Agriculture
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Illinois farmers, manufacturers push for trade agreementsAug 28, 2019 1:00 am - Chicago's Federal Reserve branch projects slower economic growth. Illinois' major industries say getting trade deals in place with Canada, Mexico and Japan would be a bo...
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Rolling Meadows crafts backyard chicken regulations ahead of possible approvalAug 21, 2019 1:00 am - Rolling Meadows aldermen continue to refine rules and regulations to possibly allow chickens in backyards, while residents on both sides continue to debate if the egg-la...
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McHenry County farmer to talk about regenerative agriculture Aug. 7Jul 31, 2019 11:00 pm - On Wednesday, Aug. 7, Green Drinks McHenry County will feature "Regenerative Agriculture and its Importance to the Environment on a Local and Global Level" at Duke's Ale...
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Twice rejected, backyard chickens back on table in Rolling MeadowsJul 19, 2019 5:27 am - A little more than a year after city leaders rejected calls to allow backyard chickens, a new Rolling Meadows council is open to the idea. Former Alderman Rob Banger Jr....
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Neither heat, rain, cold nor drought can stop local sweet corn cropJul 19, 2019 1:00 am - In this dickens of a summer, the worst of times has given us a tale of too much sour weather for sweet corn at Wiltse's Farm Produce in Maple Park: Too wet. Too cold. To...
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Kane County Fair returns with mix of old and new favoritesJul 11, 2019 11:00 pm - Years before he became president of the Kane County Fair board, Larry Breon was participating as a member of the 4-H Club. Agriculture was the core theme of the fair at ...
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An oak-killing pathogen has been found in Illinois; experts are on alertJul 03, 2019 1:00 am - Forestry, botanical and agricultural experts in the Chicago area are on alert for a plant pathogen that has killed large tracts of oak trees on the West Coast and been d...
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Much of the chocolate you buy starts with child labor
Jun 09, 2019 6:00 am - GUIGLO, Ivory Coast — Five boys are swinging machetes on a cocoa farm, slowly advancing against a wall of brush. Their expressions are deadpan, almost vacant, and they r...
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Campton Hills dairy farm to hold open house June 29May 30, 2019 11:00 pm - Kick off your summer fun by visiting a local dairy farm. The Lenkaitis family is opening its barn doors to the general public from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 29. ...
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Senators urge USDA to stop Trump farm bailout money from going to foreign-owned companies