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

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

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

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

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

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

Hello, food lovers! You know that feeling when you take a bite of something that immediately evokes the comfort of home? That ...

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

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

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

The Advocate highlights social inequality through original stories and opinions, and content generated by fellow NNPA and ...

Ag producers are squeezed between a plethora of dichotomies. Higher input costs, lower cash flow. Bigger farm corporations, ...