Annie’s Project draws diverse farm women together
March 11, 2019The women attending the first of six scheduled “Annie’s Project– Empowering Women in Agriculture” sessions in Peoria were representative of the demographics of a typical…
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R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: USMCA ratification, shutdown delays, portrait of farm family and more
March 7, 2019This week we have a report from the recent ILSoyAdvisor Better Beans series on why farmers are going to suffer from the lack of Market Facilitation Program payments in 2019, along with…
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R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: water rules, conservation programs and more
February 28, 2019In this week’s column, we have a couple of reports from the ILSoyAdvisor Better Beans seminar, farm bureau reaction to the EPA’s proposed new Clean Water rule, details of an upcoming…
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R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: Tariffs, CCA soybean master adviser and more
February 21, 2019This week’s farm and rural news column focuses on the truth behind the president’s claim that Mexico will “indirectly” pay for his border fence through tariffs his administration…
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R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: Soybean yields, human affect on global warming and more
February 14, 2019This week in your farm and rural news roundup: Illinois set a new yield record for corn and soybeans in 2018, but no one knew it until the delayed USDA production summaries were finally…
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R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: shutdown delays, food safety alert and more
February 7, 2019This week’s farm and rural news rundown will focus on the first USDA crop reports issued in several weeks, and the ramifications of the recently ended partial federal government shutdown…
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