A streak of big soybean purchases by Chinese buyers has helped make the crop profitable again for U.S. farmers. (Wall Street Journal)

The Small Business Administration partnered with the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation to offer a webinar with an overview of PPP for borrowers. Learn more on our COVID-19 page.  

Producers such as Butter Meat Co. are challenging the American preference for tenderness over flavor. (Bloomberg)

Upcoming lock and dam closures along the Illinois River are set to hamper deliveries of corn, soybeans, animal feed and ethanol for export staging and consumption on the Gulf Coast. … Read More

The Senate Agriculture Committee didn’t let the ongoing pandemic stop it from holding a hearing Wednesday on a new bipartisan bill to bolster carbon markets, a concept increasingly backed by … Read More

In a move to protect the U.S. fishing industry, President Trump signed a memorandum to help protect lobster fishermen from so-called harmful trade practices, giving them protections similar to those … Read More

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced $50 million in state grants for broadband projects Tuesday, which will expand internet access for thousands of businesses, homes and farms across Illinois. (Chicago Tribune)

Seeking to forestall further claims, Bayer AG is taking a risky bet that an independent scientific review will ultimately show that its widely used weed killer Roundup does not cause … Read More

U.S. health and agricultural authorities issued thinly veiled criticism of new demands from China for food-exporting companies to sign documents stating that they comply with safety standards to prevent transmission … Read More

The Small Business Administration has released their interim final rule for the Paycheck Protection Program as well as updated forgiveness forms. Find them on our Federal Stimulus page.