Former Illinois FFA State Secretary Gracie Murphy was elected National FFA Eastern Region Vice President. From premier chapters to team recognitions to individual proficiency awards, read about the areas Illinois … Read More

Dean Dittmar’s efforts to foster growth of ag education in Illinois earned him national recognition during the National FFA Convention. The state coordinator for Facilitating Coordination in Agricultural Education was … Read More

During Illinois’ Farm to Food Bank program’s first two years, nearly 2.5 million pounds of food was provided to food banks costing $1.1 million. The pilot program provides new market … Read More

“Part of our goal is to develop an agritourism network of service providers like ourselves, researchers, outreach nonprofits, government folks who are there to support producers diversifying into agritourism.” — … Read More

Four Illinois Farm Bureau members received summit sponsorships from IFB. Bringing diverse backgrounds to the table, including farmers markets, beekeeping and vegetable-growing, the four attendees shared highlights from the summit … Read More

Hundreds of specialty growers, agritourism operators and ag service providers gathered last week in Pensacola, Florida for the National Agricultural Marketing Summit. FarmWeek’s Tammie Sloup has coverage from the event. … Read More

Early voting hours and locations greatly expanded across the state this week as the campaign season entered its final two-week stretch. According to the state elections board, 265,937 of the … Read More

This week’s rain will help, but not solve, the low water levels on the Mississippi River, according to Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford. “In many cases we need weeks of … Read More

More than a dozen Corn Belt U.S. senators are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to make significant reforms to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) when the agency proposes new … Read More

But he has an even greater appreciation for such care and efforts after an unfortunate harvest accident landed the McLean County Farm Bureau president in the hospital. The local ag … Read More