Central Illinois farmers are worried the strike will only make it harder to keep their operations going.
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has issued a disaster declaration in 12 Illinois counties and the contiguous counties which will provide farmers who experienced crop loss to gain relief.
Survey recipients are asked to respond securely online at agcounts.usda.gov.
United Auto Workers union members went on strike against farm and construction equipment maker John Deere for the first time in 35 years. READ MORE HERE.
More than 10,000 Deere & Co. workers went on strike Thursday after the United Auto Workers union said negotiators couldn't deliver a new agreement that would meet the "demands and needs" of workers. READ MORE HERE.
More than 10,000 Deere & Co. workers went on strike Thursday after the United Auto Workers union said negotiators couldn't deliver a new agreement that would meet the "demands and needs" of workers. READ MORE HERE.
Distributors and farmers already dealing with struggling supply chains could have even more trouble finding parts as the UAW began its strike Thursday.
More than 10,000 Deere and Co. workers walked off the job Thursday, marking the Illinois agricultural machinery giant's first major strike since the mid-1980s.
United Auto Workers union members went on strike against farm and construction equipment maker John Deere for the first time in 35 years.
The survey will collect information on total acres planted and harvested and total yield and production of row crops down to the county level.
According to the U of I Illinois State Water Survey, most of September passed with temperatures above average across the state.
Farmers and suppliers across the Midwest are concerned about supply shortages for the Spring 2022 harvest.
Mother Nature did farmers a great favor this year.
I don’t have to tell you that farming can be tough. You may remember that I wrote about how the business of farming has to dodge all of the bullets that other businesses have to dodge as well as good ole’ Mother Nature. It is a natural outlier that makes planning more difficult. But it is th…
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With the fall season upon us, harvest is in full swing across the area.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service has issued its current Illinois Crop Production Reports. Here are the results.
Will 2022 be a return to 2013? Time will tell.
Only 5 percent of the corn crop was rated as poor or very poor.
There has been a groundswell of opposition from every corner of agriculture against the proposal by the White House and the Democratic majority in Congress to pay for the $3.5 trillion overhaul of infrastructure and social programs being considered.
Eleven percent of Illinois' 2021 corn crop was out of the field as of Sunday, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Illinois Crop Progress and Condition report.
Farmers are smart. They make plans years ahead whether it is cropping or livestock. But sometimes they need to look at today, and take the necessary measures to ensure they will be managing that operation tomorrow.
About half of the corn in Illinois — 51 percent — had reached maturity as of Sunday.
"I am not advocating for the machines to be turned off; I am advocating for a time when things were more customer-focused than volume-focused," Shellady writes.
Damage along the Mississippi River where Central Illinois grain meets global buyers will impact the Corn Belt for months to come.