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R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: 2020 harvest wrapping up

— November 11, 2020

With a string of favorable weather, harvest is wrapping up in Illinois; we have the latest statistics. Also in farm and rural news this week: the Illinois Farm Bureau and others in…

R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: COVID-19 continues to impact corn futures
— July 30, 2020

In this week’s farm and rural news roundup: a recent surge in corn prices could be tempered by a resurgence of the novel coronavirus expected to curtail travel — and ethanol demand….
R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: Illinois corn, soybean yields reflect soggy year
— February 26, 2020

The final county production and yield estimates for Illinois have been published, revealing the effects of 2019’s wild weather year on harvest numbers — we will highlight the reports…
Illinois farmers cautiously approach harvest
— September 16, 2019

Farmers and grain buyers are beginning to gain a clearer, more accurate idea of what this year’s highly anticipated corn and soybean harvests will bring. Though corn yields…
Cahokia grain terminal get grain deal as trade war with China heats up
— August 1, 2018

For the Cahokia, grain terminals along the Mississippi River, it would seem an inauspicious time for a trade war between the between the U.S. and the People’s Republic of China. Just…

R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: Economist breaks down $19 billion ag package
— April 30, 2020

Financial relief is once again coming to farmers via government aid, this time in the form of a $19 billion coronavirus-related economic aid package announced by USDA Director Sonny…
Soybean farmers hurt by coronavirus hit to Chinese economy
— February 9, 2020

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…
Illinois farmers feeling pinch, but soybean trade not all blight
— January 18, 2019

China is not buying and U.S. soybean producers continue to feel the pinch. A trade dispute between the two nations has seen sales of raw soybeans to the China market plunge since that…