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Dr. Edward Runge |
70s |
Male |
2000s |
Fayette |
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Senior Advisor for the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, Texas A&M University |
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Myles Harston |
50s |
Male |
2000s |
Livingston |
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AquaRanch Industries: Tilapia fish and hydroponic crops |
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Bill Clausen |
60s |
Male |
1980s |
DeKalb |
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Operates farm established by his grandfather |
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Matthew Hughes |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
Jefferson |
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Corn and soybean farmer in a productive county |
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David Seibert |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Sangamon |
|
Extension livestock specialist |
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Milton Lambert |
60s |
Male |
1980s |
DeKalb |
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Farmer discusses increased reliance on cash crops in 1900s |
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Don (Anonymous) |
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Male |
1980s |
DeKalb |
|
Recalls childhood on farm and resurrection of defunct farm |
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Clarence A. Neujahr |
60s |
Male |
1980s |
DeKalb |
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World War II vet who worked at DeKalb Seed Company |
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Warren Scholl |
70s |
Male |
1980s |
DeKalb |
|
Began farming in the 1930s and also took jobs off the farm |
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George Marr |
70s |
Male |
1970s |
Sangamon |
|
Moved from Kentucky to Illinois to launch farming career |
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George Cline |
90s |
Male |
1970s |
Cass |
|
Farmer discusses farm mechanism in late 1800s-early 1900s |
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Arthur Clough |
70s |
Male |
1970s |
Montgomery |
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Farmer recalls farm life in early 1900s |
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Archibald Dunn |
80s |
Male |
1970s |
Cass |
|
Farmer recalls changes in farm technology from early 1900s |
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Weldon Gerdes |
50s |
Male |
1980s |
Menard |
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Discusses 50 years of farming near the Sangamon River |
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William Hubbard |
70s |
Male |
1970s |
Sangamon |
|
Discusses African-American farm life in early 1900s |
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John Keith |
80s |
Male |
1970s |
Montgomery |
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Farmer discusses farming methods of the early 1900s |
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Winfred Mills |
70s |
Male |
1970s |
Sangamon |
|
Farmer discusses rural life and career with Pioneer Seed Company |
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John Moore |
80s |
Male |
1970s |
Sangamon |
|
Farmer who ran his farm operation from the age of 13 |
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Ray (Bud) Nuckols |
70s |
Male |
1980s |
Sangamon |
|
Recalls early farm life, tractors, and rural electrification |
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Cliffie Smith Patterson |
90s |
Male |
1980s |
Logan |
|
Teacher recalls rural life, family, and country schools |
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Hal Ringland |
70s |
Male |
1970s |
Mason |
|
Farmer discusses famr life in the early-mid 1900s |
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Jack Sarff |
60s |
Male |
1970s |
Mason |
|
Farmer recalls hard times during the Depression and World War II |
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Charles Shuman |
60s |
Male |
1970s |
Moultrie |
|
President of American Farm Bureau Federation (1954-1971) |
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Larry Smith |
40s |
Male |
1980s |
Sangamon |
|
Farmer discusses German heritage and impact of World War II |
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Rolland Stone |
70s |
Male |
1970s |
Sangamon |
|
Stone Seed Company evolved from seed-corn trials in 1920s |
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Robert A. Taylor |
90s |
Male |
1970s |
Cass |
|
Farmer born on family farm in 1882 |
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William Wertheim |
80s |
Male |
1970s |
Sangamon |
|
Small-town butcher and cattle dealer in Athens, Illinois |
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Fred Baumberger |
80s |
Male |
2000s |
Bond |
|
World War II veteran who farmed and raised Standardbred horses |
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Philip Bradshaw |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Pike |
|
Grain and livestock farmer active in pork organization |
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Roger Brown |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Livingston |
|
Farmer and past President of Illinois Pork Producers |
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Philip Nelson |
50s |
Male |
2000s |
McLean |
|
President of the Illinois Farm Bureau |
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Paul Shuman |
70s |
Male |
2000s |
Moultrie |
|
Former IFB Board member; Son of Charles Shuman |
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Harold Steele |
80s |
Male |
2000s |
Bureau |
|
Former president of Illinois Farm Bureau |
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Karl Weingartner |
60s |
Male |
2000s |
Champaign |
|
NSRC Soybean processing |
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Orion Samuelson |
70s |
Male |
2000s |
Cook |
|
Host of National Farm Report, WGN Radio, Chicago |
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Scott Jeckel |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
Tazewell |
|
Pork Manager for Jeckel hog confinement operation of 18,000 hogs on 1,500 acres |
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Gale Williams |
50s |
Male |
1980s |
Jackson |
|
Republican politician recalls farm life in southern Illinois |
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Rick Collins |
30s |
Male |
2000s |
Mercer |
|
Restores historic barns using sustainable practices |
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George Howe |
80s |
Male |
1950s |
Piatt |
|
Farmer and banker born in 1870 recalls farming in late 1800s |
