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A6 Friday, March 30, 2018 | ILLINOIS AGRINEWS | www.agrinews-pubs.com ©2016 CNH america llc. All rights reserved. Case IH is a registered trademark Of CNH america LLC, CNH america LLC. CNH capital is a trademark Of CNH america LLC. www.caseih.com Brian Davis 608-751-2956 Bill Werhane 608-751-2056 Jason Carroll 608-774-2002 Jason Waugh 608-921-7767 Adam Pennycook 608-751-8872 Kathryn Hesebeck 608-295-2519 Mark Hickey 815-871-8897 Dave Harms 815-739-0474 Scott Meadows 815-988-7171 Curt Vincent 815-878-7573 Nick Schafer 815-878-2336 Andrew LeFevre 815-677-7020 Hwy. 14 E, Janesville, WI 800-345-1086 W2608 Hwy 11, Juda, WI 855-934-2388 Hwy. 251 S, Rochelle, IL 800-262-1680 Hwy 52, Amboy, IL 800-957-2513 www.johnsontractor.com LS-B92914 CASE IH 3950 25’, Rigid Gang, 7.5” Spacing, Rear Hitch $15,500 2005 CASE IH TIGERMATE II 46.5’ Double Fold, 4 Bar Coil Tine Harrow, Rear Hitch $23,500 2012 CASE IH CRUMBLER 110 45’, Double Fold $8,900 WIL-RICH QUAD 5 38’ Double Fold, 5 Bar Spike Drag $11,500 2009 CASE IH TIGERMATE 200 42.5’ Double Fold, Rear Reel w/Tine Harrow $39,500 2007 NEW HOLLAND TJ430 710-42 Duals, Powershift, Guidance Rdy, 4 Valves, 3380 Hrs. $99,500 2015 CASE IH MAGNUM 340 18.4-50 Duals, Suspended Frt Axle w/Duals, 3Pt, 1000 PTO, Guidance Complete, Luxury, Ballast Pkg, 4 Valves, 880 Hrs. $189,500 2013 CASE IH MAGNUM 315 18.4-50 Duals, Suspended Frt Axle w/ Dls, Guidance Complete, 3Pt, 540/1000/1000 PTO, Luxury, 5 Valves, Ballast Pkg, 1825 Hrs. $127,500 2017 CASE IH MAGNUM 250 18.4-46 Duals, 3Pt, 540/1000 PTO, Guidance Complete, Deluxe Cloth, Ballast Pkg, 4 Valves, 425 Hrs. $155,500 1997 JOHN DEERE 9400 710-38 Duals, 24 Spd, 3 Valves, 10,300 Hrs. $49,500 2000 JOHN DEERE 8410 710-38 Duals, 840 Loader w/ Grapple, 3Pt, 1000 PTO, 10,810 Hrs. $59,500 2016 CASE IH FARMALL 130A 18.4-34 Singles, 3Pt, 540/1000 PTO, 2 Valves, Loader, 150 Hrs. $69,500 2009 CASE IH FARMALL 95 18.4-30 Singles, L730 Loader w/ Bucket, 12 Spd w/Mech Shuttle, 3Pt, 540/1000 PTO, 2 Valves, 1020 Hrs. $39,500 2013 CASE IH MAXXUM 125 18.4-38 Singles, L755 Loader w/Euro QH & Bucket, 16 Spd Partial Powershift, 3Pt, 540/1000 PTO, 3 Valves, 910 Hrs. $79,500 2014 CASE IH PUMA 170 18.4-42 Duals, L770 Loader, Powershift, 3Pt, 540/1000 PTO, 3 Valves, Electric Joystick, 570 Hrs. $109,500 JOHN DEERE 724 24’, 5 Bar Drag $7,900 KRAUSE 3131 31’, Front Disks, 3 Bar Coil Tine, Rear Reel $7,900 2014 GREAT PLAINS 8544 44’ Discovator, Straight Frt Blades, Rear Reel, 3 Bar Drag, Rear Hitch $49,500 2010 CASE IH TRUE TANDEM 330 TURBO 34’, Rebuild Special $23,500 2010 CASE IH 690 5 Spring Reset Shanks, Frt & Rear Disk Gang $12,900 0% for 12 Months 0% for 12 Months 0% for 12 Months 0% for 60 Months 0% for 12 Months 0% for 6 Months Full Last New First Mar 31 Apr 8 Apr 15 Apr 22 Vevay Springfield Date Rise Set MOON PHASES GROWING DEG DAYS REGIONAL WEATHER Indiana Illinois TEMPERATURES PRECIPITATION Rockford Rock Island Peoria Chicago Gary Evanston South Bend Fort Wayne Champaign Lafayette Muncie Terre Haute Evansville Indianapolis Mt. Vernon East St. Louis Quincy Anna Springfield Decatur For 24-hour weather updates, check out www.agrinews-pubs.com Shown is Friday’s weather. Temperatures are Friday’s highs and Friday night’s lows. Location Normal Dep. Location Normal Dep. Location Normal Dep. Location Normal Dep. Temperatures for March 30 - April 5 Temperatures in °F | Dep. = forecast temperature departure WEEK AHEAD FORECASTS 30-DAY OUTLOOK SOUTH AMERICA Location Normal Dep. Location Normal Dep. Location Normal Dep. Location Normal Dep. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 SUNRISE/SUNSET March 30 6:46 a.m. 7:21 p.m. March 31 6:45 a.m. 7:22 p.m. April 1 6:43 a.m. 7:23 p.m. April 2 6:41 a.m. 7:24 p.m. April 3 6:40 a.m. 7:25 p.m. April 4 6:38 a.m. 7:26 p.m. April 5 6:37 a.m. 7:27 p.m. Week ending March 26 0 Month through March 26 0 Season through March 26 0 Normal month to date 0 Normal season to date 0 Week ending March 26 0 Month through March 26 0 Season through March 26 0 Normal month to date 0 Normal season to date 0 Outlook for March 30 - April 5 52/30 48/27 45/30 44/31 47/30 47/30 46/28 47/31 49/32 49/32 51/37 52/32 57/35 51/30 51/32 49/31 45/29 49/30 49/31 54/36 46/27 Illinois: Cooler across Illinois on Friday. A storm will bring some rain to Illinois Friday into Saturday, then largely dry on Sunday. Additional rainfall is possible early next week. Indiana: Rather cool across Indiana through the weekend. Scattered showers are possible on Friday and Saturday, then briefly drying out on Sunday. Additional rainfall is expected early next week. Chilly across the Midwest, including Illinois and Indiana, to start April. Turning milder around mid-April, then turning cooler again late month. Overall, temperatures the next 30 days will average near to below normal. An active pattern across the Midwest will result in precipitation mostly near normal in Illinois and Indiana over the next 30 days. A stalled front will lead to scattered show- ers and storms from Paraguay to southern Brazil into early next week, while northern Argentina is largely dry. Angola 39.8 -5 Anna 51.7 -3 Belleville 51.8 -4 Berne 43.2 -5 Cambridge 42.8 -4 Champaign 45.2 -4 Charleston 48.2 -4 Chicago 42.5 -6 Columbus 46.7 -4 Decatur 47.8 -5 DeKalb 41.3 -6 Dixon 42.0 -6 Evansville 50.3 -4 Fort Wayne 43.4 -5 Galesburg 43.7 -4 Hillsboro 49.9 -5 Indianapolis 47.0 -5 Jerseyville 47.4 -3 Kentland 44.2 -5 La Harpe 45.1 -4 W. Lafayette 44.1 -6 Macomb 44.8 -4 Marion 43.4 -5 Moline 44.7 -6 Mt. Vernon 48.2 -3 Olney 47.9 -4 Ottawa 42.5 -6 Paoli 47.3 -4 Peoria 45.8 -5 Piper City 44.1 -4 Plymouth 41.7 -6 Quincy 47.0 -5 Rantoul 45.2 -5 Richmond 45.2 -5 Rochester 42.5 -5 Rockford 42.5 -6 Rockville 48.0 -5 South Bend 42.3 -6 Spencer 45.6 -4 Springfield 47.1 -5 Terre Haute 48.4 -4 Valparaiso 43.4 -6 Vevay 49.7 -5 Washington 51.2 -5 Indiana: Cooler across Indiana Friday into the weekend. Chilly across much of the state early next week. Overall, temperatures across Indiana will average below normal. Illinois: Cool across Illinois on Friday and Saturday, then rather chilly across the state early next week. Overall, temperatures will average below normal. Precipitation for March 30 - April 5 Precipitation in inches | Dep. = forecast precipitation departure Angola 0.67 +0.00 Anna 1.14 +0.00 Belleville 0.89 +0.00 Berne 0.73 +0.05 Cambridge 0.90 +0.00 Champaign 0.74 +0.10 Charleston 0.76 +0.05 Chicago 0.64 +0.10 Columbus 0.97 +0.00 Decatur 0.72 +0.00 DeKalb 0.60 +0.00 Dixon 0.65 +0.10 Evansville 1.02 +0.05 Fort Wayne 0.74 +0.05 Galesburg 0.72 +0.00 Hillsboro 0.84 +0.00 Indianapolis 0.89 +0.00 Jerseyville 0.84 +0.05 Kentland 0.72 +0.00 La Harpe 0.70 +0.10 W. Lafayette 0.66 +0.05 Macomb 0.71 +0.05 Marion 0.76 +0.05 Moline 0.70 +0.10 Mt. Vernon 1.03 +0.05 Olney 1.08 +0.00 Ottawa 0.67 +0.05 Paoli 1.09 +0.00 Peoria 0.72 +0.00 Piper City 0.74 +0.10 Plymouth 0.59 +0.00 Quincy 0.64 +0.10 Rantoul 0.74 +0.10 Richmond 0.82 +0.05 Rochester 0.67 +0.05 Rockford 0.65 +0.05 Rockville 0.85 +0.05 South Bend 0.60 +0.00 Spencer 1.00 +0.00 Springfield 0.66 +0.00 Terre Haute 0.81 +0.00 Valparaiso 0.68 +0.00 Vevay 0.97 +0.00 Washington 1.07 +0.00 Indiana: A series of fronts and lows will bring several bouts of mainly rain to Indiana into next week. As a result, precipitation overall will average near normal. Illinois: A steady parade of lows and fronts will bring several rounds of mainly rain to Illinois into next week. Overall, precipitation across Illinois will average close to normal. Dicamba’s last year? Success, or failure, of herbicide is up to you By Jean Payne Can we keep dicamba on target in 2018? We must, or agriculture will lose this technology. Since 2005, the universities have been trying to tell us that weed resistance is a fundamental problem. Were we listening? Sort of — but too many have disregarded the seriousness of their message, choosing instead to believe, hope and dream that the next new herbicide was just around the corner, like it always has been since the 1940s. Here’s the reality: there are no new herbicide modes of action coming to agriculture anytime soon. What we have in our chemical toolbox are a decent number of active ingredients that we need to protect and use carefully because if they fail, there is no replace- ment. The other weed management tools, including crop rotation beyond corn and soybean, cul- tivation, drilling soybeans and walking fields are concepts that make us shudder. Could it really come to that? Yes. If we do not properly steward the herbicides that remain legal to use and do not embrace an integrated weed management sys- tem that goes beyond the use of post-emerge herbicides, then the weed seed bank in our soil grows and the weeds win. Modern science is amazing, but Mother Nature is relent- less. Mother Nature also does not have to report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to the European Union or to the public. Dicamba is not the answer to glypho- sate-resistant weeds in soy- bean. It is one management tool that we still have, for at least one more season. It faces near-cer- tain cancellation from the post- emerge soybean market if it does not remain on-target in 2018. I’ve been honored to work for an organization which has effec- tively lobbied for good pesticide policy for decades. But no person and no organiza- tion, no matter how successful we have been, can or should defend the repeated off-target movement of a pesticide. To do so would sacrifice our integrity, lose public trust and taint the image of agri- culture in a world that increas- ingly demands more from us, not less. Today’s reality is this: no farmer or ag retailer should be banking on a new herbicide to hit the market in the next few years, the next de- cade or maybe in our lifetime. The research investments at the basic manufacturing level are impressive, but the prospects of discovering and bringing to mar- ket a new chemistry that delivers in the field and that also meets ever-more stringent toxicological, environmental and sustainability standards is a daunting task. We need to face the reality that there probably never will be another “easy button” for weed manage- ment. Weed management probably eclipses the challenges we face in nutrient management. From a farm profitability standpoint, it is more challenging. We’ve been proactive in man- aging nutrients to reduce loss mostly out of fear of nutrients being regulated. We should be equally concerned about what may happen to pesticide regula- tions if we can’t keep dicamba on target in 2018. Symptoms in soybean are bad. Symptoms in specialty crops, trees, gardens and natural areas are exponentially worse, and the combination of both is tragic. What can an applicator do in 2018 to keep dicamba as a tool in the precious integrated weed management toolbox? Payne See DICAMBA, Page A7

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Shown is Friday’s weather.Temperatures are Friday’s highs and Friday night’s lows.

Location Normal Dep. Location Normal Dep. Location Normal Dep. Location Normal Dep.

Temperatures for March 30 - April 5 Temperatures in °F | Dep. = forecast temperature departure

WEEK AHEAD FORECASTS

30-DAY OUTLOOK SOUTH AMERICA

Location Normal Dep. Location Normal Dep. Location Normal Dep. Location Normal Dep.

Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018

SUNRISE/SUNSET

March 30 6:46 a.m. 7:21 p.m.

March 31 6:45 a.m. 7:22 p.m.

April 1 6:43 a.m. 7:23 p.m.

April 2 6:41 a.m. 7:24 p.m.

April 3 6:40 a.m. 7:25 p.m.

April 4 6:38 a.m. 7:26 p.m.

April 5 6:37 a.m. 7:27 p.m.

Week ending March 26 0

Month through March 26 0

Season through March 26 0

Normal month to date 0

Normal season to date 0

Week ending March 26 0

Month through March 26 0

Season through March 26 0

Normal month to date 0

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Outlook for March 30 - April 5

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Illinois: Cooler across Illinois on Friday. A storm will bring some rain to Illinois Friday into Saturday, then largely dry on Sunday. Additional rainfall is possible early next week.

Indiana: Rather cool across Indiana through the weekend. Scattered showers are possible on Friday and Saturday, then briefly drying out on Sunday. Additional rainfall is expected early next week.

Chilly across the Midwest, including Illinois and Indiana, to start April. Turning milder around mid-April, then turning cooler again late month. Overall, temperatures the next 30 days will average near to below normal. An active pattern across the Midwest will result in precipitation mostly near normal in Illinois and Indiana over the next 30 days.

A stalled front will lead to scattered show-ers and storms from Paraguay to southern Brazil into early next week, while northern Argentina is largely dry.

Angola 39.8 -5

Anna 51.7 -3

Belleville 51.8 -4

Berne 43.2 -5

Cambridge 42.8 -4

Champaign 45.2 -4

Charleston 48.2 -4

Chicago 42.5 -6

Columbus 46.7 -4

Decatur 47.8 -5

DeKalb 41.3 -6

Dixon 42.0 -6

Evansville 50.3 -4

Fort Wayne 43.4 -5

Galesburg 43.7 -4

Hillsboro 49.9 -5

Indianapolis 47.0 -5

Jerseyville 47.4 -3

Kentland 44.2 -5

La Harpe 45.1 -4

W. Lafayette 44.1 -6

Macomb 44.8 -4

Marion 43.4 -5

Moline 44.7 -6

Mt. Vernon 48.2 -3

Olney 47.9 -4

Ottawa 42.5 -6

Paoli 47.3 -4

Peoria 45.8 -5

Piper City 44.1 -4

Plymouth 41.7 -6

Quincy 47.0 -5

Rantoul 45.2 -5

Richmond 45.2 -5

Rochester 42.5 -5

Rockford 42.5 -6

Rockville 48.0 -5

South Bend 42.3 -6

Spencer 45.6 -4

Springfield 47.1 -5

Terre Haute 48.4 -4

Valparaiso 43.4 -6

Vevay 49.7 -5

Washington 51.2 -5

Indiana: Cooler across Indiana Friday into the weekend. Chilly across much of the state early next week. Overall, temperatures across Indiana will average below normal.

Illinois: Cool across Illinois on Friday and Saturday, then rather chilly across the state early next week. Overall, temperatures will average below normal.

Precipitation for March 30 - April 5 Precipitation in inches | Dep. = forecast precipitation departure

Angola 0.67 +0.00

Anna 1.14 +0.00

Belleville 0.89 +0.00

Berne 0.73 +0.05

Cambridge 0.90 +0.00

Champaign 0.74 +0.10

Charleston 0.76 +0.05

Chicago 0.64 +0.10

Columbus 0.97 +0.00

Decatur 0.72 +0.00

DeKalb 0.60 +0.00

Dixon 0.65 +0.10

Evansville 1.02 +0.05

Fort Wayne 0.74 +0.05

Galesburg 0.72 +0.00

Hillsboro 0.84 +0.00

Indianapolis 0.89 +0.00

Jerseyville 0.84 +0.05

Kentland 0.72 +0.00

La Harpe 0.70 +0.10

W. Lafayette 0.66 +0.05

Macomb 0.71 +0.05

Marion 0.76 +0.05

Moline 0.70 +0.10

Mt. Vernon 1.03 +0.05

Olney 1.08 +0.00

Ottawa 0.67 +0.05

Paoli 1.09 +0.00

Peoria 0.72 +0.00

Piper City 0.74 +0.10

Plymouth 0.59 +0.00

Quincy 0.64 +0.10

Rantoul 0.74 +0.10

Richmond 0.82 +0.05

Rochester 0.67 +0.05

Rockford 0.65 +0.05

Rockville 0.85 +0.05

South Bend 0.60 +0.00

Spencer 1.00 +0.00

Springfield 0.66 +0.00

Terre Haute 0.81 +0.00

Valparaiso 0.68 +0.00

Vevay 0.97 +0.00

Washington 1.07 +0.00

Indiana: A series of fronts and lows will bring several bouts of mainly rain to Indiana into next week. As a result, precipitation overall will average near normal.

Illinois: A steady parade of lows and fronts will bring several rounds of mainly rain to Illinois into next week. Overall, precipitation across Illinois will average close to normal.

Dicamba’s last year? Success, or failure, of herbicide is up to youBy Jean Payne

Can we keep dicamba on target in 2018? We must, or agriculture will lose this technology.

Since 2005, the universities have been trying to tell us that weed resistance is a fundamental problem. Were we listening?

Sort of — but too many have disregarded the seriousness of their message, choosing instead to believe, hope and dream that the next new herbicide was just around the corner, like it always has been since the 1940s.

Here’s the reality: there are no new herbicide modes of action coming to agriculture anytime soon.

What we have in our chemical toolbox are a decent number of active ingredients that we need to protect and use carefully because

if they fail, there is no replace-ment.

The other weed management tools, including crop rotation beyond corn and soybean, cul-tivation, drilling soybeans and walking fields are concepts that make us shudder.

Could it really come to that? Yes.

If we do not properly steward the herbicides that remain legal to use and do not embrace an integrated weed management sys-tem that goes beyond the use of post-emerge herbicides, then the weed seed bank in our soil grows and the weeds win.

Modern science is amazing, but Mother Nature is relent-less. Mother Nature also does not have to report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to the European Union

or to the public.Dicamba is

not the answer to glypho-sate-resistant weeds in soy-bean. It is one management tool that we still have, for at least one more season. It faces near-cer-

tain cancellation from the post-emerge soybean market if it does not remain on-target in 2018.

I’ve been honored to work for an organization which has effec-tively lobbied for good pesticide policy for decades.

But no person and no organiza-tion, no matter how successful we have been, can or should defend the repeated off-target movement

of a pesticide. To do so would sacrifice our integrity, lose public trust and taint the image of agri-culture in a world that increas-ingly demands more from us, not less.

Today’s reality is this: no farmer or ag retailer should be banking on a new herbicide to hit the market in the next few years, the next de-cade or maybe in our lifetime.

The research investments at the basic manufacturing level are impressive, but the prospects of discovering and bringing to mar-ket a new chemistry that delivers in the field and that also meets ever-more stringent toxicological, environmental and sustainability standards is a daunting task. We need to face the reality that there probably never will be another “easy button” for weed manage-ment.

Weed management probably eclipses the challenges we face in nutrient management. From a farm profitability standpoint, it is more challenging.

We’ve been proactive in man-aging nutrients to reduce loss mostly out of fear of nutrients being regulated. We should be equally concerned about what may happen to pesticide regula-tions if we can’t keep dicamba on target in 2018.

Symptoms in soybean are bad. Symptoms in specialty crops, trees, gardens and natural areas are exponentially worse, and the combination of both is tragic.

What can an applicator do in 2018 to keep dicamba as a tool in the precious integrated weed management toolbox?

Payne

See DICAMBA, Page A7

Page 2: Dicamba’s last year? Success, or failure, of herbicide is up to you Agrinews Dicamba Column... · 18.4-50 Duals, Suspended Frt Axle w/Duals, 3Pt, 1000 PTO, Guidance Complete, Luxury,

1. Accept the fact that there are no silver bullets — dicamba is not a silver bullet.2. Follow the University of Illinois guidance for dicamba use on soybean, available at: http://bulletin.ipm.illinois.edu/?p=4065.3. The U of I’s four-step process of starting clean, scouting, using residuals and only using dicamba in early post is not an easy ap-proach — but there are no easy approaches if we want to keep this technology in the short and long-term. Last year was not good. We have one more year to get it right. Please review the de-tailed steps in Dr. Aaron Hager’s Bulletin.4. Dicamba is not a rescue treat-ment — if you view it as such, then your weed management sys-

tem has failed.If off-target movement happens

again in 2018, picture a scenario where dicamba use on soy-beans is cancelled in late 2018, followed by the real possibility that dicamba use on any crop is cancelled in subsequent years due to misuse of the product on soybeans.

That means no dicamba as a burndown or for use in corn or pastures, removing one of the few, effective weed management tools from your toolbox. And there’s no replacement coming anytime soon.

This is all difficult to accept. But we must be honest with our-selves.

We know that dicamba is a product that doesn’t always stay put. We know the new products went off target in 2017, even when applied by very experienced applicators.

The registrants of the products labeled for use on soybean have

stated in the training sessions that even when used under all the mandatory label conditions, it is a low-volatile product; it is not a “no” volatile product. Knowing all of this, we cannot afford to repeat any of the mistakes of last year.

Simply reducing the number of official complaints to the Illinois Department of Agriculture in 2018 also is not a measure of success. If symptoms occur in non-target plants and we all know it, it is failure whether the issues are reported or not.

Success will be no symptoms and successful weed control — steps which can be achieved if we are willing to prepare, plan and take a stand against dicamba misuse.

We all know that the condi-tions on the label will severely limit the days when you can le-gally apply these products. Going into this season, do you accept this?

Does your integrated weed management program take this brutal reality into consider-ation? If your answer is “yes,” then there is a chance that we can keep this technology in the toolbox.

The safe and judicious use of

pesticides in the USA hinges upon the premise, understanding and trust that the pesticide label is protective and that it will be followed by the applicator.

If we cannot do that, then everything we’ve based our pesticide use policies on will be revisited, reevaluated and rein-vented. This will not be good for agriculture. What happens with dicamba in 2018 is pivotal.

The U of I guidelines for dicamba use in Illinois are tough medicine, but managing weeds today and in the future is akin to managing a chronic, painful disease with no new drugs. It will take tough medicine and determi-nation to succeed.

I believe Illinois agriculture can succeed, if we all accept re-ality, make good decisions and promote stewardship.

Jean Payne is the president of the Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association.

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by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or affiliates. www.caseih.com

(P) 2011 CIH 3151780 Hrs., 4 Hyd., HID

$139,000

(P) 2006 CIH 245950 Hrs., 480/80R46, 3 Hyd.

$139,000

(M) CIH 35B400 Hrs., Loader$18,500

(O) CIH 71102WD, 3680 Hrs.$39,000

(P) Challenger MT835C2200 Hrs., 30” Belts, PTO

$169,000

(P) CIH STX450 QT7439 Hrs., 456 Hrs. On Reman Eng., 30” Belts, PTO

$99,500

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select Case IH Magnum™

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Axial-Flow® combines.

Find out more at:

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(P) Pontiac, IL (815) 844-6197 • (S) Streator, IL (815) 673-3363(O) Ottawa, IL (815) 433-2211 • (H) Herscher, IL (815) 426-2119

(M) Minonk, IL (309) 432-2525

www.StollerIH.com

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(S) 2006 CIH MX2452430 Hrs., 480/80R46, Auto Guide Ready

$99,500

(P) CIH 72305580 Hrs., 3 Hyd.$45,000

(P) CIH MX2555900 Hrs., 480/80R46 Duals

$65,000

(M) CIH 6088, 1350/970 Hrs., 520/85R42,

Power Bin Fold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150,000

(P) ‘09 CIH 6088, 1970/1550 Hrs., 480/80R38,

Chopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $129,000

(P) CIH 5140, 260/200 Hrs., 800/65R32 . . . . $225,000

(O) ‘07 CIH 2588, 2600/2000 Hrs., Duals, RT/FT,

Chopper, Pro 600 . . . . . . . . . . . Reduced to $89,000

(O) CIH 2388, 3930/2850 Hrs., 30.5-32, 4WD,

RT, Chopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,000

(O) CIH 2388, 4700 Hrs., 30.5-32, RT,

Chopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,000

Planters(M) CIH 1250, 16/30, Bulk Fill, Row Clutches . . $69,000

(H) Kinze 2500, 8/15, No Till . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000

(H) JD 1770, 16/30, No Till . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000

(O) CIH 900, 12/30, Horizontal Rear Fold . . . . . . . .$6,000

(P) Kinze 3800, 24/30, Finger Pickup,

Ind. Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $42,500

(P) Kinze 2600, 16/32, No Till, Smart Box. . . . . $29,500

(P) Kinze 2500, 8/16, No Till . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000

(H) JD 1790, 16/32, CCS, No Till, Pneu. DP . . . $59,500

(P) JD 7000, 12/30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$6,500

Used Tillage & Miscellaneous(P) CIH 330, 34’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,000

(P) CIH 330, 22’, 2000 Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,000

(P) McFarlane Reel Disk, 30’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000

(O) McFarlane Reel Disk, 25’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $23,000

(P) CIH 340 Disc, 31’, Nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In

(M) 2004 CIH Tigermate II, 42 1/2’,

5 Bar Spike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,000

(M) JD 2200, 36’, 8 Bar Spike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000

(H) 2009 CIH Tigermate II, 44 1/2’ Basket,

3 Bar Spike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $42,500

(M) DMI Tigermate II, 28 1/2’, 5 Bar Spike . . . $22,000

(P) DMI Tigermate II, 43 1/2’, 5 Bar Spike . . . $20,000

(S) CIH 4300, 44 1/2’, Double Fold,

3 Bar Coil TIne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9,500

(P) Landoll 875 Tilloll, 25’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,000

(O) JD 960, 27½’, 5 Bar Spike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$8,000

(M) JD 726, 27’, 5 Bar Spike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,000

(M) DMI Crumbler, 34’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,000

Used Tractors(M) CIH 600 QT, 1300 Hrs., 36” Belts,

Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $299,000

(O) 2013 CIH 550, 2100 Hrs., Susp. Cab,

Luxury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $199,000

(P) CIH 485, 2800 Hrs., PS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $145,000

(O) CIH 470, 730 Hrs., 710/70R42, HID, Luxury,

Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COMING IN

(O) CIH 340, 1720 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $159,000

(P) CIH 315, 1780 Hrs., Susp. Axle, Luxury . . $139,000

(P) CIH 305, 3060 Hrs., 480/80R50 Duals . . $125,000

(M) CIH 280, 750 Hrs., 480/80R46 Duals, . . . $189,000

(P) ‘08 CIH 275, 3235 Hrs., 4 Hyd., HID . . . . . $110,000

(P) CIH 255, 3150 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $89,000

(H) ‘15 CIH 250 CVT, 950 Hrs., Luxury, Dual

PTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $185,000

(H) JD 8320, 4500 Hrs., 4 Hyd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $99,000

(P) Kubota L6060, 250 Hrs., Cab, MFD, Hydro $39,500

(P) Case 480C, Loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,500

(P) IH 666, 7400 Hrs., Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9,500

(M) IH 584, IH 2250 Loader, 540 PTO . . . . . . . $10,000

(M) IH 656, Gear, Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9,500

(M) IH 404, Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,000

(P) Kubota RTV500, 80 Hrs., Gas . . . . . . . . . . . .$8,500

Used Combines(P) ‘15 CIH 8240, 860/670 Hrs., 620/70R42,

4WD, HID, Power Bin Fold . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300,000

(H) ‘15 CIH 8240, 860/560 Hrs., 620/70R42,

Bin Fold, Folding Auger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $280,000

(P) ‘11 CIH 8120, 1760/1190 Hrs., 520/85R42,

4WD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $189,000

(P) CIH 7240, 680/490 Hrs., Power Fold

Bin/Auger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $280,000

(H) ‘11 CIH 7120, 1020/950 Hrs., 20.8R42 Duals,

RT/LT, Chopper, Hyd. Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $185,000

(H) ‘11 CIH 7088, 870/600 Hrs., Hyd. Bin

Fold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $189,000

(P) CIH 6130, 1360/1090 Hrs., Luxury,

Power Bin Fold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $175,000

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Sunflower • Wil-Rich • Killbros • Woods • Maurer Trailers • McFarlane

TRACTORS2015 MAGNUM 380 CVT, SUSP, GUIDANCE, 2250 HRS2013 MAGNUM 340, SUSP, 1700 HRS2013 MAGNUM 340, SUSP, 1100 HRS2015 MAGNUM 310, SUSP, 1200 HRS2014 MAGNUM 290, 1200 HRS2013 MAGNUM 290, 1000 HRS2010 MAGNUM 245, PS, MFD, FRONT SUSP, GUIDANCE,

1180 HRS2006 CIH MX 210, PS, MFD, GUIDANCE, 3700 HRS1999 CIH 8920, PS, MFD, 3800 HRS1996 CIH 7220, PS, TWD, 3000 HRS2017 FARMALL 120C, CAH, MFD, LDR2017 FARMALL 70A, OS, MFD, LDR, 190 HRS2016 FARMALL 70A, OS, TWD, 480 HRS2012 JD 9560R, PS, BAREBACK, 1500 HRS2015 JD 8370RT, IVT, 120 GUAGE, 2000 HRS2012 JD 8335R IVT, ILS, 1590 HRS2005 JD 8220, PS, MFD, 4000 HRS2000 JD 8210 PS, MFD, 4700 HRS2008 JD 7830, PQ, MFD, 2400HRS2009 JD 7630, PQ, TWD, 1000 HRSNH T9.450, PS, GUIDANCE, BARE BACK, 800 HRS

EQUIPMENT2013 CIH 200 37FT FIELD CULTIVATORCIH TM 200 32FT FIELD CULTIVATORWILRICH 3400 27FT FIELD CULTIVATORKRAUSE TL6200 31FT SOIL FINISHERJD 726 24 & 15FT SOIL FINISHERKRUASE 38FT DISCCIH 3900 28FT DISCUNVERFERTH 1225 51FT BRILLION 30FT MULCHERBRILLION XL144 30FT & 36 FT PACKERBRILLION XL108 27 FT PACKER2012 KUHN KRUASE 4850 18FT DOMINATOR

KRAUSE 4850 18FT DOMINATORMCFARLANE SPR 1000 40FT SPIRAL CHOPPERBLUE JET AT3000 11SH APPLICATORH&S 175 MANURE SPREADERJD 709 7FT 3PT MOWERWOODS BH 1050 3PT BACKHOEWOODS SS96-2 SNOW BLOWER

COMBINES2014 JD S670, 2WD, CM, CHPPR, 1180/9602012 CIH 8230, TWD, RT, FT, 2300/1500 HRS

GRAIN CARTS & GRAVITY WAGONS2014 BRENT 1196 GRAIN CART, TRACKS, SCALES, TARPBRENT 1084 GRAIN CART, TRACKS, SCALES, TARPKILLBROS 1200 GRAIN CART2016 UNVERFERTH 3750XL, SCALES, REMOTE, TALC,

TARP

HEADS2011 CIH 3020 35FT TERRA FLEX GRAIN HEADJD 635F, SINGLE PTJD 625F, SINGLE PTJD 920 POLY SNOUTSCIH 3206, KR, HD, HH, SINGLE PTCIH 2208, KR, HD, HH, SINGLE PTCIH 2206, KR, HD, HH, SINGLE PTGERINGHOFF RD1200FB 12R30 FOLDING CORN HEAD,

JD ADAPTERMISC HEAD TRAILERS

CONSTRUCTIONKUBOTA U55-4, CAH, HYD THUMB, 575 HRS2015 BOBCAT T650, CAH, 1SPD, 630 HRS2015 DEERE 323E, OS, 1SPD, 1900 HRS

PLANTERS2009 CIH 1250 24R30 LIQ FERT2015 KINZE 3500 8/15, 500 ACRECIH 5300 21X7 W/ FERT

ONE MULTI-TASKER DESERVES ANOTHER.From field to feedlot, you need a tractor that can multi-task as well as you do. Case IH Farmall™ 100A

series tractors are tough, reliable, remarkably versatile and an excellent value. The transmission, engine

and hydraulic systems work seamlessly to make complex chores easier and faster than ever. The simple-to-

use controls allow you to get in and go, and the comfortable operator environment makes a long day seem

short. With four models available in cab or non-cab versions and two-wheel drive or optional mechanical

front-wheel drive configurations, you’re sure to find one that’s right for your operation and budget.

All rights reserved. Case IH is a trademark registered in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or affiliates. www.caseih.com

ONE MULTI-TASKER DESERVES ANOTHER.From field to feedlot, you need a tractor that can multi-task as well as you do. Case IH Farmall™ 100A

series tractors are tough, reliable, remarkably versatile and an excellent value. The transmission, engine

and hydraulic systems work seamlessly to make complex chores easier and faster than ever. The simple-to-

use controls allow you to get in and go, and the comfortable operator environment makes a long day seem

short. With four models available in cab or non-cab versions and two-wheel drive or optional mechanical

front-wheel drive configurations, you’re sure to find one that’s right for your operation and budget.

Crawfordsville, IN(765) 866.0253

Eaton, OH(937) 456.6281

Georgetown, OH(937) 378.4880

La Crosse, IN(219) 754.2423

Terre Haute, IN(812) 234.2627

Wilmington, OH(937) 382.0941

Winamac, IN(574) 946.6168

Wingate, IN(765) 275.2270

Lebanon, IN(765) 482.2303

Leb. - Spray Center, IN(765) 481.2044

Pendleton, IN(765) 778.1991

Plymouth, IN(574) 936.2523

Remington, IN(219) 261.4221

www.Bane-Welker.com

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