Illinois Extension is hosting its annual Agronomy Field Day at the Ewing Demonstration Center at 9 a.m. Thursday, July 24.

Illinois soil and water conservation districts were allocated just $4.5 million for their operations in the budget year that ...

"We often say Illinois’ greatest natural asset is its soil. That’s not just rhetoric — it’s reality. Our soil feeds families, ...

Crops are growing nicely at the Kitzman farm, where Chance and his wife, Nicole, and daughter, Lainey, farm with Chance’s ...

"Took a season and a half to remove my 'quick solution.'" Farmer issues PSA after learning bitter lesson about popular ...

Unlike most leaf diseases, tar spot starts impacting the crop at the bottom of plants. That means fungicides you apply must ...

Sand County Foundation, a Wisconsin-based national conservation organization, is awarding $680,000 to nine farmer-led groups ...

Weather Wildlife Youth Gardening Check out Illinois Extension’s complete offerings State Extension Champaign, Ford, Iroquois and Vermilion Counties Champaign County 801 N. Country Fair Dr., Suite D ...

According to the Census of Agriculture, no-till is practiced on 105.2 million acres, but cover crops are much less common at 17.99 million acres.

As Independence Day dawns under the “Stars and Stripes forever,” rural America stands tall as the “Land of Opportunity.” In ...

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to prioritize combatting long-lasting chemicals called PFAS. Despite this, the agency has ...