Category: Agriculture News

News about food, farming, business, politics and policy that impacts central Illinois farmers.

SMALLEST U.K. WHEAT CROP IN DECADES RAISES BREXIT SUPPLY WORRIES –

The U.K. is reaping its smallest wheat crop in at least three decades, increasing reliance on imports just months before Brexit threatens to raise costs or disrupt flows into the … Read More

AMERICA’S BLACK FARMERS WORK TO UPROOT RACISM –

While the Black Lives Matter movement has drawn attention to police violence and racism in American cities, racial injustice in the farming sector remains less well-known. (International Business Times)

NEWSOM SIGNS COVID-19 PROTECTIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS –

California lawmakers are looking to protect one of the state’s most valuable workforces with a new COVID-19 relief package. The legislative package is the nation’s first to be centered on … Read More

MILK PRICES DROP FOR SECOND STRAIGHT MONTH –

Dairy farmer milk prices went the wrong direction in September. The Class 3 price for the month officially came in at $16.43-down $3.34 from August and $1.88 below last September’s … Read More

IT’S MORE PROFITABLE FOR FARMERS TO SELL DIRECT. BUT HOW DOES THAT WORK? –

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in the spring of 2020, consumers learned that the food supply chains are fragile. The pandemic has also ignited an interest in selling directly to … Read More

FOOD CRISIS GROWS AMID CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC –

A food crisis is worsening around the world as the coronavirus pandemic drags on. (Wall Street Journal)

IFB COVID-19 RESOURCE HIGHLIGHT:

Leveraging federal CARES Act funding, the state of Illinois will offer Business Interruption Grants (BIG) to livestock farms to help offset losses incurred in connection to COVID-19. Applications must be … Read More

COLLEGE RESEARCHING AGRICULTURAL HEMP –

Lincoln Land Community College is conducting field research at its Springfield campus to test agricultural hemp production practices — the only college in Illinois doing such research. (Journal Courier

SIU STUDENTS ‘STAYED ON THE FARM’ DURING PANDEMIC TO HELP AGRICULTURE OPERATION –

Thanks to a small group of SIU students, numerous buildings and programs were maintained despite the Carbondale campus — like most around the country — being virtually shut down this … Read More

MENTAL HEALTH ON THE FARM: NEVER A WASTED DAY –

Weather, trade wars and pandemics create stress and strain on the farm. Here’s what you can do about it, plus what our farm kids need right now. (Farm Progress)

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