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Agriculture | Sauk Valley Living






Decades after the last Oliver tractor rolled off the line, a German Valley farmer keeps its story turning. His collector’s museum of Oliver memorabilia celebrates a brand that vanished from fields but not from memory.


The couple caring for a Stillman Valley farm that’s been in the family for more than 100 years decided to say ‘no’ to chemicals and ‘yes’ to an approach they believe will keep their land healthy until the cows come home.



Fishing is in Mike Schafer's blood. The second-generation Fulton business owner has grown his fishery into a worldwide market with most of its catch coming from the mighty river he grew up near.