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2025 FFA Matching Grants Awarded

McLean County Farm Bureau awarded $7,950 in FFA Matching Grants for 2025 to 8 FFA Chapters. The FFA Matching Grant awards each chapter up to $1,000 for ag education purposes. … Read More

IAA Foundation Scholarship Winners

Lauren Mohr of Carlock and Autumn Schlipf of Gridley were each selected to receive scholarships from the IAA Foundation for the 2025-26 academic year. Lauren Mohr will receive the $1,000 … Read More

‘Amazing community effort’ saves swine herd

Stan and Peg Blunier watched part of their Livingston County hog operation go up in smoke last month when a fire tore through one of their hog buildings. But the … Read More

The world population reached an estimated 8 billion people as of Nov. 15, a new milestone in human development

. The rising population and a growing middle class will contribute to milk demand, which is projected to grow by 21% by 2030. “Who’s slated around the world to produce … Read More

State gets $25 million for rural broadband expansion

More than 1,100 residences, businesses and farms in Jackson and Randolph counties will have access to high-speed internet thanks to a USDA loan. The $25.2 million loan to the Egyptian … Read More

FLUSH WITH CASH, CHINESE HOG PRODUCER BUILDS WORLD’S LARGEST PIG FARM

Behind the walls of a hulking industrial compound in rural China, top pig producer Muyuan Foods is trying to raise more hogs on a single site than any company in … Read More

URBAN FARMING CAMPUS ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE TO FEATURE BIOGAS PRODUCTION –

The $32 million project will transform a vacant brownfield parcel into a new Green Era Urban Farming Campus that will provide access to fresh food, renewable energy and resilient growth … Read More

GLOBAL HUNGER AND OBESITY ARE WORSENING DUE TO VIRUS FALLOUT

Hunger and malnourishment are increasing around the world as the coronavirus crisis pushes more people into poverty and limits access to healthy diets, according to the United Nations. (Bloomberg)

WARREN AND BOOKER PRESS MEAT PACKERS ON EXPORTS TO CHINA –

 Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker questioned how companies could warn of pandemic shortages while exporting record amounts of pork to China. (New York Times)

TRUMP FLOATS HALT TO U.S. CATTLE IMPORTS AS PANDEMIC HURTS RANCHERS

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States should consider terminating trade deals under which it imports cattle as he looks to help U.S. ranchers hit hard by the … Read More

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