The deputy director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) says the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze has halted the Illinois EATS program. Kristi Jones tells Brownfield it was part of the USDA funded Local Food Purchase Assistance Program. “Those reimbursement dollars are how we fund the lead agencies, the farmers, and the food.” She […]
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Several farmers and processors will get the promised reimbursements under the Dairy Business Innovation Initiative grant program. The funding was held
Ag input uncertainties are causing stress on many farms. Central Iowa farmer Aaron Lehman says commodity and fertilizer markets are volatile.
The Department of Energy has changed the name of Sustainable Aviation Fuel to Synthetic Aviation Fuel on its website. The Renewable
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were sharply higher on a rally in the Dow during the session, the
Some farmers are looking to diversify their operation because of low commodity prices. Randy Duckworth with the Specialty Soya and Grains
A market analyst says Canada’s recent suspension of some U.S. pork imports could be a result of the back-and-forth happening as
A bill on water rights that has the support of several state ag groups advanced out of the Missouri Senate on
May corn closed at $4.69 and 1/4, up 5 and 1/4 centsMay soybeans closed at $10.25, down 2 and 1/4 centsMay
A third-generation farmer from the United Kingdom says focusing on soil health and increased management has doubled his wheat yields. Mark
