A Geringhoff Harvest

A Geringhoff Harvest

Tim Folkes of San Jose, Illinois when he purchased his first axial- For the past two seasons, Tim and has been farming ever since flow combine from Bill Marcotte of Don have been harvesting corn he learned how to drive his dad’s Marcotte International in Lincoln, with their Geringhoff head and are Farmall H tractor at just six years Illinois. Today, he is happy to be a pleased with their results. The main old. “I always knew that I wanted returning customer and now works difference between this and the to farm,” says Tim. “I never had a with our salesman, and his nephew, head they used prior is a decrease question about that.” He helped his Tyler Williams, and has built a great in shelled corn lost. “It doesn’t shell dad, Tom Folkes, with field work relationship over the years with our nearly as bad which saves us a lot of throughout his childhood until he Mason City parts representative, grain at the end of the day,” says Tim. began farming with him full time in Randy Grigg. 1979, becoming the fifth generation Additionally, they enjoy the on the family farm. Tim decided it was time to upgrade convenience aspects of the head, such his corn head a couple of years ago. as the automatic header controls from Today, he farms with his neighbor, He had noticed that many of his the cab, the self-adjusting gathering Don Smith, around the San Jose area. neighbors around the area had been chains, and how the snouts can easily He also holds on to the importance using Geringhoff corn heads, so hook and unhook if needed. of the family farm as his sons, Andy and Nate, help out with field work on evenings and weekends throughout the year. Tim has been with the Central Illinois Ag family from the very beginning he talked to a few of them to learn more about the product. They all recommended the head for a more efficient harvest, so he ultimately decided to purchase a Geringhoff NorthStar 830 head. From saving grain in the field to low maintenance out of the field, Tim has no regrets with his purchase of a Geringhoff and would recommend this head to help out fellow farmers, just as his neighbors did for him.

Tim and his wife, Cindy.

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