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03/08/2025

The national average diesel price inched up 2 cents to $3.697 a gallon, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data.

03/07/2025

🔔🔔Virtual Farm Tour Alert🔔🔔

Join us TODAY to celebrate the most important meal of the day - breakfast!

We will see where healthy breakfast starts on the dairy with Farmer Ashley. She and her husband, Kyle, run a dairy farm in Hudson, Indiana, along with their four kids. They work hard every day to make delicious milk for healthy, protein-packed breakfast foods to start your day off strong. Learn more about the benefits of breakfast and how Ashley cares for the cows during !

Watch live on our YouTube channel or register your classroom at https://winnersdrinkmilk.com/virtual-farm-tour/

Watch Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R_V-gpvtmM

03/07/2025

📋FRIDAY FACTS 📊

Illinois has a competitive edge over many other states due to its central location and superior transportation system.

✅ More than 2,000 miles of interstate highway and 34,500 miles of other state highway make trucking of goods fast and efficient.

✅ Chicago is home to the largest rail gateway in the nation, connecting eastern and western United States. The state boasts some 1,100 airports, landing areas and heliports, including Chicago's O'Hare International, through which more than 65 million travelers pass annually.

✅ Illinois' 1,118 miles of navigable waterways, including the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, make barge traffic an excellent option for shipment of grain to the Gulf of Mexico.

03/07/2025

Don't let the time change CROP up on you! Remember to set your clocks forward this Saturday night. ⏰🌱🌽

03/07/2025

Indiana and Iowa saw year-over-year decreases in foreign ownership of agricultural acres while Illinois increased, according a new report.

03/07/2025

The dairy checkoff is returning to Natural Products Expo West to highlight the innovation and nutritional benefits of dairy to more than 65,000 industry professionals, investors and leaders from consumer-packaged goods and retail companies.

03/06/2025

As farmers develop a financial plan for their operation it is important they determine where they are, where they want to go and accurate numbers about their business.

03/06/2025

The Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers honored two individuals for their contributions to agriculture and the profession at the group’s recent annual meeting.

03/06/2025

The Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers’ annual Land Values Conference will be held March 27.

03/06/2025

Laissez les bon temps rouler! Mardi Gras is here, and what better way to celebrate than with a taste of New Orleans? Enter the Muffuletta — a Big Easy classic that’s as indulgent as its birthplace.

03/06/2025

The Help the Hellbender research program, based in Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources, was honored with the National Association of Conservation Districts’ Friends of Conservation Award at the NACD annual meeting in Salt Lake City on Feb. 11.

03/06/2025

03/06/2025

03/06/2025

📣🚨 LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER 📣🚨

Registration is closing soon for the Indiana Ag Threats & Security Summit. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from FBI - Indianapolis , the U.S. Department of Homeland Security CISA, Pierce Aerospace and our local partners at Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance and Beck's Hybrids, among others.

This is a value-packed agenda covering key biosecurity and technological threats and what you can do to protect yourself and your farm or agribusiness.

Don't wait - register today! Seats are limited and you won't want to miss this new event. www.infarmbureau.org/events

03/06/2025

The songbirds you are attracting to your feeders, such as cardinals, sparrows and woodpeckers, are not likely to be infected with avian influenza, or “bird flu.” It generally infects waterfowl such as gulls and ducks.

03/06/2025

Western Illinois University agriculture students recently showcased their skills and leadership at the Illinois Spring Postsecondary Agricultural Students competition, bringing home multiple top placements and leadership honors.

03/06/2025

With egg prices soaring, the Trump administration is planning a new strategy for fighting bird flu that stresses vaccinations and tighter biosecurity instead of killing off millions of chickens when the disease strikes a flock.

03/06/2025

A collaborative effort between the Western Illinois University School of Agriculture and the Illinois Department of Agriculture will offer a unique educational opportunity for conservation planners.