“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.
By The Associated Press and MATTHEW DALY and MARC LEVY
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.
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.
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.