In this week’s wintery mix of farm and rural news we celebrate Illinois farmers’ nation-leading 2022 soybean crop, and take a look at how Illinois figures into farm bill spending….
The heat and humidity may be cranked up during the summer, but Illinois farmers are still hard at work making management decisions on their farms. With corn and soybeans planted across…
Part of a series of stories examining the nutrient loss reduction strategies and funding in Illinois Illinois has, for decades, laid out a nutrient reduction strategy aimed at…
In what his mother is calling a Christmas miracle, the search for a donor kidney for a Streator teen and former FFA member has ended with a successful transplant. We have the details,…
There is a lot of farm and rural news to catch up with from the past week, including the Biden administration’s reversal on doing away with the stepped-up basis in farm inheritance….
The Illinois Department of Agriculture announced late last week that as it continues to monitor avian flu incidence in the state, all live 4-H poultry exhibitions remain under a quarantine;…
Part of a series of stories examining the nutrient loss reduction strategies and funding in Illinois Nutrient loss is one of the most serious pollution threats faced in the U.S., causing…
The state’s top rural news item from the past week was the tornadoes and high winds that crossed southern and central Illinois, leaving behind death and destruction. We have a report…
Heather Mack to plead guilty ...
Heather Mack, the Oak Park native who stands accused of conspiring to ...
Inaugural B4 Summer Festival to ...
Bacon, bourbon, beer and bands will be the theme of the Chain ...
Eldamain Road bridge gives drivers ...
Kendall County’s first bridge over the Fox River was constructed in 1851 ...
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With the focus on last week’s “SCOTUS WOTUS” ruling re-defining what can ...
