agricultural imports by value. By 2018, our share had dropped to 12%.

Now, with China’s new “Phase 1” commitments, we can expect our share to grow, but our competitors aren’t walking away from such a huge market.

We certainly have the potential to reach $40 billion per year in agricultural exports to China, but U.S. agriculture will have to fight for market share to achieve that goal. “Cannot predict now.”

One prediction that’s been consistent so far is that we’ll have more farm goods to find markets for in 2020. Most forecasts assume that farmers will plant and harvest more crops this year because they won’t face the freezing, wet weather that kept many of them out of their fields last spring. “Signs points to yes.”

Of course, that’s great news for farmers and ranchers. A good crop is what we work so hard to achieve. But it also puts pressure on our prices. “Outlook not so good.”

For 2020, cash receipts from crop and livestock sales are projected at $384.4 billion, up 2.7% from 2019. However, the higher cash receipts will not fully offset the loss of Market Facilitation Program payments. If you take away trade support and other federal support, net cash income will be down 2% this year.

Agricultural markets aren’t like a water faucet; it will take time to go from a trickle to a steady stream. In the meantime, farmers and ranchers still have to buy inputs, pay interest and, for quite a few, pay rent.

That could make this year difficult, even if exports and cash receipts are on an upward trend. So, have we turned the corner in the farm economy? “Ask again later.”

Shortly before the Agricultural Outlook Forum, USDA released its long-term projections for agriculture — all the way out to 2029. USDA is careful to emphasize that projections are not a forecast.

The projections are based on assumptions that the state of play at the time the report is written are continued for the entire projection period. For this re-

port, that meant that China’s retaliatory tariffs of 25% or more would remain on U.S. agricultural exports. “Very doubtful,” as China already is reducing tariffs on some agricultural products under the “Phase 1” agreement.

Still, the long-term projection is for prices for most crops, except soybeans, to rise slowly over the next decade.

That’s good news, because if you then take away the assumption about retaliatory tariffs remaining in place, prices should fare even better than projected.

The report also says relatively low feed costs will benefit livestock-sector returns. Meanwhile, population in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America, where the United States currently is seeking new trade deals, is expected to grow modestly.

Even where population growth rates are slowing down, they’re doing so because of rising incomes and higher life expectancy, both of which, “without a doubt,” benefit demand for higher-value farm goods.

Finally, the report projects the value of the dollar will decline slightly as the currencies of major trading partners appreciate or remain steady. That also will benefit demand for U.S. agricultural exports. “Signs point to yes.”

When it comes to any economic outlook and, especially, long-term projections, the answer is bound to be “reply hazy, try again.” But it sure is good to see a few good forecasts and projections to pin our hopes on as many of us prepare to plant spring crops and welcome spring flocks, calves, lambs and piglets.

One thing I know is the American farmer and rancher will keep doing what we do best — being highly efficient and productive and meeting global demand for our high-value farm goods. “It is decidedly so!”

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Stan Hoffman

Zippy Duvall, a poultry, cattle and hay producer from Georgia, is the president of the American Farm Bureau Federation.

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Market data Farmer index hits all-time high FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 6, 2020

Futures Prices This Last This

week week Chg. week CATTLE HOGS APR 20 105.75 107.57 -1.82 APR 20 65.92 JUN 20 100.02 101.20 -1.18 MAY 20 71.37 AUG 20 101.07 102.27 -1.20 JUN 20 79.75 OCT 20 106.20 107.52 -1.32 JUL 20 80.95 DEC 20 110.47 112.27 -1.80 AUG 20 80.80 FEB 21 113.45 115.62 -2.17 OCT 20 69.42

Last week Chg. 62.27 69.02 77.22 78.30 78.15 67.12

3.65 2.35 2.53 2.65 2.65 2.30

-0.57 -2.65 -2.37 -3.05 -3.60 -4.12

MILK CLASS III MAR 20 16.37 APR 20 16.03 MAY 20 16.28 JUN 20 16.48 JUL 20 16.73 AUG 20 16.87

16.31 16.17 16.27 16.42 16.70 16.86

0.06 -0.14 0.01 0.02 0.03 -0.01

CORN MAR 20 3772 3664 108 MAY 20 3760 3682 78 JUL 20 3792 3724 68 SEP 20 3774 3724 50 DEC 20 3814 3770 44 MAR 21 3916 3874 42

SOYBEANS MAR 20 8832 MAY 20 8912 JUL 20 9000 AUG 20 9016 SEP 20 9016 NOV 20 9054

8834 8926 9014 9040 9042 9082

-2 -14 -14 -24 -26 -28

CHICAGO WHEAT MAR 20 5212 5290 -78 MAY 20 5156 5250 -94 JUL 20 5166 5262 -96 SEP 20 5240 5330 -90 DEC 20 5352 5434 -82 MAR 21 5450 5522 -72

K.C. WHEAT MAR 20 4392 MAY 20 4462 JUL 20 4534 SEP 20 4630 DEC 20 4760 MAR 21 4876

4454 4532 4602 4692 4826 4944

-62 -70 -68 -62 -66 -68

BRENT CRUDE OIL MAY 20 45.27 49.67 -4.04 JUN 20 45.52 49.59 -4.07 JUL 20 45.80 49.58 -3.78 AUG 20 46.14 49.70 -3.56 SEP 20 46.50 49.85 -3.35 OCT 20 46.84 49.98 -3.14

ETHANOL APR 20 MAY 20 JUN 20 JUL 20 AUG 20 SEP 20

1.271 1.289 1.289 1.289 1.289 1.289

-0.030 -0.027 -0.012 -0.012 -0.012 -0.012

FEEDER CATTLE MAR 20 130.70 APR 20 130.05 MAY 20 131.15 AUG 20 138.50 SEP 20 139.92 OCT 20 140.70

131.27 132.70 133.52 141.55 143.52 144.82

1.241 1.262 1.277 1.277 1.277 1.277

Stocks of Agricultural Interest

This Last 52-wk week week high

ADM AGCO BASF Bunge CF

37.64 61.41 14.89 46.85 36.84

This Last 52-wk week week high

37.65 47.20 Corteva 25.30 27.20 32.78 60.43 81.39 Dupont 40.50 42.90 83.72 14.67 20.98 Deere 164.04 156.48 181.99 46.95 59.65 FMC 90.53 93.10 108.77 36.86 55.15 Mosaic 14.30 17.03 32.09

Export Inspections (MIL BU.) This Year Cumulative Cumulative Cml.

week ago this year year ago % diff.

WHEAT 54.097 488.829 18825.73 17010.229 10.67 CORN 896.221 865.617 14117.93 25818.110 -45.32 SOYBEANS 670.608 848.895 29556.69 25969.58 13.81

Livestock Summary % diff.

This Last Year week year

week week ago ago ago Hog Slaughter-est 11000 HD 2680 2556 2526 4.85 6.10 Cattle slaughter-est 1000 HD 647 627 607 3.19 6.59 MEAT PRICES This week Last week Change Pork Cutout Bellies Loins Hams Yld Gr 3 Choice Beef Select Beef 5-Mkt Fed Cattle Live 5-Mkt Fed Cattle Carcass

65.30 66.65 75.45 75.66 70.05 63.86 57.11 61.15 207.57 205.30 203.29 200.55 113.31 115.07 181.05 185.45

1.35 -0.21 6.19 -4.04 2.27 2.74 -1.76 -4.40

OKLAHOMA CITY This week Last week Change FEEDER STEER Low High Low High Low High 4-5 Wt Mf 1’S 5-6 Wt Mf 1’S 6-7 Wt Mf 1’S 7-8 Wt Mf 1’S 8-10 Wt Mf 1’S

166.00 140.00 123.00 120.50 117.50

191.00 146.50 171.50 140.00 155.50 125.00 137.50 118.75 130.00 105.50

202.00 19.50 -11.00 178.00 0.00 -6.50 166.00 -2.00 -10.50 138.25 1.75 -0.75 136.50 12.00 -6.50

Eastern Corn Belt Direct Feeder Cattle Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Kentucky and Ohio Reported sales this week, 1,135; last week, 207; last year, 1,267.

Demand light. Supply included 100% over 600 pounds, 95% heifers.

Feeder Steers Medium, Large 1-2

Avg. Avg. Delivery Head Wt. Price (FOB) 58 825 115.00 Current

Feeder Heifers Medium, Large 1-2 71 715 116.00 Current 200 750 112.00 Current 739 725 110.50 May 67 725 110.50 June

CASH HOGS, LIVE PRICE This week Last week Change Interior Illinois

35.00

35.00

0.00

USDA National Grain Market Review Compared to last week, cash bids for wheat and corn are mixed; sorghum and soybeans were higher.

For the week ending Feb. 27, corn export sales for 2019-20 increased of 30.3 million bushels, soybean export sales increased 12.7 million bushels, and wheat export sales increased 19.9 million bushels.

Ethanol production for the week ending Feb. 28 reported an increase of 25,000 barrels per day to 1.079 million barrels a day.

Ethanol stocks increased 0.246 million barrels to 24.96 million barrels.

Wheat was 19 cents lower to 8 cents higher. Corn was 11 1/4 cents lower to 19 3/4 cents higher. Sorghum was 30 cents to 33 cents higher. Soybeans were 3/4 cent higher to 12 3/4 cents higher.

CORN Kansas City US No 2 truck Yellow Corn was 12 1/4 to 13 1/4 cents higher from 3.91 3/4-3.93 3/4 per bushel.

Omaha US No 2 Yellow Corn was 14 cents higher from 3.773.79 per bushel.

Chicago US No 2 Yellow Corn was 11 1/4 to 16 1/4 cents higher from 3.92 3/4-3.93 3/4 per bushel.

Toledo US No 2 rail Yellow corn was 11 3/4 cents lower to 14 1/4 cents higher from 3.67 3/44.01 3/4 per bushel.

Minneapolis US No 2 Yellow corn rail was 19 3/4 cents higher at 3.53 3/4 per bushel.

OILSEEDS Minneapolis Yellow truck soybeans were 12 3/4 cents higher at 8.62 per bushel.

Illinois Processors US No 1 Yellow truck soybeans were 3 3/4 to 5 3/4 cents higher from 9.019.09 per bushel.

Kansas City US No 2 Yellow truck soybeans were 3/4 to 5 3/4 cent higher from 8.86-8.97 per bushel.

Illinois 48 percent soybean meal, processor rail bid was 0.30points higher from 303.90306.90 per bushel.

Central Illinois Crude Soybean oil processor bid was 0.46 to 0.56 points higher from 29.2929.64 per cwt.

WHEAT Kansas City US No 1 Hard Red Winter, ordinary protein rail bid was 5 1/2 cents lower from 5.19 1/4-5.29 1/4 per bushel.

St. Louis truck US No 2 Soft Red Winter terminal bid was 9 cents lower at 5.55 per bushel.

Minneapolis and Duluth US No 1 Dark Northern Spring, 14.0 to 14.5 percent protein rail, was 8 cents higher from 6.62-6.72 per bushel.

Portland US Soft White wheat rail was 18 to 19 cents lower from 5.93-6.00 per bushel.

SORGHUM US No 2 yellow truck, Kansas City was 31 cents higher from 6.28-6.82 per cwt. Texas High Plains US No 2 yellow sorghum (prices paid or bid to the farmer, fob elevator) was 30 to 33 cents higher from 6.20-6.71 per cwt.

OATS US 2 or Better oats, rail bid to arrive at Minneapolis 20 day was 1/4 cent lower to 5 3/4 cents higher from 3.19 1/2-3.40 1/2 per bushel.

Futures Prices compiled by faculty and staff of the Ag Economics Department at the University of Missouri Direct Feeder Catttle from USDA Dept of Ag Market News, Oklahoma City. Grain Market Review from USDA Dept of Ag Market News, St. Joseph, Missouri.

WEST LAFAYET TE, Ind. — Producers’ perception of improved current conditions in the agricultural economy pushed the Purdue University/ CME Group Ag Economy Barometer to all-time record highs. The barometer rose to 168 in February, an increase of one point from January, and was up 18 points since December.

Febr ua r y ’s i ncrea se was attributable to an improvement in the Index of Current Conditions, which rose 12 points from January to a reading of 154. Meanwhile, the Index of Future Expectations fell just 4 points below the record high set in January to a reading of 175. The Ag Economy Barometer is based on a mid-month survey of 400 U.S. agricultural producers.

“A lmost across the board, producers indicated

Ag Barometer Aug. 2019

124

Sept. 2019 121 Oct. 2019

136

Nov. 2019

153

Dec. 2019

150

Jan. 2020

167

Feb.2020

168

they were more optimistic about current conditions on their farms and in U.S. agriculture and retained most of the improvement in future expectations exhibited in January,” said James Mintert, the barometer’s principal investigator and director of Purdue University’s Center for Commercial Agriculture.

“Optimism about the agricultural trade outlook was underpinned by recent trade agreements and ap-

peared to be the primary driver behind the improvement in sentiment.”

To understand whether USMCA and the China “Phase 1” agreements impacted sentiment, producers were asked if the agreements relieved their concerns about the effect of tariffs on their farms’ income.

Over three-fourths of respondents, at 76%, said the agreements either “somewhat,” at 69%, or “completely,” at 7%, relieved their concerns, while 17% chose “not at all” as their response.

Although some voiced concerns about the possible impact of the COVID19 virus on agricultural trade in mid-February, when the sur vey was conducted, producers remained relatively optimistic about the resumption of trade with China.

The percentage of pro-

ducers expecting the soybean trade dispute to be settled soon, which peaked at 69% in January, declined to 61% in February.

However, it was still the second most positive response since the question was first posed in March of 2019.

Producers also remained optimistic that the trade dispute will be resolved in a way that’s favorable to U.S. agriculture, with 80% expecting an outcome that is ultimately positive for U.S. agriculture.

Expectations for an improvement in farmland values also rose to an alltime high in February.

When asked to look ahead five years, 59% of producers said they expect farmland values to rise, up from 50% in January. This was the most positive response to the question since data collection began in 2015.

IDOA opens cannabis application process SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Agriculture has opened the application process for cannabis infuser, transporter and craft grower licenses, including for social equity applicants.

The applications are available on the department’s website. IDOA will begin accepting completed applications on Feb. 14, and all cannabis infuser, trans-

porter and craft grower applications must be submitted by 5 p.m. March 16.

Those who qualify as social equity applicants will receive additional points on their application and are eligible to receive technical assistance, grants, low-interest loans, and fee reductions and waivers.

“These craft grower, infuser and transporter licenses are vital to the

success of Illinois’ emerging cannabis industry. We will ensure each of these licenses is selected through a fair, unbiased and anonymous process,” said Jeff Cox, IDOA Medicinal Plants bureau chief.

The non-refundable application fee for all licenses is $5,000. Social equity applicants may be eligible for a fee waiver if they meet certain income and ownership

Larew elected president of NFU S AVA N N A H , Ga. — Delegates to the National Farmers Union 118th Anniversary Convention elected Rob Larew to succeed Roger Johnson as the organization’s president. Larew Patty Edelburg, a Wisconsin dairy farmer, was re-elected to serve a second term as vice president.

Their two-year terms begin immediately and will conclude at NFU’s 120th Anniversary Convention in 2022, at which point both may seek re-election.

“I am so honored that the farmers and ranchers, rural Americans and advocates who make National Farmers Union all that it is have entrusted me with this great responsibility,” Larew said.

“Under Roger’s leadership, this organization

has grown and flourished. I look forward to building on those acc ompl i s h me nt s to fur ther expand the reach and strengthen the reputation of Farmers Union.”

L a rew, who was raised on a West Vi rg i nia dairy farm, served as NFU’s senior vice president of public policy and communications since fall 2016.

In that role, he oversaw the organization’s legislative advocacy in Congress and the executive branch, as well as its public relations activities.

Prior to his employment with NFU, Larew served over 22 years in Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, most recently as the staff director of the House Committee on Agriculture.

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota congratulated Larew on his election.

“Rob is a smart leader and a knowledgeable voice on food and farm issues,” Peterson said. “Farmers Union will benefit greatly from his experience, and I look forward to continuing to work with NFU to protect and strengthen America’s farm and ranch families.”

John Bode, president and CEO of the Corn Ref i ner s A ssociat ion, praised Larew as “a longtime leader in the agriculture policy world.”

“His years of experience on Capitol Hill and with NFU make him a great choice to carry on the impressive leadership of Roger Johnson. Rob is universally respected, a rare feat in Washington.

We look forward to continuing to work with Rob,” Bode said.

Still bearish on stocks and bonds The year is but a few months old and already history has been made for entire Commodity the Big Four, Insight stocks, bonds, Jerry Welch currencies and commodities. For investors, traders and agriculture producers, 2020, thus far, has been surreal, to say the very least, and all because virtually markets of all kinds have declined sharply due to coronavirus fears.

I described the first month of this year as the most bearish January for commodities in history.

The month flashed red ink immediately as commodity values did a swan dive.

On the final trading session of January, the Dow fell a few points shy of 600 points, making for one of the most bearish starts to a new year in history for stocks.

The weakness with stocks and commodities was a shock because so many on Wall Street and Main Street believe deeply that “as January goes, so goes the rest of the year.”

Unfortunately, February was more bearish yet.

Global equities in the final week of February

endured their worst week since 2008 as fears of the coronavirus deepened.

Commodities did as bad if not worse than stocks.

I believe February was likely the most bearish February in history. If correct, that means the first two months of this year were also the most bearish back-to-back months in history — if not the most bearish, certainly the most volatile.

Jim Paulson, chief investment strategist for Leuthold Group, was interviewed by CNBC and said the stock market decline of recent days reminded him of the Crash of ‘87, when the Dow fell 22% in one day.

Paulson said, “Well, it’s certainly a full panic. I’d say … it really reminds me of 1987.”

I turned bearish stocks just prior to “Black Monday” in ‘87 is because interest rates were rising and bond prices falling.

Historically, there are three forces that can break the back of the stock market. Those forces are: higher interest rates, a recession, or a war. When rates ratcheted higher back then, I was ice-cold bearish.

This year, I turned bearish stocks and bullish bonds because China announced they were having issues with coronavirus in early January. I specifically wrote various articles in various pub-

lications with headlines such as “Get Long Hogs, Get Short Stocks,” “Do Not Confuse Brains With a Bull Market,” “ASAP,” “Time to Embrace Bonds and Shun Stocks,” “Buy Bonds, Shun Stocks,” “Events, My Dear Readers, Events,” “Still Comes Down to Events.”

I touted the potential for a sharp decline with the stock market in January long before it unfolded.

And this week, the Fed cut rates for the first time since 2008 out of fears coronavirus would slow domestic and global growth. The rate was dubbed an “emergency” cut, and it caused the U.S. dollar to drop to a multimonth low along with stocks and yields for the debt markets.

Until new all-time highs are posted for the stock market, I will remain bearish. I cannot suggest buying bonds, either. With interest rates now below 1%, coupled with the largest job force in 50 years and the dollar weakening significantly and based on history, such a scenario is bullish hard assets, not paper markets.

For more information, take a peek at my twice-aday newsletter. Drop me a line at commodityinsite1@ gmail.com. Or, feel free to call me at 406-682-5010.

But please wear a face mask, if you call.

limits, in which case the application fee is $2,500.

If selected, a craft grower will pay an annual licensing fee of $40,000, a transporter will pay an annual license fee of $10,000 and an infuser will pay an annual licensing fee of $5,000.

Licenses will be awarded to applicants by July 1.

For more information, visit www2.illinois.gov/ sites/agr.

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