Nielsen, Bunting address breakfast meeting
PONTIAC – There does not appear to be a cure in sight for the high gasoline prices, although efforts are underway to ease the pain at the...
View from the Cab: Helping the soil
By: Kent Casson Farmers are encouraged to take care of the soil and water while also helping their bottom line. Cover crops can do this,...
Prices paid for farmland 'unprecedented'
“Unprecedented” describes the land market throughout 2021 and into the early stages of 2022. “We ended 2021 incredibly strong with lots...
Field day focuses on cover crops
FAIRBURY – Several local farmers gathered at Jim Ifft’s farm in Livingston County last week to learn about the benefits of cover crops...
Volatility like never before
NORMAL – While we have seen volatile markets in the past, nothing has been quite like we have been witnessing lately. Curt Kimmel of...
View from the Cab: Pump pains
By: Kent Casson While March weather occasionally roars like a lion, March fuel prices are screaming bloody murder. The national average...
Arians to address Chamber breakfast
BLOOMINGTON – Sean Arians, founder of mobile app GrainCoat and grower direct business lead at Advanced Agrilytics, will give the keynote...
March 9 WASDE report issued
BLOOMINGTON – Wednesday’s March WASDE report from USDA was not overly bearish but not outstandingly bullish for markets either. For the...
Local field day is Thursday
FAIRBURY – The Vermilion Headwaters Watershed March Field Day is set for this Thursday, Mar. 10 from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Jim Ifft...
Ridgeview towns come together for FFA
COLFAX – A Blackstone grill, student made bag sets and a signed Elite 8 girls basketball were among the items auctioned off Saturday...
