Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford noted in his weekly weather update that though February may have gone out like a lamb, don’t expect the mild weather to continue. We’ve also…
With combines rolling in southern and central Illinois, the 2022 harvest is finally upon us. Fittingly, it is also National Farm Safety Week. We have info on harvest expectations and…
Illinois First Lady invests in tomorrow’s ag leaders SPRINGFIELD — Let’s start our ISF Ag Day roundup with one of the final events of the day: the highly anticipated Sale of Champions….
URBANA — University of Illinois scientists have been busy developing what is referred to a new, scalable method for estimating crop productivity in “real time.” With assistance…
The next generation of farmers talks drones, specialty crops/products and the art of storytelling as freely as they do combine repairs, market conditions and the weather. These 18-to-35-year-old…
Future Farmers of America membership offers students many educational and leadership benefits as well as career opportunities. Starting this fall, the cost to belong to FFA will no…
The week in agricultural news was capped by the revelation that corn farmers could lose up to $89 per acre in value on their 2020 crop due to the novel coronavirus. Also in the news:…
When Danielle Stewart was a Eureka High School freshman, she went to a Future Farmers of America Meeting, afterward vowing never to return. “I was really quiet, and I would’ve…
McHenry man charged with residential ...A McHenry man was charged with three felonies and two misdemeanors involving ...
Man charged in Chicago officer’s ...A Freeport man is being held in Cook County Jail in connection ...
Pritzker defends Illinois’ immigration lawsGov. J.B. Pritzker spent hours Thursday defending his governing record and Illinois’ ...
Chicago woman charged with killing ...A Chicago woman is being held in Cook County Jail in connection ...
