Beef leadership academy coming
Are you a young beef producer interested in developing your leadership skills and knowledge of the beef industry? The Illinois Beef...
Project hopes to improve rural Internet
BLOOMINGTON – McLean County Farm Bureau is one of several community partners participating in a project that aims to improve Internet...
First weekly crop report issued
SPRINGFIELD – There were 1.7 days suitable for fieldwork in the week ending April 2, according to the very first crop progress and...
Changes in methods put beans first
TUSCOLA – This will be the 37th crop for Dan Meyer who farms near Tuscola in Douglas County and he has seen plenty of changes in his time...
View from the Cab: Fuels act reintroduced
By: Kent Casson The National Corn Growers Association is praising the reintroduction of the Next Generation Fuels Act in the U.S. Senate....
Planting, stocks reports released
Big USDA reports were released Friday, including the Prospective Plantings and Grain Stocks information. The government foresees farmers...
Planting window coming?
Expect soil temperatures to creep higher as we enter April. This allows farmers to better consider when to hit the fields with the...
Corn acreage could drop
Farm Futures expects corn acreage planted in 2023 to drop a percent from last year to 87.7 million acres. If this number is realized, the...
4-H'er addresses food insecurity
BLOOMINGTON – Central Illinois high school senior Avani Rai has worked to address food insecurity across the state and was recognized for...
View from the Cab: Upward land move
By: Kent Casson Prices paid for Illinois farmland continue their upward move, a trend that applies to all classes of farmland across the...
