U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Wednesday that the United States would have to be tolerant if the fast-spreading coronavirus impaired China’s ability to increase purchases of American farm … Read More

President Donald Trump is aiming to launch trade talks with Kenya, hoping to seal the first bilateral agreement with a sub-Saharan nation. The U.S. largely sells aircraft and machinery to … Read More

After just 10 years of farming, Young Leader Chairman Drew DeSutter (Knox County), like most farmers, has experienced many highs and lows. During his address at the Illinois Farm Bureau … Read More

Farmers planning to use dicamba on soybeans in 2020 must attend dicamba label training annually and soon, they’ll get their chance. (Daily Chronicle)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Monday that farmers enrolled in a temporary program aimed at helping offset the damage they may have incurred from foreign retaliatory tariffs will … Read More

Illinois farmers have faced the uncertainties of weather, tariffs, international trade agreements, competition from other countries, but while some things are out of their hand, what happens in Springfield doesn’t … Read More

The #IowaCaucusDisaster on Monday night could be bad news for ethanol. The biofuel sector has long held outsized sway in presidential politics, but that power could be in jeopardy now … Read More

U.S. farmers and ranchers will have to wait longer for the expected surge of Chinese purchases agreed to under the “phase one” trade deal as the country grapples with trying … Read More

Researchers at the University of Iowa College of Public Health asked farmers to identify their own perspectives regarding hazards and stressors associated with their work. Nearly half of the 540 … Read More

Illinois farmers have faced the uncertainties of weather, tariffs, international trade agreements, competition from other countries, but while some things are out of their hand, what happens in Springfield doesn’t … Read More