A young, central Illinois farmer says it been a challenging year growing organic row crops. Austin Reed, who came back to his family’s Piatt & DeWitt County farm full-time last year, says the second year of transitioning some of his acres to organic has been very different. “A hot, wet spring led to a very […]
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle were sharply lower with another round of pressure from the slow resumption of cattle
Mar. corn closed at $4.94 and 1/2, up 5 and 3/4 centsMar. soybeans closed at $10.75, up 16 and 3/4 centsMar.
The new legislative session brings a renewed effort to keep AM radios in cars and trucks. Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin tells
The policy that drives the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association begins with the states. Kim Brackett, NCBA Policy Chair, says the grassroots
Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying. A new tariff battle against China is on, but Beijing’s retaliation doesn’t
New research from the University of Illinois shows that gene-edited bacteria can supply early corn plants the equivalent of 35 pounds
The Senate Committee on Finance has advanced the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of the Department of Health
Protecting trade and market access from foreign animal diseases. A veterinarian for a commercial hog operation says she continues to monitor
Most dairy prices on the world market went up, as the Global Dairy Trade index rose 3.7% Tuesday. It’s the second
