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Your guide to the Greater Peoria Farm Show

PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria will once again host the Greater Peoria Farm Show Nov. 29-Dec. 1 at the Peoria Civic Center.

This year’s event features hundreds of exhibitors set to display the latest in ag ricultural products and services, along with educa tional seminars and mul tiple promotions and prize drawings for attendees.

New this year is a Kubota BX Series tractor pack age giveaway from Ger man-Bliss Equipment and free parking at the civic center.

“The Greater Peoria Farm Show has always been free for attendees, and this year parking at the civic center will be free, thanks to support from Farmers Business Network,” said Ron Bormaster, show man

ager.

“We are also excited to be giving away a Kubota BX tractor package from German-Bliss Equipment on the last day of the show.

Qualifiers will be drawn each day and a final winner will be drawn on the last day of the show. It’s going to be a great three-day event.”

SPECIAL EVENTS

Todd Hultman, DTN grain market analyst, will present the 2023 Ag Mar ket Outlook each day of the farm show — at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and 11 a.m. Thursday.

The Illinois Department of Agriculture will offer pesticide applicator testing from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday. The testing will be offered on a

walk-up basis.

Each day of the farm show will kick off with complimentary coffee and rolls in the main exhibit hall, provided by Altorfer Ag Products.

Early attendees can al-so enter to win the daily $1,000 Showbucks prize drawing, courtesy of Illi nois AgriNews.

The drawing will be held at 1 p.m. each day. Showbucks can be used as currency to purchase mer chandise or services from any exhibitor.

Spartan Mowers is host ing a Test-Drive and Win promotion, with the chance to win a new Spartan mower. Attendees who take a test drive of a zero-turn mower at the Spartan ex hibit will be included in the drawing held Thursday af

ternoon.

Attendees can visit www. GreaterPeoriaFarmShow. com for up-to-date show details and an interactive floor plan of the show, made possible by Ameren Illi nois.

Show hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday. Admission, as well as parking, is free.

The Greater Peoria Farm Show is produced by Midwest Shows Inc., producer of annual agricultural trade shows hosted in Peoria; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Vermil lion, South Dakota; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Cedar Falls, Iowa; and Oklahoma City.

For more information on Midwest Shows events, call 507-437-7969, or visit www. MidwestShows.com.

Spartan Mowers will once again host a test-drive exhibit at the Greater Peoria Farm Show for attendees to check out a zero-turn mower at the Peoria Civic Center.

SCRAPERS 825-831 AIR PURIFIERS 727 AIRBUST TECH FOR REHAB WELLS 1436-1440 ALFOREX 905 ALKOTA PRESSURE WASHERS 823 ALTORFER CAT 1007-1112

AMEREN ILLINOIS ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM 803

APACHE SPRAYERS 1429-1534 APSA 80 953

ARROW ALLEYS 639-744

ARROW CHUTES 639-744

ARROW HYDRAULIC CHUTES 639-744

ASGROW / DEKALB / CROPLAN 737 AUGERS & AUGER ACCESSORIES 1347-1349 AUTOMATED AGRI-SYSTEMS INC. 847-950

AXLE SCALES 867

BALE ACCUMULATOR 745-844

BANJO 647-746 BATH FITTER 1232

B-B TRAILERS 647-746

BELT GRINDER 1020

BENNING DISTRIBUTING 943-1044

BEST COLUMNS 955

BESTWAY AG 1023-1132

BIO TILL COVER CROPS 920

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Exhibitors

BLAIR’S DISC SHARPENING 801

BLUE DIAMOND ATTACHMENTS 723-824 BLU-JET 647-746

BLUNIER BUILDERS INC. 839-841 BODIN SOLAR 717

BOLT N GO TEMP SENSORS 1334

BOSS TABLES 1521-1624 BRANSON TRACTORS 907-1010

BREEZY MILLS OF IOWA LLC 1324-1326 BROCK 832

BROCK BINS & DRYERS 800

BRUMLEVE INDUSTRIES INC. 1014

CALMER CORN HEADS INC. 623-726

CARBON NOW 1016

CENTRAL ILLINOIS EQUIPMENT SALES INC. 723-824 CHADCO INC. 832 CHAMPION 905 CHANDLER 647-746 CHANDLER ENZYME 900 CHANNEL SEED 810-812

CHEMICAL SUPPLIES 1249-1350 CHEMICALS / SEED 833-837

CIP COMPANY / DISTRIBUTOR OF PRIMROSE 1026-1028

CLOSING SYSTEMS 1439-1534 CMC 806-808 CNC PLASMA TABLES 1521-1624

COMMERCIAL AG 800

COMMON GROUND / GROUNDOS 932

CONCRETE LIFTING 751

CONTINENTAL SQUIBB TAYLOR 647-746

CORN CRACKER 1430

CORN HEADS 623-726 CORNELIUS 905 CROP IMS 826

CROWN ROYAL STOVES 721

CUB CADET 907-1010 CUTCO CUTLERY 818

DAIRYLAND SEED 905 DASH / MULTI-CHEMICAL HIGH SPEED SPRAYER 745-844

DECK COLUMNS 955

DEED RIGHT COVER CROP 825-831 DEF 901-903 DIGIFARM VBN LLC 906

DIRECT ENTERPRISES 1426-1428

DMI HITCHES 647-746

DRAW BAR HARROWS 1041-1046

DRILL BITS 850

DRILL PRESSES 1020

DRI-STACK SYSTEM 713

DTE ENGINE TUNERS 942 EARLYBIRD FEED & FERTILIZER 926-928 ECM TUNING 835 EGBERS FLIGHTING CO. 1347-1351

ELBA SEED LLC 820-821

ELLIS BAND SAWS 1020

ENVY NEIGHBORHOOD VEHICLES 1401-1618

EXAPTA VALION SEED TUBE GUARDS 825-831

FABRIC COVER BUILDINGS 1225 FAIRBANKS SCALES

1036

FARM GRAIN MOISTURE METER 1036 FARMERS BUSINESS NETWORK 833-837

FB 1200 INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTS

1036 FBI BUILDINGS INC. 1337 FCAR USA 1026

FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN FARMERS INTERNATIONAL 1321-1323 FENCED-N 917

FERRIS 907-1010

FERTILIZER DEALER SUPPLY 647-746

FIRESTONE TIRES 1335 FLAGPOLE SOLUTIONS 828

FORAGE HARVESTING SUPPLIES 901-903

FOUR SEASON SUNROOMS 1221

GEM ELECTRIC VEHICLES 1001-1100 GENERAC GENERATORS 907-1010

GERMAN-BLISS EQUIPMENT 1047-1160

GLADIATOR LAND LEVELING BLADES 745-844

GRAIN DRYER CONDITIONING 1139

GRAIN MARKETING 833-837

GRAIN TRAILERS 1400-1406

GRASSHOPPER MOWERS 943-1044

GREAT HEART SEED 733-735

GREENFIELD CONTRACTORS LLC 1225

GRIPP CUSTOM FARMING CORP. 917-919 GROWMARK INC. 1139-1141 GUTTER HELMET 1221

H & D QUALITY BUILDERS 1233 HABER TECHNOLOGIES INC. 713-715

HANSON INDUSTRIALPEORIA INC. 1249-1350 HARROW CARTS 1041-1046 HARROWS 1041-1046 HARVEST SOLAR 1015-1120

HAZARD MONITORS 1334

HEALTH & BEAUTY CONNECTIONS LLC 938

HEAVY DUTY TOOL CABINETS 1250

HEFTY CHEMICALS & SEED 922

HEFTY SEED COMPANYPRINCETON 922

HIGH PSI LLC 838-840 HONEY CREEK SEED CO. 915

HOPEDALE AGRI CENTER INC. 639-744

HOTSY EQUIPMENT CO. 949-951 HUEBER / DEKALB FEEDS 905 HUG HYDRONICS 834

HUNT UTILITIES GROUP 834

HYDRA-MAXX PRESSURE SYSTEMS 825-831

HYDRAULICS 761

HYSTER FORKLIFTS 1001-1100 HYSTER PALLET JACK 1001-1100 INTERSPORT 933

INTIMIDATOR GROUP 1502-1506A INTIMIDATOR UTVS 1401-1618 JAMISON AG REPAIR 910

KAY TANK CORP. 929 KEETON SEED FIRMERS 825-831

KENWORTH CUSTOM TRUCKS 1420-1422

KIOTI TRACTORS 907-1010 KITCHEN CRAFT 1248

KRAFT TANK CORP. 1201-1306

KUBOTA ATTACHMENTS 1047-1166

KUBOTA MOWERS 1047-1166

KUBOTA TRACTORS 1047-1166 LANDGUYS 930 LANKOTA 1430-1434

LEAFFILTER NORTH OF ILLINOIS INC. 1331 LEAFGUARD 1048

LEASING SPECIALISTS INC. 858 LEGACY EQUIPMENT CO. 1315-1418

LEGACY SOLAR 1227-1229

LESTER BUILDINGS 940

LG SEEDS 944

LINCO PRECISION LLC 1343-1345

LIQUID FERTILIZER 1338

LOADER SCALES 867

1101

MICHELIN TIRES 1335 MICRO NUTRIENTS 1338 MIDWEST APPLICATION 1429-1534A

MIDWEST BIO-TECH INC. 900

MIDWEST BUILDING SYSTEMS INC. 940

MIDWEST EQUIPMENT 907-1010

MIDWEST PERMA-COLUMN 955 MINNESOTA PNEUMATIC PRODUCTS 601-704

NESGROW 905 NOCO 1026 NORSEMAN GAUGE WHEELS 825-831 NORTHERN MINNESOTA MACHINERY SALES 850-852 NUTRADRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS 912 NUTRIPLANT 953 NUTRIPLANT SD 953 O’BRIEN FORD OF PEORIA 1437-1538 O’CONNELL DRAINAGE EQUIPMENT 1315-1418 O’REILLY AUTO PARTS 761 ORTMAN DRILLING & WATER SERVICES 1436-1440 OTTAWA PLANT FOOD INC. 1442 PANTEGO 1016

Convenient parking at Peoria Civic Center

The Peoria Civic Center, located at 201 S.W. Jefferson Ave., has two convenient parking lots right next to the facility.

From the north: Take Inter state 55 south to Interstate 74 west. Take Exit 94 in East Peoria. This flyover ramp will take you up and over I-74 and connect you with the Bob Michel Bridge. Go across the bridge into Peo ria and continue straight ahead through three stop lights. Turn right at the fourth stoplight onto Mon roe Street. Turn left at the first stoplight onto Fulton Street. Take a left into the Fulton parking lot. The Peo ria Civic Center is across the street from the parking lot at the intersection of Monroe and Fulton streets.

From the east: Take I-74 west to Exit 94 in East Peoria. This flyover ramp will take you up and over I-74 and connect you with the Bob Michel Bridge. Go across the bridge into Peo ria and continue straight

ahead through three stop lights. Turn right at the fourth stoplight onto Mon roe Street. Turn left at the first stoplight onto Fulton Street. Take a left into the Fulton parking lot. The Peo ria Civic Center is across the street from the parking lot at the intersection of Monroe and Fulton streets.

From the south: Take I-55 north to I-74 west. Take Exit 94 in East Peoria. This fly over ramp will take you up and over I-74 and connect you with the Bob Michel Bridge. Go across the bridge into Peoria and continue straight ahead through three stoplights. Turn right at the fourth stoplight onto Monroe Street. Turn left at the first stoplight onto Fulton Street. Take a left into the Fulton parking lot. The Peoria Civic Center is across the street from the parking lot at the intersec tion of Monroe and Fulton streets.

From the west: Take I-74 east to the Downtown

Peoria exit, Exit 92B. Go straight through the first stoplight. Turn right as the road curves onto Glendale Avenue. Take a left at the second stoplight onto Main Street. Take a right at the second stoplight onto Mon roe Street. Take a right at the first stoplight onto Ful ton Street. Take a left into the Fulton parking lot. The Peoria Civic Center is across the street from the parking lot at the intersection of Monroe and Fulton streets.

Show

The Peoria Civic Center will be buzzing with spectators Nov. 29-Dec. 1 for the 41st Greater Peoria Farm Show.

Kubota BX Series Tractor Package Giveaway

Win a new Kubota BX Series tractor package from German-Bliss Equipment. Qualifiers will be drawn daily and a final winner will be drawn at noon on the last day of the show.

2023 Ag Market Outlook

Presented by DTN Grain Market Analyst Todd Hultman at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and 11 a.m. Thursday.

Events

Exhibit Hall Floor Plan

Explore the interactive floor plan — sponsored by Ameren Illinois — on your mobile device.

Pesticide Applicator Testing

The Illinois Department of Agriculture will offer pesticide applicator testing from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday.

Enjoy free coffee and rolls each morning, sponsored by Altorfer Ag Products.

Free Coffee And Rolls Showbucks Drawing

Come early for a chance to win $1,000 in Showbucks drawing. Awarded daily at 1 p.m. Sponsored by Illinois AgriNews.

Spartan Mower Contest

You could win a Spartan mower. Test-drive a zero-turn mower at the Spartan Mowers exhibit to be included in the drawing held Thursday afternoon.

RAGLAND BUILDINGS & SUPPLY 1004 RAPID FRAMING SYSTEMS 1223 RAY-MAN 647-746 RENEWAL BY ANDERSEN OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS 952

RESIDUE MANAGEMENT PARTS 623-726 REVLINE HOPPER THROTTLE 917 REVLINE LATE SEASON 917 RHIZOLIZER 1016 RIDGELINE SAFETY SYSTEMS 1223 RITE WAY MANUFACTURING 1421-1524 RIVER VALLEY COOPERATIVE 737 RIVER VALLEY PIPE 813 RONDOTEX 905 RTK SERVICE PROVIDER 906 RUBBER TRACKS 942 S & W COMPANY 905 S.I. DISTRIBUTING INC. 825-831

SEALTITE INSULATION & SLABJACKING 751 SEEDONOMY 1446-1450 SHOUP MANUFACTURING CO. 1320-1322

SHURCO PRODUCTS 1237 SIMPAS 1343

SIOUX STEEL CATTLE EQUIPMENT 639-744 SKIDSTEERS 1007-1112 SMART MASSAGE 815 SMARTBOX 1343 SOIL MAX 859-960 SOLARUP LLC 1333

SPARTAN MOWERS 1401-1618

SPPS PARALLEL LINKAGE ARMS 825-831

SPRAY FOAM INSULATION 751

SPRAYERS 1023-1132

SPRAYTEC FERTILIZERS 914-916

SPRINGFIELD PLASTICS INC. 855

STALK ROLLER 1430

STATE BANK OF TOULON 924

STEFFES GROUP INC. 902-904

STORAGE UNITS 1250

STOR-LOC 1250-1252

STREAM CONNECTIONS 1113

STURDI-WALL 955

SUDENGA INDUSTRIES INC. 805-809 SUNFILM 905

SURETRACK 806-808

T & T QUALITY BUILDINGS 655-756 T-30 DRONES 917

TAILBOARD TRASH BLOWER TUBE 825-831 TANK PUMPS 929

TANKER FUEL TRAILERS 1023-1132 TARPS 1006

TARPS MANUFACTURING INC. 1237-1239

TECH TIRE REPAIR 707 TEE-JET 647-746 TERRADIGM 1016

TICK TOCK ENERGY INC. 817-819 TIMPTE INC. 1400-1406 TOOL BOXES 1430

TRUCK BEDS 1023-1132

TRUCK SCALES 867

TUATARA UTILITY VEHICLES 943-1044

TUB & SHOWER LINERS 1232

ULTRA LIGHT ALUMINUM BOOMS 1634

UMO’S 1439-1534

UNI-HYDRO IRON WORKERS 1020

UNITED METAL BUILDINGS 739

UNITED RENTALS 719-721

UNITED SOILS / I.F.A.R.M. 921

UNZICKER EQUIPMENT INC. 621-720

UPNORTH 905

US CELLULAR ACTIVATION 933

USED FORKLIFTS 621

VAL6 RADIANT HEATERS 707

VALLEY VIEW AGRI-SYSTEMS 806-808

VENTURE EQUIPMENT 1018-1020

VERN’S FARM SUPPLY INC. 802-804

VISION WORKS CAMERAS 825-831

VULCAN EQUIPMENT 923-1024

WACKER NEUSON SKID STEERS 723-824 WACKER NEUSON WHEEL LOADER 723-824

WAGENBACH BUILDERS INC. 711 WALZ SCALE 867

WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS 1249-1350 WATERLESS COOKWARE 1248

WEARPARTS SEED DISC OPENERS 825-831

WEST ENTERPRISES 859-960

WHOW THE BIG 1520/92.3/106.5 1231

WIEGAND LINERS 1012

WINEINGER’S COUNTRY FEED & SUPPLY 901-903

WINGFIELD DISTRIBUTING 1041-1144

WMBD RADIO 1009 WORKBENCHES 1250

WRIGHT GRASS EQUIPMENT 907-1010

WYFFELS HYBRIDS INC. 962-964

ZIMMERMAN MANUFACTURING 1050-1052

ZML CONTOUR KING 1050-1052

ZML RED VIPER 1050-1052

ZONE MASTER STRIP TILL MACHINE 923-1024

Be counted in ag census

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Il

linois’ farmers and ranch ers will soon be able to be represented in the nation’s only comprehensive and impartial agriculture data for every state, county and territory.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will mail the 2022 Census of Agricul ture to millions of agri culture producers across the 50 states and Puerto Rico this fall. USDA will mail more than 100,000 census questionnaires to Illinois ag producers and potential ag producers.

The Census of Agricul ture, conducted every five years, is unique because

it is the only time farms of every type and size can report their contribution to Illinois agriculture. Every commodity from the rarest to the most common in the state is in cluded.

Information on land use, farming practices, farmer characteristics, organics, food market ing practices, machinery and equipment, precision agriculture, renewable energy, and farm-related income is also collected.

The 2022 Census of Ag riculture will be mailed in phases, starting with an invitation to respond online in November fol

lowed by paper question naires in December.

Farm operations of all sizes, urban and rural, which produced and sold, or normally would have sold, $1,000 or more of agricultural products in 2022 are included in the ag census.

“Agriculture is a large and vital part of the Illi nois economy,” said Mark Schleusener, Illinois state statistician for USDA Na tional Agricultural Sta tistics Service.

To learn more about the Census of Agriculture, visit www.nass.usda.gov/ agcensus or call 800-7279540.

Apply for Wetland Reserve Easement Program

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. —

Ivan Dozier, Illinois state conservationist, announced the application pe riod for the fiscal year 2023 Agricultural Conservation Easement Program — Wet land Reserve Easements.

The purpose of the WRE program is to help land owners enhance and pro tect habitat for wetland wildlife on their lands, reduce impacts from flood ing, recharge groundwater, provide outdoor recreation and increase habitat for mi gratory waterfowl.

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Ser vice wants landowners and farmers to know that “the first application cut-off date for fiscal year 2023 has been established,” Dozier said.

“We accept applications for WRE year-round. Ap plications NRCS receives that meet program eligibil ity by Dec. 23, 2022, will be the first to be considered for funding in our 2023 pro gram.”

NRCS prioritizes ap plications based on the easement’s potential for im

proving water quality and protecting and enhancing habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife.

Applications for ACEPWRE are continuous and can be submitted at any time. For FY 2023, Illinois

NRCS has received $3.5mil lion in funding. Find more information about ACEP and other NRCS conservation pro grams in Illinois on the new IL NRCS website at www.il.nrcs.usda.gov.

“Agriculture is a large and vital part of the Illinois economy.”

Mark Schleusener, Illinois state statistician USDA NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

Producers address resource concerns

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. —

State Conservationist Ivan Dozier announced that the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service will offer Regional Conserva tion Partnership Program funding for the Working Lands, Water and Wildlife Partnership throughout Illinois.

Illinois NRCS has part nered with The Conserva tion Fund to help producers address resource concerns such as inadequate habitat for wildlife, water quality, and long-term protection of farmland.

Landowners can apply for assistance through RCPP to implement practices, such as silvopasture estab

lishment, tree and shrub establishment, and cover crops. Landowners also can receive a rental payment to help offset lost income while transitioning to organic farming or installing tree and berry crops.

Funding is also available for landowners interested in protecting and preserv ing their farmland through an entity held easement that will keep the land in agriculture production.

The project focus is to improve water quality, in crease wildlife habitat and preserve farmland in the following counties: Adams, Alexander, Boone, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Cook, Crawford, DeKalb,

Ford, Franklin, Fulton, Iroquois, Jackson, Jefferson, Jo Daviess, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, La Salle, Lee, Madison, Mason, McHenry, McLean, Menard, Ogle, Peoria, Perry, Piatt, Sangamon, Taze well, Vermilion, Will, Win nebago and Woodford.

The Land Management and Rental projects appli cation cutoff dates are Dec. 2, 2022, and March 3, 2023.

For Entity Held Ease ments, the application cut off dates are Dec. 23, 2022, and Feb. 24, 2023.

A blank NRCS-CPA-1200 application form may be obtained from the NRCS website at www.il.nrcs. usda.gov.