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.

Headquartered in Tremont, Precision Planting makes hardware and software for farmers to add-on to older equipment - keeping them up-to-date and cost-efficient.

Peoria County resident led the state agency through the COVID-19 pandemic.

We’ve learned a lot today so let’s relax with some popcorn while we visit with Steve Turner, a popcorn farmer in Mason County.

I’m real partial to pigs -- they got me through college -- and they really were the start of my career

Hello everybody I’m Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins with your Corsaw Hardwood Lumber agri-business weather.

We just enjoy what we’re doing -- they’re wonderful animals

Let’s learn more with Derek Martin in Logan County as he works with an experimental crop - pennycress - to see its value and benefits as a biofuel.

We’ve been up in the air so now let’s go to the barnyard and talk to Dan Davis of Gravity Farms LLC in Pontiac about farming buffalo.

Drones are playing a role in agriculture. Let’s hear from Garrett Thalgott from the Illinois Farm Bureau on the future of drones in farming.

Kushi, a Dunlap graduate, is taking a gap year after graduating high school early so she can focus on her invention, E-Code. The water irrigation device and app measures water levels in the soil and the predicted weather forecast to determine if you should water your plants, yard or farm.

Experts say $23 billion USDA program set a precedent for spending without Congressional oversight and had a concerning mix of political influence and limited compliance monitoring.

80+ farmers harvest fields for Hanna City man battling cancer

The intended sales will take place over 2023 and 2024.