Ken Beck has carefully planned what to plant on the majority of his 1,800 acres this spring, but he also gave himself a little leeway. On 240 acres of his … Read More

A relatively small number of plants process much of the beef and pork in the United States, and some of them have closed because workers are getting sick. (New York … Read More

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, discussed the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on Illinois agriculture with leaders from Illinois agricultural groups. (Illinois AgriNews)

Iowa had its largest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases Sunday, driven largely by new positive tests at meatpacking plants. State officials said 261 of the 389 new cases of COVID-19 … Read More

From the streets of Southern California, to the sidewalks of Maine, the financial fallout from the pandemic crisis is triggering a hunger crisis. Food banks are struggling to find new … Read More

There has been a surge of people interested in growing their own food. Is this a turn back toward the victory garden era? (NPR)

Some high-end restaurants are selling steaks and other cuts of meat directly to consumers rather than in dining rooms that went dark as the coronavirus pandemic exploded in the U.S. … Read More

Illinois farmers in 2019 harvested 5,233 acres of hemp last year in the state’s inaugural growing season. According to the Illinois Department of Agriculture, a total of 7,141 acres of … Read More

As farmers get to work, there will be a lot more farming vehicles on Illinois’ roadways over the next few weeks. Even with less vehicles on the road due to … Read More

– A new wave of coronavirus cases is spreading deep into rural corners of the country where people once hoped their communities might be shielded because of their isolation from … Read More