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Meet the challenge of heavier spring rains with Extension climate series for farmers

By Emily Steele, Illinois Extension
Feb 27, 2024 5:18 pm - Weather trends are changing. Be prepared for how it can affect your farming operation with expert updates from University of Illinois and Purdue University. The bi-state...
Agriculture, environmental leaders urge continued collective action on nutrient pollution prevention

By Emily Steele, Illinois Extension
Feb 19, 2024 8:15 pm - URBANA, Ill. — Nutrient pollution in Illinois waterways is complicated. The nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus leach into lakes, rivers, and streams from a wide variety of...
Illinois Christmas tree farmers say demand is high this holiday season

By Camden Lazenby
Dec 21, 2023 6:00 am - Did you buy a precut Christmas tree or cut one down with your family this year? If you did the latter, chances are you got in before product ran out, said some northern I...
Hongik Eco Farm approved as nonprofit in McHenry County

Submitted by Laurie Urbancik
Nov 30, 2023 10:00 pm - The Hongik ECO Farm is one step closer to formation as it received approval to begin operations in McHenry County as a regenerative farm with not-for-profit status to su...
Ukraine has a new way to get its grain to the world despite Russia's threat in the Black Sea

By HANNA ARHIROVA and COURTNEY BONNELL Associated Press
Nov 27, 2023 12:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Grain thunders into rail cars and trucks zip around a storage facility in central Ukraine, a place that growing numbers of companies turned to as they st...
The Land Conservancy of McHenry County hosts Common Ground Gathering Dec. 3

Submitted by The Land Conservancy of McHenry County
Nov 26, 2023 10:00 pm - Area farmers and farmland owners with an interest in local sustainable agriculture will have the opportunity to network at the upcoming Common Ground Gathering on Sunday...
A population of hard-to-eradicate 'super pigs' in Canada is threatening to invade the U.S.

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press
Nov 22, 2023 12:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS - An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate "super pigs" in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North ...
Plant-based meat is a simple solution to climate woes - if more people would eat it

By DEE-ANN DURBIN and DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writers
Nov 19, 2023 5:00 am - Lars Obendorfer says he was "badly insulted" after he first began offering vegan sausage at his stands, dubbed "Best Worscht in Town." He even found himself mediating be...
Name that cow: Gracie Belle selected as name for 14-foot tall dairy cow

By Mick Zawislak
Nov 15, 2023 12:00 am - After a long wait, the can't miss Holstein in front of the Lake County Farm Bureau office on Route 45 in Grayslake finally can be referred to by name. Gracie Belle emerg...
Worsening warming is hurting people in all regions, U.S. climate assessment shows

By SETH BORENSTEIN and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press
Nov 14, 2023 12:00 am - Revved-up climate change now permeates Americans' daily lives with harm that is "already far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States," a massive ...

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