In spite of COVID-19, Illinois farmers and national farmers have been optimistic about planting in 2020. (Alton Daily News

The Farmers to Families organization is holding a massive food giveaway Saturday at Liberty Middle School in Edwardsville. (FOX Illinois)

Oranges and frozen foods are being snapped up. Shelves have fewer choices. And customers are steering their carts in surprising new directions. (New York Times)

Coronavirus lingering on chilled salmon may be infectious for more than a week, according to researchers in China, where imported fish have been investigated as a potential source of infections. … Read More

The federal food box program initially faced questions because some of the companies that won contracts weren’t food distributors and the contracts didn’t always cover the final delivery costs that … Read More

Because of the exposures farmers have in their everyday jobs — to grain dust, mold spores, animal dusts and chemicals — they are more likely to be susceptible to respiratory … Read More

Chinese buyers booked deals to buy 664,000 tonnes of soybeans, the largest daily total since July 22, for delivery in the 2020/21 marketing year, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on … Read More

The ongoing pandemic has resulted in record farm-to-retail price spreads in both the beef and pork industries. (Farm Bureau)

Raising bison started as a hobby for an Illinois man, but as the herd began to grow, it became a thriving family business. (U.S. News & World Report)

While 3D television never really caught on, 3D printing has earned itself a permanent spot in agriculture for creating tools, making replacement machine parts and crafting models for large projects … Read More