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“A lot of them are inheriting that with no idea of what to do with it. Their parents or their father didn’t think that a girl’s place was on the farm,” said Devlin.
Called cover crops, they top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight climate change.
The goal is to establish seven regional “hydrogen hubs” to help replace fossil fuels such as coal and oil with cleaner-burning hydrogen as an energy source for vehicles, manufacturing and generating electricity.
Despite the drought, statistician Mark Schleusener projected Illinois to have the highest production of soybean in the nation, and the second highest for corn.
Roth says while his prices won’t go up, demand is up for his decorative pumpkins.
Group forms to stop CO2 pipeline project in Central Illinois
The Sweet Corn Circus celebrates Bloomington-Normal’s agricultural and circus roots, and of course, features a variety of corn food vendors.
Mexico wants to return to its corny roots. However, that’s created conflicts with the United States and Canada over corn imports.
‘It keeps coming back every year’, the deadly corn disease still impacting farmers across the nation
A 20-plus-year molecular biologist and scientist who works at the research center in Peoria told us the disease comes back every year, some years worse than others.
Plenty of storms have ventured close only to fizzle out before making it to Shane’s 200-acre spread near Peoria.
Heavy rain can dilute the flavor of grapes, and hot and dry weather can also impact their flavor.
Corn plants continue to grow slower than normal under drought conditions
Drought causing delay in lawn care services.
Abnormally dry conditions begin to cause concern for farmers
Illinois House approves bill to expand airport's taxing district.
While the California law goes into effect July 1, Tasha Bunting said she does not know when it could affect central Illinois farmers or pork prices.
Town hall meeting scheduled to discuss potential CO2 pipeline through Peoria County
Rural electric cooperatives, renewable energy companies and electric utilities will be able to apply for funding through two programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a media briefing on Monday.
With 27 million acres of farmland in Illinois and technology quickly advancing. Today's session was designed to help diversify and expand knowledge of what's available to farmers.
Farmer Michael Shane said the war in Ukraine nearly tripled the cost of his corn fertilizers. He added that it cost him about $450 per ton in 2020.
