Illinois’ top farm news stories include the wet spring continuing to force farmers to keep their planters in their sheds, and a look at the corn checkoff rate increase approved last…
This week’s farm and rural news roundup offers news about a potential move to year-round sales of E15 ethanol blends as a way to cut fuel prices for consumers. We also have news about…
Ukrainian farmer Kohctahtuh Xomehko showed the kind of determination and fortitude currently on display by his fellow countrymen and women during an online meeting with farmers in the…
In this week’s peek between the rows we devote our entire column to news from the 2022 Illinois Pork Producers Association annual meeting, held Feb. 22 in Springfield. We have all…
A group of farming, food and environmental sector representatives believe economic and environmental sustainability don’t have to be mutually exclusive. “There’s a real positive…
Illinois farmers voiced their views on a number of timely issues to lawmakers in the U.S. Capitol last week; we have the details in this week’s farm and rural news roundup. Please…
Didn’t think companies could fit one more label on food packaging covered from front to back in emblems and claims? Guess again. Thanks to a recent labeling law, companies…
A pair of bills introduced by Illinois lawmakers could severely impact how farmers can use insecticides and herbicides; we have details. Please keep reading for important details on…
Three men shot – one ...Three men were shot – one fatally -- Saturday afternoon on Chicago's ...
With scant notice, Rockford hospital ...Residents on Rockford’s west side are feeling abandoned and betrayed after Javon ...
USA’s 249th birthday celebration marked ...Independence Day fireworks shows are as old as the nation itself. According ...
Government, defense spar as child ...With the criminal trial of Elburn veterinarian Adam Stafford King fast approaching ...
