Illinois

Over the weekend, a seven member jury awarded a Missouri peach farmer $265 million in a case against Bayer and BASF.  Bill Bader alleges the herbicide Dicamba ruined thousands of his trees back in 2015 and 2016, when the chemical drifted from a neighboring cotton field.  ...

It may sound like you have all of the time in the world, but March 15th will be here before you know it.  That’s the signup deadline for the USDA programs for the 2019 Program Year.   “As far as options available, there’s the Agricultural Risk County coverage option, known as ARC-County, which is a county-level, crop revenue-based enrolled on a crop-by-crop basis," said Shelby Myers Economist

With Halloween approaching, many consumers are searching for the nearest pumpkin patch. Meanwhile, the Department of Agriculture just updated pumpkin production data, showing production is widely dispersed throughout the United States.   All U.S. s...

With Halloween approaching, many consumers are searching for the nearest pumpkin patch. Meanwhile, the Department of Agriculture just updated pumpkin production data, showing production is widely dispersed throughout the United States.   All U.S. s...

Nearly $840 million in trade aid has been handed out to farmers from the Department of Agriculture so far this year. The payments stem from the trade mitigation package announced by USDA to help offset trade war loses for farmers. The package, worth $12 billion, has paid out $837...

During a recent stop in Illinois, Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue confirmed the second round of Market Facilitation Payments will roll out in December.  He noted just because a time table has been announced doesn’t mean they won’t be working to open markets, or normalize relationships.   “Now,  ...

Farmers and ranchers need a new Farm Bill by the end of the month when the current law expires; that’s the message from Farm Bureaus across the U.S.  Illinois Farm Bureau President Richard Guebert said the Farm Bill provides critical risk management tools, such as crop insurance.   “...

Could gene editing be the key to improving crop yields without increasing water use?  For a globe that needs to feed over nine billion people in the next 20 years, and not to mention the dwindling land and water resources, the potential answer is "yes". ...