Central Illinois Farm Network

PONTIAC – Corn is moving closer to maturity and soybeans are starting to turn in the fields of Aaron Rients who farms near Flanagan and...

By: Kent Casson Statewide farmland values are up 18 percent and may have plateaued, according to a survey from the Illinois Society of...

PONTIAC – At the sound of the steam engine whistles Thursday morning, the 2022 Threshermen’s Reunion officially got underway north of...

CHENOA – After checking numerous fields in the area, Pioneer agronomist Cody Pettit feels good about the upcoming harvest season. “One...

CHENOA – If the corn being chopped for silage is any indication of how corn yields will turn out this fall, we could be in for quite a...

By: Kent Casson Crop tours all over, seed dinners just about every evening and high school football in the air – it must be late August...

LEXINGTON – Those running for Illinois governor and U.S. Senate for Illinois addressed an agricultural audience at Schuler Farms near...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth met in central Illinois this week to discuss corn-based...

There were 5.7 days suitable for field work during the week ending August 21, according to the weekly crop progress report issued Monday...

By: Kent Casson As the summer fair circuit comes to an end, I have to say I was really impressed with what I saw at the various fairs...