Illinois teens will gather to gain hands-on experience in the livestock field in this year’s Illinois 4-H Junior Livestock Conference on April 24 and 25. The theme of this year’s … Read More

In light of the challenges faces by farmers this year, SIU Medicine in Carbondale along with the Illinois Department of Agriculture has launched a new program called the Farm Family … Read More

The giant container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for six days was freed Monday, but another bottleneck in the supply chain remains, this one in Southern California. (Wall Street … Read More

With delivery and to-go orders soaring during the pandemic, marketing “crisp” is risky if the food arrives at consumers’ homes limp and listless. In a quest to keep the crunch … Read More

Dedicating time to cultivate your garden — whether that’s indoors, in your yard, or in a community plot — has obvious benefits like vases full of flowers and bowls full … Read More

A Glenview family-owned farm was featured on The History Channel last weekend as a representative of the “future of food.” (Chicago Tribune)  

Missouri is taking a hard-line approach to tackle a troubling increase in the state’s black vulture population. It’s part of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pilot program allowing some … Read More

The world’s biggest agricultural commodities traders are gearing up to profit from a boom in the American renewable diesel industry. The traders are targeting the growing market as refiners including … Read More

 Even though soybean prices have risen more than corn, which gained 24.7% in the same 11 months, farmers are increasingly opting for the yellow grain in the weeks before planting. … Read More

NASA Harvest (NASA’s Food Security and Agriculture Program) and CropX, a global leader in soil analytics for agriculture, today announced a strategic partnership that will give NASA Harvest unprecedented soil … Read More