Page 6 2025 Fall Farm Outlook Lincoln Daily News Oct 2025 Central Illinois Ag: Case IH AF10 combine A local business in Central Illinois was started by Richard Schmidt, an emigrate from Germany, who settled in Atlanta, Il in 1881. Schmidt began working at the local blacksmith shop and by 1898 he purchased that shop and began to cultivate a legacy that would stretch over 120 years and five generations. Today, this is still a family-owned business that has over 100 employees with owners that are actively involved in the business and can be found in any one of the four stores that are located in Atlanta, Clinton, Farmer City and Mason City. This company that prides itself on parts, sales and service is a full-service Case IH agricultural dealership with a large variety of other brands, short-line equipment, grain carts, tillage, compact construction equipment, and a Toro lawnmower dealer. Regarding a new state of the art combine, according to Tyler Bahan CIA Salesman, there is only one that stands out among the rest and that is the Case IH newest line of large combines named the Axial-Flow, class 10, or better known as the AF10. This combine comes standard with many powerful, user friendly and useful technological tools that make this machine an instant winner with simplicity, efficiency, and overall increased productivity. The AF10 combine is the largest single rotor combine that Case IH offers. This combine is powerful, equipped with advanced technology by Case IH. This machine was built with harvesting soybeans and corn in mind. The design, capacity and efficiency for
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