Management program helps area farm family reach goals
A University of Illinois Extension Service article profiles Robert Gene McClerren of rural Franklin County who, after wartime service and a railroad injury, built a 1,200 acre grain and beef cow calf farm south of Thompsonville. He used five guiding principles rent land borrow for operating expenses buy used equipment build equity and savings and raise yields with financing from banks and the Farmers Home Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Scherer
Richard Swope
University of Illinois Extension Service
Robert
Gene’ McClerren
Franklin County
Illinois
McClerren
Thompsonville
University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service
McClerrens
Farmers Home Administration
McClerren turns 72 acres into an expanding farm plan
In 1960 McClerren bought 72 acres and began feeding 100 beef steers to salvage a corn crop. He expanded land through 1965, improved fields, and started a soil based fertility program. By 1964 he and his wife joined the University of Illinois FBFM system to track finances and guide decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClerren
Beef prices and politics mix in Bergland speech
Midwestern tour by Agriculture Secretary Bergland promoted beef import quotas as not hurting prices while critics warned the move would curb price rises. The piece argues the policy shifts hurt farmers, tighten cattle herds, and may boost consumer prices later. It links public opinion polls to political strategies and warns farmers bear the political brunt.
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Mike Carr
Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Midwest
Illinois
U.S
Bergland
Carter-Bergland
Associated Press
Consumer Research Organization
American Farm Bureau
Leo J. Shapiro
Carter
Farm Press
Farm record group to meet Tuesday at Illinois fairgrounds
Illinois Farm Business Farm Management cooperators meet Tuesday at the Illinois State Fair grounds in Springfield. The not-for-profit cooperative program has nearly 8,000 farmers enrolled and will include tours of the state capital and seed laboratory, a tour of the Illinois Department of Agriculture offices, a speech by agriculture director John Block, and the election of FBFM officers and directors.
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Raymond G. Cragle
Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Cragle
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Glenn W. Salisbury
Virginia
Oak Ridge
North Carolina State University
The
U of I
Illinois Farm Business Farm Management
FBFM
Illinois State Fair Grounds
Springfield
Fbfm Association
Illinois
Illinois Department of Agriculture
John Block
Agriculture Director
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C. Richard Swope
University of Illinois Farm Extension
Franklin County Agriculture Extension
Franklin County Grain and Supply Co
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Myette McClerren
Fay Sims
Franklin County Extension
Gene McClerren
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Ascs Grain Storage
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Treasury
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Marion, Illinois
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