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…
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…
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…
R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: Illinois ...
This week’s column is entirely devoted to news from the Illinois Corn ...
Current rural health care environment ...
Rural communities are older, sicker and poorer. “It’s a terrible marketing line ...
Appellate court reverses contempt citations ...
An appellate court on Wednesday, Nov. 30 reversed several contempt of court ...
Winter weather: The difference between ...
Rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain are all potential types of winter ...
