WRMJ visited with Rockridge senior Desiree Reid this week. She is serving as a student moderator on November 18 for a Live Virtual Dairy Farm Tour. The event is a collaboration between the IHSA and Midwest Dairy. Reid is also…
Local State Representative Dan Swanson teaming up with local county farm bureaus to host Farmland Assessment Meetings. All area farmland owners or farm managers are invited to attend. The nearest meetings are Monday, Nov. 29 at 8:30 a.m. at Carl…
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 auction was held Tuesday. Sullivan…
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 Quad Cities and Des Moines…
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 expenses for members traveling to…
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.
A farmland sale in western Mercer County brings $7,750 an acre. Dale Jones is with Sullivan Auctioneers. The virtual sale was Tuesday.
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 and seven different parties were…
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 also serves as Mercer County…
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 his practices. Bell farms in…
