Join University of Illinois Extension for a program on “Getting Started with Cover Crops”. This program is taking place from 8 to 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, August 5 at the Stockton Public Library, 140 W.

Join University of Illinois Extension for a program on “Getting Started with Cover Crops”. This program is taking place from 8 to 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, August 5 at the Stockton Public Library, 140 W.

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

In a 2015 strip trial on a central Illinois farm, three cover crop mixtures were planted behind a wheat crop, next to the grower’s normal double-crop soybeans.

Incorporating cover crops into their regenerative farming system has been a learning process for the Riskedal family this ...

“No-till reduces soil erosion 80-90%,” DeLong said. Water health can be helped by edge-of-the-field practices such as ...

As another large dust storm impacted Illinois, the conversation and questions continue about why and how to get the dust to ...

Three main factors contribute to the formation of Midwest dust storms: strong winds, dry soil in farm fields and large ...

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

The executive director of the Association of Illinois Soil & Water Conservation Districts says farmers received some good news in the state’s latest budget. Eliot Clay says funding for the Fall Cover ...