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Food, Farms & Biofuel: A look at Illinois Agriculture and You
Updated: 1 hour ago
|By Chuck Collins and Jason Howell
Hello everybody I’m Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins with your Corsaw Hardwood Lumber agri-business weather.
Updated: 2 hours ago
|By Sarah Michaels and Jason Howell
We just enjoy what we’re doing -- they’re wonderful animals
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Sarah Michaels and Jason Howell
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.
Updated: 4 hours ago
|By Sarah Michaels and Jason Howell
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.
Updated: 4 hours ago
|By Sarah Michaels and Jason Howell
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.
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|By Chuck Collins
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