Agriculture
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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
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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?
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Shhhhh, big dairy is in bed with almond milk