Finding the magic and manure in one family’s farming chronicles

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By Lori RotenberkOct 3, 2014, 6:52 am17 pts
It’s a Sunday ritual for Henry Brockman to drive down to the fields and walk the rows, taking notes about the growing season in one of four notebooks he keeps in his truck. Work boots pressing into the soil, braced for Central Illinois’ moody weather, he walks because the paces help him think, sliding his…

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