The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will continue to allow immigrant farm workers to extend H-2A work visas when they are hired into new jobs, in a bid to protect … Read More

From an uncertain and seemingly always changing trade war with China, to bargain basement crop prices, to the coronavirus, what the agriculture industry thought would have to be an improvement … Read More

At least 4,800 chicks shipped to Maine farmers through the U.S. Postal Service have arrived dead in the recent weeks since rapid cuts hit the federal mail carrier’s operations, U.S. … Read More

As a reminder, USDA has extended the deadline to apply for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) until September 11, 2020. For more details, visit our COVID-19 page.

Up to 300 Pizza Hut restaurants will be closed, most of them dine-in locations not well suited for carryout and delivery at a time when millions of people are sheltering … Read More

Heartland Community College leaders are seeking $22.4 million in state funds to help pay for an agriculture complex, part of an updated facilities master plan aimed at accommodating future growth. … Read More

In keeping up with the recent innovations of the foodservice industry, you may be familiar with the latest trend: ghost kitchens. These facilities came into the scene long before COVID-19, … Read More

Yesterday would have been Agriculture Day at the Illinois State Fair and Brownfield caught up with a couple of the state’s ag leaders to commemorate the event. (Brownfield)  

Not all distance learning in rural areas is functioning smoothly, thanks to America’s notoriously unequal internet access. In the COVID-19 era, life has moved to the internet, but not everyone … Read More

Heavy rainfall in Illinois in 2019 resulted in low crop yields for Illinois farmers last year, but good weather in Illinois this spring has turned that around, but the pandemic … Read More