The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) announced on Tuesday it will extend the application date that dicamba can be applied on soybeans in Illinois for the 2019 growing season until … Read More

More data is out evaluating the ongoing trade war and its impact on the Midwest. The Mid-America Business Conditions Index finds that one in eight manufacturers has reported switching suppliers … Read More

Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) and COUNTRY Financial will host a webinar this Thursday, June 13 at 1 p.m. to discuss:   – Late planting period for corn – Final plant … Read More

President Trump heads to Iowa this week to shore up his rural base and promote the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement. Trump will be in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Tuesday to visit the … Read More

President Trump on Monday hinted more details were to come about a migration pact the U.S. signed with Mexico last week, saying another portion of the deal with Mexico would … Read More

President Trump said on Friday that he has “indefinitely suspended” the threat of tariffs against Mexico after reaching a “signed agreement” on immigration. Under the deal reached on Friday, Mexico … Read More

Grab a copy of Monday’s FarmWeek to get details on next Thursday’s prevented plant webinar at 1 p.m.; third wettest May on record in Illinois; Sonya Harper, new chair of … Read More

Precipitation totals last month added up to the third-wettest May on record. The historically wet month has come to an end, wrapping up the fourth-wettest spring, following the sixth-wettest winter. … Read More

A bipartisan group of senators joined some Corn Belt farm groups in appealing to the Agriculture Department to ease restrictions on haying and grazing of cover crops. Crop insurance rules … Read More

Ending a second day of tense negotiations, U.S. and Mexican officials failed Thursday to reach a deal to avert import tariffs President Trump is threatening to impose Monday. The tariffs … Read More