Agriculture
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Cold, wet spring has farmers weeks behind schedule on plantingMay 16, 2019 5:31 am - Farmers in northern Illinois this spring have been akin to tensed runners waiting in the blocks for the starting gun. Usually by this date, they have finished or are nea...
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African swine fever has crept from China to Europe. Will it hit the US?
May 12, 2019 6:10 am - African swine fever is decimating the world's largest hog herd in China, and that holds risk and opportunity for U.S. pork producers. Affected animals have now been repo...
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Shhhhh, big dairy is in bed with almond milk
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Agricultural workers may soon be made of tech and steel
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The cutting-edge technology that will change farming
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Local ag organizations, agencies team up to improve water qualitySep 04, 2018 11:00 pm - The Kane County Farm Bureau, together with Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Kane County Water Resources Division, Kane-DuPage Soil and Water Conservation Distric...
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How China's soybean tariffs affect suburban farmersJul 12, 2018 5:22 am - DuPage County farmer Ron Frieders dropped off a truckload of soybeans in Ottawa, where the Fox and Illinois rivers converge. From there, barges will carry the beans to t...
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China to cancel more U.S. soy shipments as extra tariffs loom
Jul 03, 2018 1:00 am - Chinese companies are expected to cancel most of the remaining soybeans they have committed to buy from the U.S. in the year ending Aug. 31 once the extra tariff on U.S....
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Modern milking: How a Campton Hills dairy farm went high-techJun 19, 2018 11:00 pm - Except for watchmaking, raising cows and bottling their milk used to be the biggest of all industries in the Elgin area. But the census numbers make the disappearance o...
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Documentary, exhibit about Elgin area's milk-making past, prairie-restoring future to debut June 24Jun 19, 2018 11:00 pm - After two years in the making, the Elgin History Museum documentary and traveling exhibit “Dairies to Prairies” will have its grand premiere at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 24, a...