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An oak-killing pathogen has been found in Illinois; experts are on alert

By Russell Lissau
Jul 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...
Much of the chocolate you buy starts with child labor

By Peter Whoriskey and Rachel Siegel The Washington Post
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...
Campton Hills dairy farm to hold open house June 29

Submitted by Illinois Livestock Development Group
May 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. ...
Senators urge USDA to stop Trump farm bailout money from going to foreign-owned companies

Rachel Siegel The Washington Post
May 30, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - A group of senators is urging Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to ensure a bailout program intended to help American farmers weather President Donald Trum...
Cold, wet spring has farmers weeks behind schedule on planting

By Mick Zawislak
May 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...
African swine fever has crept from China to Europe. Will it hit the US?

Laura Reiley The Washington Post
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...
Shhhhh, big dairy is in bed with almond milk

Lydia Mulvany, Deena Shanker and Leslie Patton Bloomberg
May 12, 2019 6:00 am - Dairy farmers are indignant about beverages calling themselves milks when they are actually made of oats or almonds or sunflower seeds. Even worse, these impostors have ...
Agricultural workers may soon be made of tech and steel

Danielle Paquette The Washington Post
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...
The cutting-edge technology that will change farming

Adrian Higgins The Washington Post
Nov 10, 2018 12:06 am - Mike Zelkind stands at one end of what was once a shipping container and opens the door to the future. Thousands of young collard greens are growing vigorously under a g...
Local ag organizations, agencies team up to improve water quality

Submitted by Kane County Farm Bureau
Sep 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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