Italian owners fire manager of Norris Farm in Illinois
Stan Butt, 46, longtime manager of the 12,000 acre Norris Farm near Havana, Illinois, was fired after the Italian family that bought the property through a Chicago bank about two years ago took over. He and some tenant farmers were displaced as the new owners pursued maximum profit. Community members, including Rev. John Beiderweiden, voiced concern that a distant corporation disrupted local ties and livelihoods.
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Havana
Ill
Chicago
Stan Butt
Spoon River Country
Butt
Mildred
Norris
John Beiderweiden
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Tommy Bohannon
Norris Land
Iowa
Canada
St. Paul’s
Fulton County
Herb Evert
Evert
NorTrust
Beiderweiden
Stan
Farm changes ripple through small town amid farm sale
In Norris Farm region, longtime community pillars erode as foreign and financial interests buy farmland. Stan Butt and family relocate after a bad year and a bank led makeover sparks questions about who controls local life. Community leaders warn of broader shifts, while the bank defends its move.
Corn refiners smile as Coca Cola allows more high fructose use
Analyzes the sugar subsidy battle and Coca Cola’s shift toward higher fructose syrup. notes Coca Cola’s preference for direct subsidies, the push by corn refiners led by ADM, Staley, and Archer-Daniels-Midland to raise sugar substitutes, and political entanglements involving Carter, Humphrey, de la Garza, Church, Long, and Austin. Also mentions farm bureau correction on hog breeding stock practices in Pike and Henry counties.
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Mike Carr
Lindsay-Schaub
Coca-Cola
Cola
Carter
A. E. Staley Mfg. Co
Staley
Decatur
Lafayette
Ind
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Eligio de la Garza
Texas
J. Paul Austin
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
John Gartner
Dwayne Andreas
ADM
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Russell Long
D-La
de la Garza
Pike
Henry
Bernie Flock
Macon County Farm Bureau
Quad-Cities
Bernie
Pike County
Henry County
Coyotes multiply fueling farmer dismay in Illinois prairies
The Illinois prairie sees rising coyote numbers with farmers reporting more livestock losses and increased calls for help. Wildlife officials caution against drastic eradication, urging targeted control and nonlethal deterrents like lights, electric fences, and poisoning birds to train coyotes to avoid herds.
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Monmouth
Forrest Loomis
Illinois Department of Conservation
Loomis
Bob Glesenkamp
Central
Illinois
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Harold Dodd
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Oklahoma
Illinois General Assembly
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NorTrust Farm Management Inc
Northern Trust
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Eureka
Kan
Flick
Mercedes Benz
Prince Lichtenstein
Red River
Metternichs
Louisiana
Ferruzzi
Ravenna
Italy
Norris Farm
Northern Trust Bank
Sen. Humphrey
Gartner
Ed Madigan
Rep. Madigan
House Agriculture Committee
Corn Growers of
Serv.co
Cunningham Enterprises Corporation
Anna
Monsanto
Roundup
Monsanto Company
Randolph
Union
Jackson Counties
The
Apple Festival
Murphysboro
South 10Th ST
Treasury
King City
Federal Savings Town & Country Village
Federal Savngs & Loan Insurance Corp
Marion, Ilinois
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