This week’s roundup of news for Illinois farmers and rural dwellers includes unsettling news for farmers, ranchers and the general public: herd euthanasia. Across Illinois and the…
This week’s report focuses on President Trump’s executive order to keep America’s meat processing plants open and running as plants are temporarily shuttering due to the COVID-19…
Financial relief is once again coming to farmers via government aid, this time in the form of a $19 billion coronavirus-related economic aid package announced by USDA Director Sonny…
This week’s roundup of Illinois farm and rural news is led by disruptions in the meat supply caused by COVID-19. What can be expected? We also have info on state-approved…
With farmers in their fields and on the roads, it appears to be business as usual for the U.S. agriculture industry. But this is no ordinary year, and the repercussions of the COVID-19…
This week we have an analysis of USDA’s recent Prospective Plantings report: what are the impacts of COVID-19 on demand, considering the gloomy projection for GDP growth and other…
