Illinois Soybean Association is recruiting farmers to host cover crop weed suppression trials starting this fall.

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University of Illinois Extension commercial agriculture educator Travis Meteer wants beef producers to take advantage of ...

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The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is accepting sealed bids for about 20 agricultural lease contracts for ...

Some farmers keep growing in flood- and drought-prone fields because subsidies soften the losses, while federal programs ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — The Farm Progress Show is next week in Decatur, and one of the things expected to be discussed is cover crops. Cover crops are planted to cover the soil, not to be harvested.

Human activities such as intensive farming and overgrazing are degrading soil nearly 1,000 times faster than natural processes. If this trend continues, global food production could drop by 10% by ...