Category: Agriculture News

News about food, farming, business, politics and policy that impacts central Illinois farmers.

U.S. farmers this spring will do what they do best: plant more acres of corn and soybeans in spite of historically high input costs.

 And they have good reason to, according to AgResource Co. president Dan Basse, who estimates potential farm returns to favor corn over full-season beans by up to $90 to $100 … Read More

EPA proposes renewable fuel standards

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a multiyear rule that established required Renewable Volume Obligation targets and percentage standards for 2023 to 2025 and proposed modifications to the Renewable … Read More

Profit Watch: When to make sales

Is this classic scenario running through your head: “If I sell now, the price will go higher and I’ll miss my chance. If I hold, the price will drop and … Read More

Cattle estimates suggest more liquidation ahead

With cattle, calves, beef cows and cow and heifer inventories down and under trade expectations, what’s ahead for the cattle market? “I’m not sure how much futures can extend recent … Read More

Ag Census deadline on the horizon

There’s still time to complete the 2022 Census of Agriculture. As of Jan. 20, Illinois had a return rate of 30%, ranking it second among all states. Don’t forget to … Read More

Canadian dairy quotas focus of second USMCA dispute panel

Canadian dairy quotas focus of second USMCA dispute panel Plans for the Canadian government finalized in May 2022 to fix its quotas “have not fixed the problem,” U.S. Trade Representative … Read More

Illinois’ COVID-19 disaster proclamation to end in May

Exactly 38 months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, Illinois will no longer be under a disaster proclamation as of May 11, Gov. JB Pritzker announced … Read More

January ends with a chill

While you might have been wearing an extra layer the last few days, it could have been colder. In fact, January as a whole averaged 7 to 10 degrees above … Read More

Illinois is scaling-up commercial technology for converting biomass into advanced biofuels.

And two companies just got a financial boost to help. The Department of Energy awarded $8.5 million to Marquis Inc. and $1.6 million to LanzaTech Inc. as part of a … Read More

Sometimes, farmers need a helping hand.

Bill Gross started a nonprofit in 2005 to provide free planting, haying, harvesting, commodity hauling and livestock feeding assistance to farm families who have experienced a major injury, illness or … Read More

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