The state’s climatologist is predicting Illinois farmers are likely to endure more burdensome wet weather while they try to plant cash crops t…
Doug Schmale’s family farm straddles the Great Plains in two parts: 4,500 acres in western Nebraska and a separate 160-acre plot in eastern Co…
Illinois soybean producers on Wednesday said they're hopeful an initial trade deal signed by President Donald Trump will provide needed stabil…
DU QUOIN -- At 6 p.m. Monday, Du Quoin Mayor Guy Alongi announced a new industrial hemp plant will open in the city's industrial park, located…
Production of Illinois’ two most valuable crops fell by roughly one-fifth last year, according to final crop yield numbers released Friday by …
Farmers are buckling their seatbelt. The end of the week will bring the U.S. Department of Agriculture's biggest report day of the year for mo…
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Lenci Sickler, a fifth-generation farmer who oversees more than 10,000 acres in western North Dakota, stops short of saying whether farmers in…
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The first phase of a U.S.-China trade agreement, which includes the purchase of U.S. ag products, will be inked at the…
Chinese imports of U.S. soybeans more than doubled in November — a sign that reduced tensions might have begun to ease the strain on American farmers.
When the 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp production, the flood gates were opened.
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Bayer, the German-based chemical, pharmaceutical and agronomic giant, says it has been named defendant in 47,200 lawsuits alleging that glypho…
This is the time of year for negotiating cash rental agreements for farmland and there is going to be a potential problem for 2020.
SPRINGFIELD — As the month of December arrived, many Illinois farmers were still working to harvest their corn and soybeans — the state’s two …
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A different focus on the benefits of ethanol is fueling renewed efforts to increase the presence of the farm commodity in markets across the U…
Dairy lobbyists at FDA headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, are pushing for enforcement of a new definition of “milk” that excludes anythi…
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In the midst of late harvests and early snowfall, a propane shortage in Illinois triggered a Regional Emergency Declaration this week.
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In the midst of late harvests and early snowfall, a propane shortage in Illinois triggered a Regional Emergency Declaration this week.
More than half a million acres were licensed for hemp production this year, though Vote Hemp, a hemp advocacy nonprofit based in Washington, D…
The latest round of federal dollars to offset farm losses due to the trade war with China are coming soon, but what producers really want is a…
SHELBYVILLE – A meeting to voice questions and concerns about the rise in assessed valuation on farmland will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1…
Farmers and the people who own farmland in America are aging, but they and their heirs are consolidating their grip on the nation's arable lan…
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DECATUR — Mother Nature capped off another week of tricks — first rain and then snow — that have plagued area farmers since the start of the 2…
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