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Modern beef operation built on 150 years of progress

Phyllis Coulter
May 3, 2018
May 3, 2018 Updated May 16, 2018

Beef cattle fed by truck technology — The cattle on the Al Lyman family farm receive a special feed mix prescribed by nutritionists and controlled by updated technology.
Photo by Phyllis Coulter

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CAMBRIDGE, Ill. — When Al Lyman and his soon-to-be bride were Iowa State University students in the 1980s, his future father-in-law was adapting innovative crop and livestock practices at Hadley farms in Henry County in northwestern Illinois.

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Al Lyman in cab — Al Lyman uses new technology to efficiently feed the cattle
Photo by Phyllis Coulter

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Al Lyman’s new iPad runs a scale app to monitor the ingredients to be loaded into the feed truck. The tool is the most recent addition to Hadley Farms feeding system.
Photo by Phyllis Coulter

ingredients loaded into the feed truck — Photo by Phyllis Coulter

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High moisture corn feed mix — High moisture corn ready to be used for feed mix.
Photo by Phyllis Coulter

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