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5 The Rotating World of Soybeans

8 Cool wet weatherputs end to drought

10 SpringfieldAgricultural News

12 Drought-Proof Farming

13 Anderson Awarded Ag Scholarship

14 Farmers’ Market

16 Thrill of the Till

20 New or aspiring farmersinvited to apply for educational program

23 The Sycamore Steam Show

27 Multi-Generational Farm Family

31 What does the future hold for

Annie Glidden’s farmhouse

33 Calendar of Events

34 Farmers can help local nonprofits


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The number of acres of soybeans the Butlers plantchanges each year depending on a three-year rotation.Rotations are used to help increase the nitrogen levelsof the soil. Plants absorb nitrogen as they grow, and inorder for a crop to achieve its maximum yield potential,large amounts of nitrogen are needed.

For their three-year rotation, the Butlers first plant corn.The next year, they plant soybeans. The third year, theydo double planting, which is planting one crop early,harvesting it, and then planting another different cropduring the same year. When double planting, theyusually plant oats with or right after a cover crop likealfalfa, clover, and rye grass.

“Our program is dependent on rotation,” Aaron Butlersaid. “Rotation stays the same each year to help withpest, weed, and fertility management.”

Ed Arndt of Malta also grows soybeans. As a conventionalnon-organic farmer, Arndt uses anhydrous ammonia,an efficient and widely used source of nitrogen fertilizer,along with crop rotation.

Paul Butler and his son, Aaron,have been farmers in Malta theirentire lives.

Together, they farm 1,900 acres.For over 20 years, the Butlershave been organic farmers,eschewing synthetic pesticidesand herbicides in favor of machineand hand labor and crop rotation.

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“It is a good idea to do a corn and bean rotation,” Arndt said.“Growing four or five years of corn and then a year of soybeans isa real boost and provides a better yield.”

Growing year after year of corn leaves residue on the ground. Theresidue insulates the ground, keeping it cooler and slowing thegermination of new corn seed. Arndt said that the residue makesit more of a challenge to corn to grow continuously.

“Corn has a better, easier chance to grow on soybean stubble,”Arndt said. “Growing corn on top of corn makes the soil holdtogether. Soybeans help loosen the soil and are better for soilerosion. Bacterial nodes in soybeans leave the nitrogen neededfor growing corn.”

When choosing whether to plant corn or soybeans, Arndt andthe Butlers agreed that rotation is their main consideration. Otherfactors include the price of seeds, soil type and slope of the land,the demand and market price of their harvest, and infrastructure,including the need for machinery and storage. Arndt said someof the corn he grows and 20 percent of his soybean crop goes tofeed his livestock.

record yields predictedAccording to the DeKalb County Farm Bureau website, soybeansare produced on one-fourth of the farmland of DeKalb County,which is 90,000 acres. The annual value of soybean productionis $73 million. With a high demand for soybeans, local farmers,including Arndt, have planted their highest-ever acreage ofsoybeans this year.

“We’ve had a good crop this year,” Berkeley Boehne, a memberof the DeKalb County Corn and Soybean Growers Association,said. “But good yields come with bad prices. Commodity priceshave gone down, but input prices haven’t yet.”

Darrel Good, an agricultural economist at the University of Illinois,said current crop and weather conditions have the nation on trackfor record corn and soybean yields, perhaps resulting in surplusesthat could send prices plummeting in the 2014-15 market year.

“The sharp decline in corn prices following the release of the USDAreports put December corn futures about 35 cents [7.6 percent]below the spring crop insurance price,” Good said. “Crop revenueinsurance will provide some revenue protection for those with highlevels of coverage if prices continue to decline.”

Soybeans could see a steeper drop than corn, Good said.

“Soybean prices also declined sharply following the reports, withNovember futures moving within about 20 cents of the spring cropinsurance price,” Good said. “There appears to be more downsidepotential for soybean prices.”

Good said soybean stockpiles could exceed 400 million bushels bySept. 1, 2015. That kind of surplus could mean a substantial year-over-year decline in the average price of soybeans, from morethan $13 a bushel this year to $10.50 next year.


demand remains strongCorn and soybean demand should hold steady, as fewer farmersfeed the world. Good said soybean demand in China continues togrow.

“Nationwide, we export about half of the soybeans we produce,and about 60 percent of that is exported to China,” Good said.

The U.S. ranks third in soybean meal exports, behind Brazil andArgentina. Brazil is ranked first in soybean oil exports, followed bythe U.S. and Argentina. American soybean producers keep a closeeye on South American production, especially since the U.S. hasbecome an importer of their crops.

“In 2012, South America had some production problems, but theyrebounded with very large crops the last 2 years,” Good said.“Historically, you’ll see about 10 [million] to 15 million bushels fromthem, but this year 90 million bushels are projected from SouthAmerica.”

Alternative energy continues to boost demand for corn andsoybeans, but profitability still is the main consideration.

“Ethanol and biodiesel definitely help keep prices strong,” saidEmerson Nafziger, professor of crop sciences at the University ofIllinois. “We’ve always had more corn in Illinois, and I really don’t seeany big shifts between corn and soybeans.”

Nationally, biodiesel production was up 37 percent from 2012 to2013, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.Industry estimates show that biodiesel demand has increasedsoybean value by 74 cents per bushel between 2006 and 2012.

Despite the rapid growth, biodiesel still has a long way to go tocatch up with the ethanol industry. Infrastructure and geographystill largely determine how much alternative energy factors intofarmers’ marketing plans.

The ethanol market is more readily accessible than biodiesel, servingas another push toward corn.While there are ethanol plants in Clinton, Iowa, Rochelle, Lena,Hennepin and Annawan, biodiesel infrastructure is still in its infancy.Adkins Energy in Lena and Annawan’s Patriot Renewable Fuelshave biodiesel projects planned.

“Biodiesel has come in fits and starts,” Good said. “We’ve seen afairly significant increase in ethanol growth since 2006. The ethanolmarket is peaking now, and we no longer need to expand cornproduction for that. I expect slow growth in the ethanol marketgoing forward, and biodiesel may start to catch up.”

Nafziger agrees that demand for soybeans is growing on the worldmarkets. Unlike ethanol, the biodiesel industry has been relativelyunscathed by the argument that using grains for fuel causes foodinflation.

“An overall strong world economy is important in demand for allcommodities,” Nafziger said. “It helps soybeans that there is ademand for high-protein diets. Also, the food versus fuel argumenthasn’t touched biodiesel like ethanol.”

• Donna Barker and Pam Eggemeier contributed to this article.

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Good news for farmers -the drought of the past two yearsis finally over.

Although the growing season started with a wetand cool spring, rainfall totals so far this year havebeen ideal for growing crops in Illinois.

“For the past couple of years, the drought hurtcrop production and yields,” Gilbert Sebenste, ameteorologist at Northern Illinois University, said.“But despite an unseasonably cool start to thegrowing season, the rainfall is exactly where itshould be.”

Sebenste said that the entire state has hadadequate rainfall totals this year, which hasended the drought that started two years ago. In2012, DeKalb County received only 60 percent ofits normal rainfall, and the summer of 2013 wasunusually dry.

This year, the growing season had a slow start, withApril and May being cooler than average. Onlyfour days in April had temperatures at or above 70degrees. The first two days of May had lows of 40degrees, and don’t forget the late-season snow.

“All areas of DeKalb County had snow in May,”Sebenste said. “On May 16, DeKalb had a dustingof snow. Snow in some parts of the county saw up to2 to 3 inches of snow, particularly in the southwestof the county.”

Ed Arndt, a farmer in Malta, said that the snow andcool weather during the spring had minimal impacton his planting.

DeKalb County had 8.75 inches of rain during themonth of June, more than double the average of4.2 inches.

July was one of the 10 coldest Julys on record forthe county, Sebenste said. The month failed to havea 90-degree day, with the month’s hottest daybeing July 22 at 89 degrees. The 30-year averagetemperature for July is 73 degrees compared withthis year’s average of 68 degrees. There were 16heating degree days in July compared to thenormal number of 5. A heating degree day is whenthe average temperature of the day is lower than65 degree.

“Even though the spring and July were cool andwe had some flooding and heavy rains in June, wewill have a good number of bushels and an aboveaverage crop,” Arndt said.

Sebenste’s long range computer models showthat the temperature will be cooler than averagethrough October.

“There is a lot of uncertainty in the forecast, butthere is the possibility for heavier rainfall late in theseason during September and October,” Sebenstesaid. “The mid- to late-fall period could be wet,particularly in the south of the county.”

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“It was a quiet year on the agriculture front,” said Rep. Tom Demmer,R-Dixon. “Most of the session was focused on budgets and taxes. Becauseof that, there has been a pretty minor impact in most cases for farmers andthe agriculture industry.”

One of the most popular issues in Illinois government is allowing the limiteduse of medical marijuana. Rules governing the production, distributionand sale of medical marijuana were approved by the Joint Committeeon Administrative Rules. The Department of Agriculture will grant permitsfor secure, guarded facilities to grow and transport cannabis intended formedical use.

Demmer said that legislature also included a pilot program to allow publicuniversities in Illinois that have agricultural programs to research industrialhemp, a variety of marijuana grown for its fiber for use in making productssuch as rope. Hemp was previously banned and labeled a controlledsubstance in the 1970s because it contains a small amount of THC, thepsychoactive drug found in marijuana.

A bill that did go to the governor involved the restructuring of the Swine andCattle Disease Control Committee to be better able to prevent, manage,

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and control diseases such as the Porcine EpidemicDiarrhea virus, or PEDv, which killed millions of hogs acrossthe country, including in DeKalb County.

“In the fall of 2013 and the spring of 2014, there was aswine virus with no known cure that killed only piglets,”Rep. Bob Pritchard, R-Hinckley said. “Swine prices arehigher because of the reduction of pork. The virus wasenough to reduce production significantly, about 10percent.”

Another bill that passed legislature allows for the recyclingand remanufacture of once-used soybean oil, such asthe oil used in deep-frying and cooking, into biodiesel fuelfor engines.

Current laws under the Livestock Facilities ManagementAct relating to the location and operation of large livestockfarms have been approved by the Joint Committee onAdministrative Rules.

“New rules were adopted in regards to animal wastefrom large animal production facilities, primarily beef,hogs, and dairy.” Pritchard said. “There were concernsthat animal waste could find its way into streams andlakes during large rain events or after surface applyinganimal waste to farm fields. Everyone was concernedwith maintaining the quality of water in streams and lakes,

and following good farming practices.”

A bill that did not pass was a repeal of the sales taxexemption on business purchases, meaning farmers willremain protected from cumulative taxation.

“Agriculture is among our state’s strongest resourcesthat generates economic activity, jobs, and revenue,”Pritchard said. “There is an exemption for purchasesof inputs into agricultural production such as fertilizer,tractors, chemicals, combines, and seeds. Sales taxesapply only to the finished product. There would be salestax on a pickup truck a farmer buys, but not on itemsdirectly related to the production of food and fiber.”

A bill that would require food labeling on geneticallymodified food products also was defeated.

“The labeling would feed to the fear that people have ofgenetically modified food,” Pritchard said.

Pritchard said that during committee, they discussed howclose windmills can be to houses and other buildings.Regulations on wind turbine construction did not pass.

• Jermaine Pigee contributed to this article.



his year, all the talk is about the fact that the droughtof the past two years has finally come to an end.Even though rainfall totals in DeKalb County revealthat the drought is over, farmers are still looking for away to use water more efficiently.

Jamie Walter, a farmer and seed dealer fromDeKalb, said that when he chooses which seeds tobuy, he often selects hybrids that have both goodgenetics and technology traits, such as resistanceagainst drought, pests, and weeds.

“Selecting a seed to use is a series of choices,”Walter said. “As a farmer, it’s all about the valueproposition. Do I have to give something up? Andif so, what is it? … My first priority is choosing a goodcorn for my farm. If it happens to have a droughtgene, all the better.”

Companies, including Pioneer, Syngenta, andMonsanto, are creating hybrids with droughttolerance traits. Traits include having better ability toextract water from the soil and the rolling of leavesto prevent water loss.

“We cross inbreds with certain traits to create ahybrid with the strengths of both and the weaknessesof neither,” Harold Armstrong, a registered seedtechnologist at the Monsanto Seed TechnologyCenter in Waterman, said. “DroughtGard hybrids weare creating save water loss by controlling stomata,which regulates water being lost to the environment.…There are currently research trials with hybrids inKansas and the western corn belt area as an effortto solve constant drought problems there.”

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“A farmer in dry land Kansas,might value a drought-resistantgene because they might havea drought,” Walter said. “It is anissue much more frequent than itis here. For those farmars, there aredifferent tradeoffs.”

Conserving and efficiently usingwater are certainly topics on theminds of DeKalb County farmers,even though drought is notconstant problem.

“We don’t have issues with droughtvery often, but we certainly did in2012,” Walter said. “And if you lookaround DeKalb County, you cansee some irrigation systems, butnot many.”

Drought or, using hybrids canreduce the operation costs ofirrigation systems. A hybrid thatbetter conserves water will requireless energy, time, and water, whichultimately will keep the expense ofowning an irrigation system down.

In the end, it is a question of valuewhen farmers decide if they willplant hybrids. Raising yields isalways important. Adding extratraits, suchas drought resistance,to a variety that is already used isan added bonus.

“Farmers are always lookingforward to the future,” Armstrongsaid. “We need to make betteruse of all our resources, especiallybetter water use efficiency. …Part of our mission statement atMonsanto is to produce moreusing less to help and feed all ofthe people in the world. Hybridswill help with our effort to solve thatproblem.”

Dana Anderson, daughter of wes and Susan Andersonand a recent graduate of Indian Creek high School, wasawarded a $1,500 scholarship from the hintzsche Companiesheadquartered in Maple Park.

hintzsche Scholarship for Agriculture applicants are evaluatedby an independent panel of agri-business professionals andeducators. Evaluations are based on scholastic achievement,leadership activities and a written essay. Anderson was one ofsix recipients to receive this award in 2014.

Anderson was involved in many different activities throughouthigh school, including: FFA, 4-h, Academic Bowl (numerousoffices), drama cub (president her junior and senior years),band, creative writing club (editor), cheerleading and dance.She was raised on a swine and grain farm and began helpingout at an early age. She also enjoyed showing pigs.

Anderson is interested in many different avenues in the field ofagriculture and aspires to be ag teacher one day. Influencedby her high school ag teacher, Anderson hopes to be ableto spark other’s interest in what agriculture is all about andhas to offer. Anderson will attend the University of wisconsin-Platteville in the fall, majoring in agriculture education.

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armers’ markets started as a way forfarmers to bring their homegrownproduce, such as tomatoes, heads of

lettuce, and ears of corn, into town to sell.

Today, these markets offer much more than fresh produce.Many now host vendors selling a variety of items, includingjams, jellies, honey, wine, and fresh flowers. Vendors evensell items such as eggs, meat, cheese, and homemade dogtreats. Live entertainment, including music and dance groups,have become popular attractions at farmers markets as well.

Robert Pondelick, whose grandfather started Theis FarmMarket near Maple Park in 1981, sells fresh-picked seasonalvegetables and fruits grown on the farm at the DeKalb andSycamore farmers’ markets.

“The vegetables that we sell are meant to be grown in homegardens,” Pondelick said. “There is a night-and-day differencebetween store-bought vegetables and those bought at afarmers’ market when picked ripe. The freshness is secondto none and the taste is incredible. …Buying from farmersmarkets is also important because it puts money back intothe local economy.”

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According to the Illinois Farmers MarketAssociation, the number of farmers marketsin Illinois has tripled in the past 20 years. Withmore than 300 farmers’ markets statewide,Illinois has the third-most in the country behindCalifornia and New York.

Rose Treml, the executive director of theSycamore Chamber of Commerce, said theSycamore Farmers’ Market was first createdas a way to bring people back to the city’sdowntown area. She said that there are plansto expand the market into a street market bynext year.

“Our vendors used to sell strictly produce,”Treml said. “By introducing more variety, wehope that people will come more often andshop.”

Jessica Antonacci, the events manager atthe DeKalb Chamber of Commerce, said thatthe DeKalb Farmers’ Market has also recentlygrown as purchasing homemade items fromvendors has become more popular.

“The market has grown to meet the needsof the people,” Antonacci said. “We haveadded vendors that sell jewelry, honey, andbaked goods. We even have a taco stand.Our goal is to be a one-stop shop for people.”

Nancy Proesel, a co-owner of Tapa La Lunarestaurant in DeKalb, said she visits multiplefarmers’ markets to shop for items for herrestaurant, including decorative flowers aswell as for herbs such as dill and basil.

“I love farmers’ markets,” Proesel said. “Atfarmers’ markets, I can find fresh producethat was grown locally. I can also find flowersthat were picked fresh out of the garden thismorning.

“… I love coming to farmers markets becauseit allows me to support local farmers andbusinesses while buying a variety of thefreshest, highest quality available.”


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Deep in the heart of BureauCounty, past Princeton and nearCherry, just across the tracks fromZearing, is the town of Malden. It’ssurrounded by farmland, far asthe eye can see.

Just outside Malden is Calvin Standley’s grain farm. This iswhere the only known grain tillage cart in existence wasinvented by Standley, with help from his son, John.

The cart is actually a grain wagon, with a disc on thefront and uneven tires on the back that separate it froman attached chisel plow. It’s pulled by a separate tractoralongside the combine that harvests the grain.

Neither Standley nor his patent attorney could find anyother such contraption on file, so a patent application hasbeen filed.

Once the design was perfected by Standley, the cart wasbuilt last summer by John Williams at McHenry MachineShop in Princeton, and was put to its first test during the fallharvest last year.

Standley’s wife, Beth, operated the cart, “and the entireharvest went without a hitch,” Standley said. “The way itperformed far exceeded our expectations.”

Benefits are numerous, he said.

“There’s much less soil compaction, for one thing,” he said,“since we’re making only one pass over the field instead oftwo or three. That means more water is going down into theground instead of running off and causing erosion.”

Fuel savings are expected to be a big plus for the samereason, Standley said.

“The tractor pulling this thing uses more fuel than just atractor pulling a standard grain cart, but still less thanrunning equipment over the same field several times,” hesaid. Actual statistics and figures will be combined andanalyzed this fall.

Additionally, this method redeposits more nitrogen intothe soil. The longer nitrogen sits on top of soil, the more ofit is lost in the environment and through water run-off. Withthis process, though, much of it is put back into the soilimmediately, effectively reducing fertilizer costs, too.

Microbial degradation – the breakdown of corn stalks andother plant material back into the soil – needs to be donewithin two weeks of harvest for maximum effectiveness, andthat process also is greatly aided here.

“The benefits just keep piling up for us,” Standley said, “andso far we haven’t found any negatives at all.”

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Increased quality of life is a plus, too, he said.

“Obviously, there will be less time spent in the field,” he said,“and that allows more family time and time spent on otherthings.”

This fall he also plans to run a farrow and fertilizer applicationon the same piece of equipment, to test their effectiveness. Heexpects good results.

“The patent is very broad-based,” he said, “so we’re going totry lots of things with it.”

Two companies already have shown interest in the newimplement, he said.

Woods Brothers in nearby Oregon, “came out and looked,”Standley said, “but they deal more with short-term equipmentlike mowers and things, so it didn’t really fit with what they do.”

Case-IH also gave consideration to the cart, he said, “but theircontract had way too many clauses in their favor to suit me.”

So what does the future hold?

“We’re taking it one day at a time,” Standley said with a smile,“but so far it’s all been good, and we’ve had no drawbacks atall. We’re excited and hopeful for the future.”



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The program, which features classroom, hands-on,and in-field instruction, is offered at three locationsin Illinois: the UIUC campus in Urbana, U of I’s DixonSprings Agricultural Center in Simpson, and at the KaneCounty U of I Extension office in St. Charles. Classes

will be held one Saturday a month at each locationfrom 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., running December 2014 throughNovember 2015.

A Spanish-language program is also offered througha partnership with the Illinois Migrant Council. MaryHosier, project manager for the program, said thatthe format of the Spanish program will be tailored tothe needs of the participants at each location, whichwill likely include four months of instruction from startto finish with shorter meetings on weeknights and afew extended “hands-on” field trips, she said. Sites willbe determined based on enrollment. Sites last yearfor the Spanish language program included Harvard,Kankakee, and Anna.

U of I crop sciences professor Rick Weinzierl and co-workers received a grant from the Beginning Farmer-Rancher Development Program of the NationalInstitute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, to implementthe three-year project to provide education to aspiringIllinois farmers. The first session started in fall of 2012.

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There is no fee for the program if the participantattends at least 10 of the 12 sessions, however thosewho enroll but do not complete the program areasked to donate their deposit to a local food bank,Hosier said.

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The Sycamore Steam Showand Threshing Bee is morethan a way for members ofThe Northern Illinois SteamPower Club to blow off steamand socialize.

During the four-day event, club members bringhistory to life by demonstrating the old-fashionedway of harvesting wheat. The show, held at theTaylor Marshall Farm in Sycamore from Thursday untilSunday the second full weekend of August, is not justa static display.

“Like Civil War reenactments, we are recreating theway farming was done, and we show people howit was done back in the day,” said Dave Stevens,a member of the club since 1976 and one of theclub’s directors. “People come from all over, fromWisconsin, Iowa, and Indiana. Some people even

came from England and planned their vacationaround the show.”

This year, the 58th annual steam show off Plank Roadnorth of Sycamore drew more than 9,400 peopleand featured 20 steam-powered engines and morethan 300 gasoline-powered tractors.

“A lot of people don’t understand how farming usedto be done,” Phil Blanchard, a club member said.“All agricultural work was done by muscle, eitherhuman or animal. …Today, harvesting is done byone person in a combine. It wasn’t always like that.”

Phil Blanchard and his wife Betty joined the NorthernIllinois Steam Power Club in 1967 and are honorarylifetime members. Phil Blanchard worked on the lastthreshing ring in Lake County between 1950 and1955. When he saw a poster advertising the event,the couple attended the event together and havebeen coming back ever since.

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“My dad grew up on a farm, and I visited thefarm on summer vacations,” Betty Blanchardsaid. “Being involved in the show each yearreminds me of all the good memories of visitingrelatives on the farm. …Many shows of this typeare called reunions. The shows have threshersthat come back year after year, as well as thecommunity and spectators.”

The club started with a meeting at Halverson’sImplement Co. in DeKalb on Feb. 16, 1957. Theshow has been held at the Taylor Marshall Farmin Sycamore since 1967. Admission costs $7;children 12 and younger get in free. One dayeach year, there is a discount day when seniorspay $4.

The steam show’s main attraction is the threshingbee, which reenacts and commemorates a grainharvest from the 1920s and 1930s. During thebee, the growing wheat is first cut and bundled.Then it is loaded onto wagons and hauled to thethreshing machine. The bundles are fed into themachine, which separates the wheat seeds fromthe stalk. The seeds then become grain and thestalks are baled into straw bales. At the event,visitors can buy flour ground daily at the Petersenfamily’s tent.

The event also includes numerous other activities,such as a large five-acre flea market, sawmill,bake sale, rug making, basket weaving, andfood vendors.

“Anything that you would see at a huge garagesale can also be found at the flea market,” BettyBlanchard said. “There are also vendors sellingtractor parts and tires, as well as tools.”

When the club recently purchased a steamengine manufactured by the Illinois Thresher Co.in Sycamore, Stevens, a mechanic by trade,showed interest in helping restore it. He becamethe operator of the restoration project, whichtook over two years to complete.

“This particular engine was manufactured here inSycamore in 1916,” Stevens said. “The plant shutdown in the mid-to-late 1920s having producedonly 63 engines. Only six are known to havesurvived and only four still run. We were able tobring the engine back to where it originated andexhibit it at this year’s show.

“…We are constantly preserving the past byrestoring and working on the equipment. We arealways planning.”

Planning has already begun for next year’ssteam show – organizers say it takes an entireyear to plan the event’s four-day weekend. Theclub is also involved in advertisement paradesthroughout the year.

“As soon as one show is over, we are alreadyplanning for next year’s show,” Stevens said.“There are over 500 members of the group, andwe’re all volunteers. … Membership is open toall. All you have to be is interested.”

Matt Berry, 16, of Sycamore, pulls a charred hot dog out of the coalpowered furnace of a 1923 Type A Erie Steam Shovel, operated byliam Dancey, 18, of Sycamore, on Thursday, August 14, 2014, at theNorthern Illinois Steam Power Club’s Steam Show and Threshing Beeat Taylor Marshall Farm in Sycamore. The machine belongs to theFruit family of Kirkland. Berry, who was on a lunch break, said thefurnace cooks a hot dog perfectly.

les Petersen, 70, of hampshire, shovels coal into the furnace of his 1925Baker 21-75 horsepower on Thursday, August 14, 2014, at the NorthernIllinois Steam Power Club’s Steam Show and Threshing Bee at TaylorMarshall Farm in Sycamore. Petersen was getting ready for the paradewhere he was pulling a thresher. he said he’s been to every SteamShow and Threshing Bee except in 1966 when he was in the army.


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ike Schweitzer of Malta alwayshoped to be a farmer growing up.

Schweitzer, the youngest of seven children and a sixth-generation farmer, grew up working on the family farmalongside his father, brothers, uncles, and grandfather. Heattended the University of Illinois and studied technical systemsmanagement in the College of Agriculture, pursing a degreethat would one day be beneficial for the family farm.

Schweitzer’s family came to DeKalb County in the 1860s, andhe said that his heritage has made him who he is today.“I appreciate my family’s history and heritage,” Schweitzersaid. “It’s always been a desire of mine to run the farm full-time and raise my kids the way I was raised. … My dad is stillinvolved in running the farm, and it’s nice to have someone tohelp counsel and be a mentor.”

Schweitzer and his family have worked hard to keep their farma full-time business. But keeping farms in the family has becomemore difficult for multiple-generation farming families.

Planning a family’s succession and transitioning the farm andits assets between generations often can be problematic,said Landon Faivre, the lead director of agribusiness banking

at Castle Bank in DeKalb.

“Every situation is unique,” Faivre, a fourth-generationfarmer, said. “Some transitions can be very difficult,depending on how many children the farm familyhas and whether or not their children continue tooperate the farm.

“A challenging situation could be when the oldergeneration has five children they love equally, butonly one child stuck around to handle the operation,”Faivre said. “How do you have the transition? Whodo you give what to without tearing apart the familyor the farming operation? ... To solve that issue, theremust be open and clear communication between allthe parties involved, even those not involved with thefarm.”

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One of the biggest problems with successionplanning is estate or inheritance taxes, especiallyor farms worth $5 million or more. Faivre said thattrying to reduce and minimize tax implications andnot bury the younger generation in debt is one ofthe greatest difficulties in succession planning.

Marc Lovell, the assistant director of the University ofIllinois Tax School, said establishing objectives of thesuccession plan and the children is a good startingpoint.

“When it comes to children, there is some sense offairness,” he said. “But that can be a really toughthing for farmers. There isn’t a lot of liquidity to splitup.”

The planning process should include considerationof current tax structures, Lovell said, to ensurethe maximum amount can be passed to thedescendants.

Gifting can be a way to do that.

Generally, an individual can give a tax-exemptgift of up to $14,000 a year to someone else, Lovellsaid, and a couple can give $28,000. And it isn’t justcash, but there must be valuation to a gifted asset,he said.

Descendants also are entitled to a tax exemptionon inheritances, this year in the amount of $5.34million or less, Lovell said. Passing down assetsthrough spouses also can help ease the tax burdenon the next generation.

Without some sort of estate planning, the state’sdefault rules will be used when a farmer dies.

“You generally don’t want that with a farm, becauseit can get messy,” Lovell said.

Although understanding tax structures and putting

a value on the family farm as a business can bea difficult conversation to have with a lawyer oraccountant, it probably will be no more difficultthan family discussions about the family’s history onthe farm, the family investment, and desires for thefuture.

But those discussions are important to ensure thatthe next generation doesn’t run into the “curse ofwealth” when l they that they are not interested infarming or a large amount of money is realized fromthe assets of the farm business.

Faivre advises farmers to talk with their familiesabout succession and transitions earlier rather thanlater to help prepare the entire family.

The average age of a principal farm operator inthe U.S. is 58, according to the 2012 U.S. Census ofAgriculture, which is the most current data.In Illinois, the average is 57.8, up from 56.2 in 2007and 53.2 in 1997.

“Planning isvery important,”Faivresaid.“Every familyshould have a team of trusted advisers, including anattorney, an accountant, and potentially a lender.… Nobody likes to talk about their own death,but not talking about it ends up hurting the nextgeneration. It can lead to family squabbles and thebreakup of a farming operation.”

Most farmers view farming as a family business.They have pride in their farm because the familyhas been involved for multiple generations. There isa sense of duty to continue to keep the traditions.Farmers also live at their place of work, which isanother layer of engagement that farming has overa regular business. The family works and lives on thefarm, surrounded by their fields.

Schweitzer estimated that 95 percent of his time isdedicated to his family farm.

The intense time demands may deter people fromchoosing to become farmers, but both Schweitzerand Faivre agreed that having farmers in the familymake it a little easier.

“The best way to get into farming is to inherit or marryinto it, rather than a city kid who wakes up one dayand wants to be a farmer,” Faivre said. “You wouldbe competing against many other establishedfarmers. Farming is a very difficult business toget into because of the capital requirements:equipment, land, and inputs. Generational farmershave a leg up on being a farmer because theyhave established relationships, the machinery, anda land base.”

According to Faivre, owning land is one of thebiggest barriers of entry for somebody interested inbecoming a farmer.



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“It’s a pretty big barrier when land sells for $12,000an acre depending on its quality, location, andproximity,” Faivre said. “Most farmland sells from 40acres up to several hundred acres at a time.”

The U.S. Department of Agriculture tracks theaverage price of farmland. For several years, theprice in Illinois has risen about 3 percent a year. Inmost years since 2005, however, the rate of increasehas been much higher, with appreciation ratesranging from 12 percent to 25 percent. Farmlandthat sold for $2,560 an acre in 2004 sold in 2013 for$7,800 ñ more than triple the original value.

Over the years, the prices of land have changed,as well as what is grown in fields and the machineryused for planting and harvesting. But land prices,hard work, and difficult decisions have not dauntedthe Schweitzer family. Schweitzer looks forward tothe next generation, his two young sons, helping outon the family farm one day if they choose.

“Working on the farm isn’t just a career, it’s a lifestylechoice,” Schweitzer said. “I couldn’t imagine abetter way to raise my family, and I couldn’t imaginedoing anything else.”

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The house is the original farm home of John Glidden and his sister Annie, whobuilt it in 1901.

Five years later, John moved to the Joseph Glidden homestead on WestLincoln Highway after his uncle Joseph died, and Annie acquired the houseand surrounding farmland.

Over the next 20 years, she operated the farm and became involved in theDeKalb community’s social and cultural life. Although she never married,she did become a single parent when her sister Cora died during childbirthand Annie stepped in to raise her nephew, Glidden Switzer.

Annie had graduated from Cornell University with a degree in agriculture,something unusual for young women in the late 19th century. Her uncleJoseph Glidden had paid for her education. She used her knowledge ofagriculture to become a successful farmer, planting alfalfa, corn, fancyasparagus, and raspberries. She even was recognized by the State of Illinoisfor the quality of the corn crop she raised one year.

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the somewhat dilapidatedfarmhouse and nearby carriagehouse standing empty on theNorthern Illinois University campusface an uncertain future.

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Annie Glidden’s farmhouse has three stories, a livingroom with fireplace, dining room and kitchen on thefirst floor with a mudroom attached to the back, threebedrooms and a bathroom on the second floor, thenanother stairway to the attic, which was finished off asa sleeping room for guests and visiting relatives.

Around 1930, the Burt Oderkirk family purchased thehouse, and Annie retired and moved to California tolive with a niece.

The Oderkirks lived there until it was sold to the NIUFoundation in 1977 as part of a 5.6-acre parcel alongAnnie Glidden Road. The university has leased theproperty from the Foundation ever since, using it forvarious departmental and special program offices,while the carriage house, which had been convertedinto a two-story apartment by the Oderkirks, was usedas a journalism classroom.

About 10 years ago, university officials decided they nolonger needed the two buildings. Utilities were shut offand the structures have stood empty since.

Two local historians, Steve Bigolin and me, BarrySchrader, noticed the deteriorating condition ofthe structures late last year and contacted the NIUFoundation to see if the house and carriage housecould be preserved as the original home of the iconicAnnie Glidden.

After months of corresponding, they finally arrangeda meeting with NIU President Douglas Baker, MichaelMalone vice president of university advancement, andNIU Vice President of Operations Bill Nicklas, along withDeKalb Mayor John Rey, in mid-August.

They learned there are no plans for the site, except thecontinued operation of the nearby Milan Township one-room school used by the College of Education. Bakerasked them to come up with one specific proposal foroperating and maintaining the buildings and how itcould be supported financially.

So Bigolin and I have created a website displayingphotos of the current condition of the buildings.

We are also seeking ideas and input from area farmersand other residents, and plan to prepare a proposal bymid-September.

The website is www.anniehouse.org and we welcomesuggestions for its renovation, possible uses, and howto help NIU finance repairs and improvements. We canalso be reached by phone at 815-508-0068.

A non-profit organization may have to be formed at alater date if the university and its foundation approvetheir recommendation on how to preserve and utilizethe home and carriage house.



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Farmers now have the opportunity to contribute$3.3 million to organizations in their communities.To honor and support the tradition of serviceorganizations in rural America, the America’sFarmers Grow Communities program is partneringwith farmers to direct $2,500 donations to individualnonprofit organizations. The program, whichkicked off its fifth year on Aug. 1, benefits 1,324counties across 40 states.

Organizations that received funding in thepast include fire departments, food pantries,community groups, and youth service programslike FFA and 4-h. In the smaller, rural communitieswhere this program operates, a donation like thiscan make the difference in dozens of lives. Theresults include better-equipped volunteer firedepartments, food pantries stocked with morefresh produce, improved meeting halls and fairgrounds, and opportunities for youth leadershipdevelopment.

last spring, the hiawatha Education Foundationin Kirkland received a $2,500 grant through theapplication of farmer Allan Aves, and the MaplePark Family Fund received $2,500 through theapplication of Kane County farmer John Biddle.In 2013, the Malta Fire Department and MaltaTownship Public library benefited from GrowCommunities grants.

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