Author: Membership

Two Western Illinois University professors and their students helped shape how insurance adjusters determine crop damage from hailstorms.

But in the 1960s and ’70s, they didn’t work with computer models, they broke up huge chunks of ice and hurled the pieces into test plots, along with snipping some … Read More

The Lower Mississippi River could really use some rain.

The inland waterway has been so dry for so long that water levels south of St. Louis are now low enough to disrupt the movement of grain-hauling barges. And harvest … Read More

5 with Mark

Illinois Farm Bureau’s Mark Gebhards talks with RFD Radio’s Rita Frazer about state and national topics affecting agriculture, including: Illinois Farm Bureau’s two call-to-action requests Fertilizer grant details National issues … Read More

Truckers dealing with overwhelmed rail hubs

“We truly do move America forward.” In recognition of National Truckers Appreciation Day today (10-4), Bruce Jung of Jung Trucking talks with RFD Radio’s Rita Frazer about the changing industry … Read More

Lather. Rinse. Repeat. Dry weather to stick around

The only precipitation lately in much of the state has been a little dew and frost. And State Climatologist Trent Ford says the next seven days will bring more of … Read More

Illinois starts $6M meat processor grant program

A new state grant program makes $6 million available to meat and poultry processors to build, expand and modernize facilities. Independently owned companies are eligible for grants ranging from $250,000 … Read More

“We’re searching online conversations with a focus on (pork) production and the eating side to get a sentiment for the percentage of positive and negative posts.”

Consumers love pork. How much? A new dashboard aims to measure the sentiment and number of meat mentions, including pork and bacon, on social media and traditional news sources. The … Read More

FB member ‘humbled and honored’ to attend White House conference

Kendall-Grundy Farm Bureau member Dr. David Nayak shared his experience as a participant at the recent White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. The White House recognized his small … Read More

The grain dryers are humming at John Ernst’s family farm in Madison County.

Ernst, who farms with his father, Steve, provides an update on early harvest of corn and winter wheat planting in this View from the Cab feature. “With the lateness of … Read More

And finally, HAPPENING TODAY:

A unique antique collection heads to auction. The sale will include more than 80 vehicles, 600 pieces of road art and relics and roughly 1,000 toys housed at the Schaafs’ … Read More

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