View from the Cab: What's in there?
By Kent Casson I am reminded of warmer weather when I peak inside my mailbox to find daily ad mailers promoting the latest product to...
Wheat seedings up from 2023
The Illinois winter wheat seeded area for harvest in 2024 is up 2.4 percent from last year. Information released late last week by...
Friday report bit of a shocker
The annual Crop Production Report for Illinois and the U.S. was released Friday by the National Ag Statistics Service and was a bit of a...
Hemp survey to be conducted
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will send the Hemp Production and Disposition Inquiry to 241 Illinois producers on...
IL Pork Expo coming soon
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Pork Expo is coming Jan. 30 to Springfield. Certified livestock training is provided at 8 a.m. followed by the...
Kingren to compete in Springfield
Miss Ford County 2023, Maci Kingren, will compete in the 2024 Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs State Queen Pageant at the...
View from the Cab: Classic is Feb. 28
By Kent Casson One of these years, I am going to venture to a warmer climate to take in Commodity Classic. “New Frontiers in Agriculture”...
Winter planter clinic is Feb. 8
Jenner Precision of Fairbury will hold a Winter Planter Clinic February 8 from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the location west of town. Ken...
ICGA hosts drawdown fundraiser
The Illinois Corn Growers Association is ringing in the New Year by hosting the 5th annual virtual drawdown fundraiser and they invite...
View from the Cab: Reflections-part 2
By Kent Casson Here are more of the Central Illinois Farm Network’s top agricultural stories from 2023. Local farmers finishing up wheat...
