I n this week’s column, U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos reiterated her support for renewable fuels at last week’s National Ethanol Conference, promising to reintroduce her Next Generation…
With a bountiful, if not record-breaking harvest underway, lock and dam repair projects are wrapping up on the Illinois River. The Illinois Soybean Association expects this to fuel…
Farmers: the USDA is “freaking out,” in the words of one crop agency manager, over the small number of U.S. farmers who have made their crop insurance decisions for 2020. Why the…
Populations of largemouth bass, bluegill, catfish and other sportfish are at the highest levels recorded in more than a century in the Illinois River, according to a new report. …
This week in farm and rural news: the Illinois Farm Bureau has issued a new action report that addresses COVID-19 challenges to agriculture; we will summarize them. Also this week:…
As we begin the new year and the third decade of the 21st century, perhaps the most crucial hurdle facing agriculture remains soil, water and air conservation. With the past decade…
Chicago police plan DUI patrolsThe Chicago Police Department will be conducting DUI Saturation patrols this weekend ...
Zoning Committee votes against solar ...Second of three stories looking at a proposed solar farm in Winnebago ...
Democratic leadership gets behind Williamson’s ...Republican Amy Grant, R-47th, was first elected to the state House in ...
Mom of victim in fatal ...Traci Palucci is struggling to put all her feelings into a victim ...
