Illinois Farmer Today

20/11/2024

Cattle producers continue to watch heifer on-feed numbers to see when national herd expansion will begin after U.S. beef cattle numbers have dropped to the lowest levels in more than

20/11/2024

The U.S. Grains Council lauded Japan’s recent announced plans to blend gasoline with 10% ethanol by 2030 and 20% ethanol by 2040.

19/11/2024

A global push to decarbonize air travel has groups from Big Oil to sovereign wealth funds betting on Brazil to become a top global center for green jet fuel.

19/11/2024

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Enrollment for incentive payments for regenerative grazing and climate-smart fieldscapes began Nov. 1, says Rob Myers, director of the University of Missouri’s Center for Regenerative Agriculture.

19/11/2024

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Access to health care at risk in southwest Iowa By Tim Trudell, Lee Enterprises Nov 19, 2024 7 sec ago The Shenandoah Ambulance Service provides 911 response to about 500 square miles in Page and Fremont counties in Iowa, as well as transportation services to high levels of health care in the region...

18/11/2024

About a year ago, my wife, Julie, and I agreed that I would benefit from a power recliner. You know, the kind of recliner that makes it easier for an

18/11/2024

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Walk onto a modern hog farm and it is typical to find climate-controlled farrowing houses filled with hardworking sows nursing litters of 12 or more piglets.

18/11/2024

Editor’s note: The following was written by Craig Sheaffer, Extension forage agronomist with the University of Minnesota, for the Minnesota Crop News website Oct. 30.

18/11/2024

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South Dakota voters set to remove favorable pipeline law By Kim Chipman, Bloomberg News Nov 18, 2024 1 min ago Signs opposing a carbon pipeline adorn a wagon on a field's edge near Hartford, S.D. Tri-State Neighbor photo by Melisa Goss Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save...

17/11/2024

Potting flowers or putting vegetables in a raised bed can yield great results. But what can one accomplish with containers that hold 85,000 pounds of soil?

17/11/2024

URBANA, Ill. — What if farmers could not only prevent excess phosphorus from polluting downstream waterways, but also recycle that nutrient as a slow-release fertilizer, all without spending a lot

16/11/2024

Hay supplies vary as the calendar moves toward winter.

15/11/2024

After a dry fall, some rains in late October and early November helped with drought conditions. Farmers are still hopeful for more rain to catch up soil moisture levels.

15/11/2024

Feedlot specialist Warren Rusche calls corn stover a “secret weapon.”

15/11/2024

Iowa experienced the driest September in 52 years and the second driest October, but the forecast is more positive.

15/11/2024

A group representing St. Louis-area ag tech, agribusiness and ag research took two trips to South America this year to help promote the region’s ag sector, forge partnerships with people

15/11/2024

October provided a surprising pre-election bounce in farmer sentiment as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer index climbed to 115, 27 points higher than in September.

14/11/2024

Once home from the hunt, cooks can find creative recipes for their quarry through the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.