Agriculture
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Agricultural workers may soon be made of tech and steel
Feb 24, 2019 5:05 am - DUETTE, Fla. - Human and machine have 10 seconds per plant. They must find the ripe strawberries in the leaves, gently twist them off the stems and tuck them into a plas...
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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...
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How a landowner saved the family farm in McHenry CountyMay 16, 2018 11:00 pm - As a teenager, Elena Spiegelhoff looked forward to the drive from Cicero to the family farm in Richmond where she felt completely at peace. Sixty-eight years later, thro...
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How a landowner saved the family farm in McHenry CountyMay 16, 2018 11:00 pm - As a teenager, Elena looked forward to the drive from Cicero to the family farm in Richmond where she felt completely at peace. Sixty-eight years later, through her visi...
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Hey, Mary: Kline Creek's got some lambs, tooFeb 04, 2018 12:00 am - Mary had a little lamb and we're sure that was very nice for her. But visitors to Kline Creek Farm near West Chicago can check out at least 13 of the creatures that have...