The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) Friday announced additional dicamba label restrictions for the 2020 growing season. Illinois Agriculture Director John Sullivan determined IDOA will forward registration requests to the … Read More

Harvest season is always hectic, but late spring planting this year will mean an especially busy time for farmers over the next few weeks. The Illinois Department of Labor urges … Read More

– China wants to hold more talks this month to hammer out the details of the “phase one” trade deal touted by Donald Trump before Xi Jinping agrees to sign … Read More

– U.S. President Donald Trump called his Phase 1 trade deal with China “by far, the greatest and biggest deal ever made,” even though nothing was agreed on paper, and … Read More

President Trump on Friday announced what he calls “phase one” of a larger trade deal with China. As part of the deal, a tariff increase planned for next Tuesday will … Read More

Farmers who overcame soggy conditions to plant weeks later than usual now face a severely delayed autumn harvest. The lagging harvest has put still-growing crops in danger and has farmers … Read More

IDOA recently concluded its Industry Dairy Tour, which highlighted the state’s dairy industry to foreign market buyers. Twenty-two farmers and agribusiness owners from Mexico, Guatemala and Thailand participated in the … Read More

Trade talks between China and the U.S. resumed Thursday. There are media reports suggesting China may seek a partial deal – that would include increased purchases of U.S. agricultural products. … Read More

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has released a five-year economic plan for Illinois that builds on the state’s strongest sectors such as agriculture, health care and transportation. The Democrat’s “Plan to Revitalize … Read More

U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence stopped in Iowa Wednesday to promote the passage of the USMCA trade agreement. Vice President Mike Pence challenged Iowa farmers, here, to press their members of … Read More