CalmerCornHeads.com
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Calmer Corn Heads - Home
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- Marion is a farmer from western Illinois and is the entrepreneur of Calmer's Ag Research and Calmer Corn Heads, Inc. He started his farming operation of 80 acres of corn and 10 gilts in 1975. In 1978, he graduated from Black Hawk East College with an Associates Degree in Applied Sciences. During his farming career, he has grown corn, soybeans, seed corn, soybean seed, and has operated a swine operation. Marion has also spent several hours modifying and inventing farm machinery. During his career, he has gone from conventional tillage to no-till, adopted the use of bio technology, and has gone from growing corn and soybeans in 40-inch rows to growing both crops in 15-inch rows. He also strives to reduce input costs. At one point in time, his corn herbicide costs were as high as $37 per acre and today have been reduced to near $6 per acre. Soybean seed costs have been as high as $40 per acre and today are $20 per acre. During this time, Marion has also reduced the number of field passes that it takes to grow a crop from 9 to 3.
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