Wisconsin may be America’s Dairyland, but there’s another bovine-related food abundant here: beef. In fact, the number of beef farms here is growing even as the number of dairy farms … Read More

The Illinois State Fair Box Office has opened for purchasing 2021 grandstand tickets. The state fair runs from Aug. 12-22. (WAND)  

Where is trade policy under the Biden administration headed? What will influence markets? Daniel Whitley, acting administrator at the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, outlined seven critical factors that will influence … Read More

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has reportedly acknowledged that the food situation in the secretive country is troubling amid reports of food shortages and inflated prices for basic goods. … Read More

Parts of Iowa and Illinois are dealing with varying levels of drought and farmers in the Quad Cities region are hoping for rain. The vast majority of Iowa is under … Read More

The last couple of years have been brutal for the ethanol sector, coming off the 2019 situation of federal government reducing ethanol demand through small refinery exemptions and trade wars … Read More

Basically everything is a computer now, and farming equipment like tractors and combines are no different. Our guest this week is Jahmy Hindman, chief technology officer at John Deere, the … Read More

Early in 2020, farmers were down in the dumps about the farm economy. Prices were low and prospects for recovery were grim. But a new day has dawned for agriculture. … Read More

Conservation funding is at a crossroads in Illinois. Here’s where conservation adoption, practices and funding stand for the Prairie State. (Prairie Farmer)

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Tuesday threw his support behind a proposal to establish a special investigator to address concerns about anti-competitive practices in the meat and poultry industries. … Read More