2023 Fall Farm Outlook Lincoln Daily News Oct 2023 Page 9 J. I. Case and International Harvester merged to form Case International in 1985. On November 1, 1987, two Logan County farm equipment dealers merged to form Schmidt -Marcotte International, Inc. This merger saw the closing of Marcotte on Woodlawn Road in Lincoln and the construction of two more buildings and many more employees for Schmidt. William “Bill” Marcotte graduated from Southern Illinois University in 1966 with a degree in agriculture. He worked for International Harvester as a sales rep in their Peoria location and was transferred to Lincoln in 1973 where he briefly served as manager before purchasing the business in 1974. In 1992 Schmidt-Marcotte merged with Evans Implement of Lawndale. Continued --
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