In last week’s WASDE report, flagging overseas sales heading into the end of this marketing year prompted the USDA to pare U.S. wheat exports for this season ending May 31 … Read More

Peoria’s Riverfront Farmers Market returned for the summer season on Saturday, May 22, bringing in hundreds of customers to shop local businesses. The Peoria summer staple hosted more than 75 … Read More

U.S. farmers will finish planting corn very soon, while three-quarters of the soybean crop is in the ground. Emergence of both crops remains ahead of five-year averages, according to the … Read More

For Illinois residents who fall within the one in 10 American adults who don’t eat the recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables, farmers markets offer the chance for consumers to … Read More

The Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2021 Virtual Stakeholders Summit, themed “Obstacles to Opportunities,” equipped farm and food stakeholders with the tools needed to turn the obstacles of 2020 into opportunities for … Read More

Kirk Henry, who farms with his dad Brad, was smiling on April 27, the day he finished corn planting for the season. Rain was in the forecast for the next … Read More

The Soil Health Partnership — which was a project of the National Corn Growers Association — has been around for the past seven years promoting the adoption of soil health … Read More

The Southern Illinois Summer Twilight series is accepting registrations for their next 3 programs. The series highlights and demonstrates innovative farm systems across southern Illinois. (WSIL

In his second go-around as the country’s top agricultural official, Tom Vilsack hopes when it comes to farm pollution to wield more carrot and less stick. Vilsack said last week … Read More

Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures rallied on Friday to their highest in nearly seven years, with strong demand outstripping supplies on hand as restaurants around the United States have been … Read More