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New at-home learning resources are now available to parents and teachers clamoring for content. (Farm Bureau)
News about food, farming, business, politics and policy that impacts central Illinois farmers.
New at-home learning resources are now available to parents and teachers clamoring for content. (Farm Bureau)
Harvest season is officially underway in the Tri-States. Farmers are getting in their combines and heading to the fields to start shelling corn after what they’re calling a decent growing … Read More
The U.S. government is falling behind global rivals when it comes to protecting meatpacking workers from Covid-19 infections, even though the nation’s plants were among the first to confront rampant … Read More
Illinois drivers and workers in the agriculture industry can take safety precautions during the busy fall harvest season, state officials said this week. (U.S. News & World Report
Prices for breeding (weaner) piglets in Germany have fallen sharply in past weeks following the discovery of African swine fever (ASF) in wild boar in the country, traders said on … Read More
Soybean prices have surged to their highest levels in more than two years, driven by heavy buying from Chinese importers. (Wall Street Journal)
The federal government said Friday that it will give farmers an additional $14 billion to compensate them for the difficulties they have experienced selling their crops, milk and meat because … Read More
The administration announced details of the new $14-billion-dollar Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, or CFAP2, that will provide direct payments to farmers and ranchers to partially offset COVID-19-related losses for producers. … Read More
If you’ve ever wondered where those vegetable seeds you sow come from, the answer of late seems to be in mysterious little packages from somewhere in China. (Frederick News-Post
Though social distancing and safety guidelines have prevented typical autumn gatherings, Chicagoans can still enjoy falling leaves and pumpkin patches across the area over the next few months. (NBC Chicago) … Read More