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It started with one truck... That was in 1938. Today, Bullocks Inc. is Maquoketa’s most trusted grain buyer. Our first bin went up in 1965 and since then we have grown to the capacity of almost 1 million bushels on site. We look forward to serving the Eastern Iowa ag community just as we have for the past three generations. OUR SERVICES: • Grain Buying and Storage • Instant Board of Trade Grain Quotes • Wet and Dry Gluten and Distillers Feed • Kruger Seed • Purina Livestock, Pet Food, and Show Feeds • Guardrail, Composite Ties, and H-Beams • Farmstar Feeders • Applegate Gates • Ritchie Waterers and Parts Team members pictured in front left to right: Owners Linda Bullock, Joseph Bullock and Joe Bullock. In back, left to right: Zak Schmidt, Scott Bullock, Jerimiah Christiansen, James Hamann, Roger Kenniker, Brandon Pachtinger, Adam Phillips, and Raymond Dascher. Not pictured: Duane Clark. Bullocks, Inc. 113 E Monroe St, Maquoketa, IA 52060 (563) 652-3819
mother nature so much they could do. “There’s some fields they couldn’t get all the corn that was on the ground,” Frett said. Clinton County farmer Chad Petersen estimated that about 20% of his 400 acres of corn was flattened by the derecho. “We’re going to do as much as we can to get the crop in the bin,” he said during a break from a challenging harvesting last fall. He invested in a crop sweeper after he scouted his fields post derecho and saw that his corn was only flat in places, and the insurance adjuster told him to do the best he could. “There are times in the past I thought it might have been nice to have a sweeper, but it wasn’t necessarily an every year thing,” said Petersen, 46, who farms about 750 acres in the Goose Lake area. Had he not had it for last fall’s harvest, he would have had to pick corn going in just one direction because of the damage, wasting time and fuel not to mention leaving grain on the ground. David Frett DeWitt, Donahue David Frett, location manager of River Valley in DeWitt and Donahue, said the storm knocked the life out of corn that on Aug. 9 looked promising. While the producers who were heavily impacted tried to salvage as much as possible, it was a challenge when the plants were lying flat. Eastern Iowa Farmer photo / Trevis Mayfield When tragedy strikes, rely on a local Iowa insurance company. Proudly protecting Iowa farms since 1874. Visit www.heritagemutual.net to find an agent near you. eifarmer.com spring 2021 | Eastern Iowa Farmer 55
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