Commercial beekeepers estimate they’ve lost more than 70 percent of their colonies nationwide. Michigan State University Extension’s Ana Heck tells Brownfield, “Beekeepers are usually able to split surviving colonies to recuperate losses, but the last year we’ve seen higher losses than what we’re used to.” “We really don’t have information yet on why the colony […]
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At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were up ahead of widespread direct business. June live cattle closed $1.82
A central Illinois farmer says rain hasn’t been the only weather challenge this spring. Ken Franklin, who farms in Christian County,
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