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Auction Shows Strong Demand For Pick-Up Trucks; Farmland Market Remains Strong

November 2, 2021 Ty Taylor
The demand remains strong for pick-up trucks. At an auction this week in lower Rock Island County one went for over $17,000 the sticker price says Dale Jones with Sullivan Auctioneers. The retirement livestock equipment [FULL STORY]
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Local Man Moving Forward With Auction College

October 27, 2021 Ty Taylor
A Sherrard businessman starting an auction college. David Aeschliman unveiled the idea earlier this fall.  It’s called Walnut Creek Auction College. You can learn more at walnutcreekauction.com. He plans to offer classes in both the [FULL STORY]
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Rockridge FFA Receives Grant; Hosting Fall Market This Weekend

October 4, 2021 Ty Taylor
Grant funding will help the Rockridge FFA Program.  Kirsten Kapraun is the school’s FFA Advisor. Kapraun says the chapter is hosting an FFA Fall Market this Saturday from 9 a.m.-to-Noon. Proceeds will help with travel [FULL STORY]
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WRMJ Audio: Test Plot Provides Great Learning Experience For Mercer County FFA

September 28, 2021 Ty Taylor
WRMJ visited with Mercer County FFA president Robby Holtschlag on Wednesday. The chapter put together a test plot and is ready to share some of their data next Tuesday, October 5th from 6-to-7:30 p.m.
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New Boston Area Farmland Sale Brings $7,750 Per Acre

September 14, 2021 Ty Taylor
A farmland sale in western Mercer County brings $7,750 an acre.  Dale Jones is with Sullivan Auctioneers. The virtual sale was Tuesday.
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Recent Illinois Farmland Auction Brings $17,000 An Acre

September 13, 2021 Ty Taylor
Farmland values continue an upward trend in Illinois. A sale on Friday in Douglas County near Arcola brought $17,000 an acre says Dan Sullivan with Sullivan Auctioneers. Sullivan says there were bidders from nine states [FULL STORY]
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Area Crops Look Good Heading Toward Harvest; Combines Should Roll Next Month

August 27, 2021 Ty Taylor
Harvest season about a month a way in Western Illinois. Michael Zecher farms south of Aledo and also has ground in northern Henderson and southern Rock Island counties. He spoke with WRMJ Thursday morning. Zecher [FULL STORY]
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Keeping Livestock Cool During Summer Heat

July 26, 2021 Ty Taylor
It takes fans, it takes drinking water, and it takes sprinklers to keep livestock cool during this stretch of heat in western Illinois. Mercer County pork producer Chad Bell took to social media to explain [FULL STORY]
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It’s Sunflower Season; Dandee Flowers Opens This Weekend

July 22, 2021 Ty Taylor
Sunflower season is here. Kate Danner and her husband Jason have started Dandee Flowers on their family farm, west of Aledo. The grand opening is this weekend. Dandee Flowers is open Saturdays and Sundays 8 [FULL STORY]
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Mercer County Youth Livestock Auction Grosses $53,934

July 19, 2021 Ty Taylor
Another big success for the Mercer County Youth Livestock Auction. $53,934 was grossed at the Friday night event. Evan Wynne showed the grand champion market swine, which brought $7 a pound. The grand champion steer [FULL STORY]

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