SPRINGFIELD — Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is accusing the U.S. Department of Agriculture of playing favorites with trade war aid payments by giving more money to southern cotton…
Farmers: the USDA is “freaking out,” in the words of one crop agency manager, over the small number of U.S. farmers who have made their crop insurance decisions for 2020. Why the…
SPRINGFIELD – Soybean farmers in Illinois cannot catch a break. After a promising trade deal with China last month gave farmers hope amid an intense trade war, the deadly Wuhan coronavirus…
In this week’s news roundup for Illinois farmers and rural dwellers, the state’s farmers are celebrating the U.S. passage of the USMCA trade agreement, which was signed by President…
Facing pushback from a poor mid-term report card on their efforts to stem the tide of nitrogen-based fertilizers — also called nutrients — leaching from farm fields into waterways,…
Last week’s White House announcement of two trade resolutions had no positive effect on crop markets — why? Also: last week’s Senate impeachment hearings were “Trumped” by…
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