USDA is investing $300 million to improve measurement, monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration. Learn about the Soil Carbon Monitoring and Research Network and the … Read More

USDA made a rare July adjustment, lowering its corn yield estimates by four bushels per acre. Traders looked for USDA to trim the corn yield estimate by another one to … Read More

From combines to balers to planters. Illinois farmers pushed wheat harvest to 88% complete with early reports indicating record-setting yields. While some farmers have moved on to planting double-crop beans, … Read More

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) unveiled a plan for spending nearly $41 billion in federal, state and local funds over the next six years to repair and upgrade roads, … Read More

For about the past year, Illinois rural health advocates have created an alliance to brainstorm solutions to growing “OB deserts” and bring attention to the issue. “It won’t be fixed … Read More

There are 36 counties in Illinois with no hospitals or birth centers offering obstetric care and no obstetric providers, according to a March of Dimes report. As “OB deserts” increase … Read More

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced four natural disaster declarations after tornadoes and drought resulted in sufficient production losses for Illinois farmers. Find out which primary and contiguous counties are eligible … Read More

Golfers hit the links for the IAA Foundation’s 27th Annual Golf Outing, raising $42,000 for Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom at The Oaks at River’s Edge, Pontiac. WATCH

Lean hog prices as of June 29 averaged $95 per hundredweight in July and $92 in August but just $79 in October and $75 for December. “This is looking to … Read More

In the first national look at acreage estimates since planting, USDA pegged corn acres at 94.09 million nationwide. That’s just over 2 million more acres than its March estimate. Soybean … Read More