Everything Is Changing For Our Local Ag Community!
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Published 2024-07-25
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Andy "aTrippyFarmer" Dole is a 6th generation farmer from Central Illinois. On this farm, Andy works alongside his father, Marty, his uncles, Chris and Jeff, and his sister, Katie, to grow corn and soybeans on some of the finest dirt in the world. Andy and his family are deeply rooted in the area, operating a large farm that traces it origins back into the 1800s. Although some tracts did not stand the test of time, Andy and his family still grow corn and soybeans on fields that have been in the family for longer than even the oldest members of the farm have been alive. We do, we have, and we always will take tremendous pride in calling this piece of paradise our home. Andy was a Bronze Tablet graduate of the University of Illinois in the field of Crop Sciences, following the same path as his father and late grandfather.
It would be misleading for Andy to claim that this life is one that came by chance; rather, as a member of two multi-generational farm families, it was simply in his blood. His passion for agriculture traces back to his early youth--some of his fondest, earliest memories being of days spent riding in the combine with his father and grandfather. Although his understanding of the lifestyle was much less complex in the beginning, the love he has for farming, and its industry has only appreciated through time. As this dream blossomed into adulthood, Andy now works relentlessly, and tirelessly, to chase his own dreams and to build a farming operation of his own alongside his family.
We, as a whole operation, are handymen, electricians, mechanics, landscapers, accountants, economists, caretakers, stewards, and, most importantly, farmers, and we take an incredible amount of pride in our work. There is no challenge too overwhelming, no situation too stressful, and no problem too difficult for us to take on, and we want to take you along with us. Welcome to our farm and welcome to our lives. You have the best seat in the house to watch the everyday chaos of farming unfold--we usually only get concerned when things aren't going wrong!
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All Comments (21)
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I have to agree, for the consumer/customer, bigger is normally not better.
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223 does a killer job of keeping raccoons away :)
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Happy Birthday Graham🎉
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Thirty years ago, the home farm where I live now, was farm #2 at the then ASCS office in Bremer County Iowa. Dad was pretty proud of that. We have since combined the farm and the neighboring farm when we purchased it. Then a new farm number was issued to us. Dad was disappointed to lose that #2.
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Andy, these big huge companies that are buying up car dealerships by the dozen are not good news for the consumer. You said it best, it gives us less options. The trend of consolidation in literally every business does not bode well for consumers. Grocery stores are one giant example of this. Less competition means better price control for the owners of these megatron chains. I fully expect this whole shift to consolidate to end in a disaster for the people buying up everything that ain't nailed down. The massive amount of debt they're taking on will come home to haunt them, it always does.
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I think John Deere has encouraged, pressured perhaps, consolidation of dealer ownership for some time now. Such consolidation happened several years ago here in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina.
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I buy sweet corn from a local farmer who has a farm stand and his corn is the sweetest I have ever eaten.
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Good luck with fiber being ran! They went through just about what seemed like every gas line in our town… as a volunteer fire fighter it got old getting called to them hitting another line
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Andy, Illinois passed a law providing eminent domain to internet providers to all right of ways where existing power lines exist. They don't have to ask or even notify. The provider Conexes (?) done all of Casey, Greenup and Toledo without any notifications. The City of Casey threw a fit and tried to stop them to no avail. The law is called (I think) Connect Illinois.
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Trippy, another good vid! Happy birthday to Graham🎂
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts 😊
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Happy birthday to you’re son
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G’job Andy, hate to see ma and pa businesses of any kind go away. Hope little man has a good Bday…take care and keep em comin 🇺🇸
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Neighbor planted some rye on outside edge of 3 fields 2 beans nother one had something for corn, can still spot it to a t, slowed down dramatically compared to where was conventional tillage
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Sunday the one in casey still has alliance on the sign, building had sloans, kinda shocked sign wasn't done
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Hope your dealer situation goes better than ours. We had a locally owned jd dealer, was bought by a bigger group now we are just a number plus it’s poorly run it’s awful!
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In ND , utilities can run lines in the road right-of-way without land owner permission. Some sort of state law allows it.
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The joke is on the mega dealers because eventually the OEM will probably own all dealerships. Personally, I think it would be better if there was a limit of one dealership per owner.
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Typical RoGator,,,,, they are cheap for a reason, the booms wear out and come apart. I tried one, and after the first year and about 25,000 acres. Boom had cracks all over it. Would t warranty it. I deep sixed it and went back to a Deere and now I have the carbon fiber booms. Had them two years and not a problem one. They may or may not have had high speed impacts with the ground,,,, I’ve planted cover crops since the late 90’s. You’re right, there is give and take. It’s does put you behind. Especially on a dry year. However, you are a hundred percent right, the organic matter pays off. I won’t quit doing it. But I quit using rye. It gets too big and rank some years, so I only plant beardless wheat, and hit it with burn down before it heads out. On the dealership, in my lifetime it’s happened to me 3 times. First was a family owned dealership my dad and granddad dealt with. They sold out to High Plains which was a monster. They ended up closing down and selling off several stores including ours. But two brothers bought it 15 years ago and it’s better than ever. Change is inevitable and nothing stays the same. Roll with it Marty! If they don’t treat you right, you have options. Just don’t let your boy fall for that imitation green and red wheels!
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Mother Deere is pushing the small dealerships out going to be less competition
