One farmer is building a network to grow coffee in California where it’s never prospered before, a passion project like no other.
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One upstate New York pumpkin farm celebrates fall and family at their 360-acre U-pick property that attracts thousands each year.
Agriculture
While Congress continued to fight over budget and infrastructure bills in recent weeks, the idea of eliminating or dramatically changing the 1031 exchange program appears to have fallen by the wayside, says David Brown, president of IPE 1031 in Des Moines.
Distributors and farmers already dealing with struggling supply chains could have even more trouble finding parts as the UAW began its strike Thursday.
Agriculture
An Illinois producer who launched a grass-fed beef business eight years ago says he is making more on the cattle per acre than he would have with corn and soybeans.
In Iowa City, Wilson’s Orchard U-pick farm offers much more than 80 varieties; it aims to improve the land for future generations.
Only 5 percent of the corn crop was rated as poor or very poor.
Agriculture
Lee Agri-Media asked non-farmers if they have questions about modern agriculture and got several that pertain to crop practices. We reached out to experts to provide answers.
Two Washington-area visionaries supply the region with pork from impeccably raised heritage breeds of pigs.
Agriculture
Of the 30 to 40 cases per year of grain entrapments, nearly 70% are due to a farmer trying to dislodge grain stuck at the bottom of the bin.
A multitude of goats and sheep escaped after a crash Sunday morning at the eastbound I-74 exit ramp to southbound I-55 west of Normal.
About half of the corn in Illinois — 51 percent — had reached maturity as of Sunday.
Both tragedy and good fortune grew Illinois’ Janie’s Farm and Mill into a bastion of organic ideals and delicious corn.
Summer-sweet fresh corn peaks now, and we have your tips, tricks and recipes. Plus, learn about Illinois’ Janie’s Farm Organics and innovative corn-based vodka.
A pilot program aimed at helping farmers and farm families struggling with stress-related mental health issues is expanding to serve all of Illinois.
Agriculture
Technology continues to transform farm equipment as new spray systems, auto-steer products, and tire-inflation systems hit the market. And that trend is not going to end any time soon.
Agriculture
With the 2021 Farm Progress Show as a backdrop, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Tuesday the expansion of a farmer mental health pilot program to cover the entire state.
Agriculture
For the past several years, Iowa has led the nation in corn production while Illinois has held the No. 1 spot in soybeans. It hasn’t always been that way, as Illinois passed up Iowa in bean production in 2013 and hasn’t looked back.
The family-owned Midwest potato farm focuses on flavorful red and yellow varieties across their 4,000-acre, multistate operation.
Ever bite into a raw potato? The Campbells insist those from their farm are so fresh and delicious, it’s not out of the question.
Agriculture
A weed that Central Illinoisans see along roadways, at the edges of fields or at construction sites has been domesticated in Central Illinois into a crop that researchers say has the potential to help combat climate change and provide additional income to farmers.
Agriculture
A weed that Central Illinoisans see along roadways, at the edges of fields or at construction sites has been domesticated in Central Illinois into a crop that researchers say has the potential to help combat climate change and provide additional income to farmers.
Central Illinois has some of the most valuable soil on earth. The black, rich dirt has allowed our region's farmers to become some of the larg…
Weatherbury Farm is one of few farms in the U.S. that grows and mills exclusively its own grain — including oats — on the same property.
It may have been Agriculture Day at the Illinois State Fair, but it was still infrastructure week as Illinois elected officials, at separate events across town, offered diverging views Tuesday on federal legislation that has emerged over the past few months.
