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CF Industries signs fertilizer distribution deal

May 15, 2023 2:35 PM - Deerfield-based CF Industries, one of the world's largest producers of nitrogen fertilizer, is working with CHS Inc. for the distribution of low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer.
Illinois lifts ban on county fair poultry shows as bird flu cases decline

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May 2, 2023 4:48 PM - Chickens are free to rule the roost at county fairs this summer.
In Arizona, fresh scrutiny of Saudi-owned farm's water use

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM
Apr 28, 2023 9:13 AM - Amid a broader investigation by the state attorney general, Arizona last week rescinded a pair of permits that would have allowed Fondomonte Arizona, a subsidiary of Almarai Co., to drill more than 1,000 feet (305 meters) into the water table to pump up to 3,000 gallons (11 kiloliters) of water per minute to irrigate its forage crops.
Food prices fall on world markets but not on kitchen tables

By PAUL WISEMAN and EVELYNE MUSAMBI
Apr 27, 2023 7:25 AM - Around the world, food prices are persistently, painfully high. Puzzlingly, too. On global markets, the prices of grains, vegetable oil, dairy and other agricultural commodities have fallen steadily from record highs. But the relief hasn't made it to the real world of shopkeepers, street vendors and families trying to make ends meet.
CLC's Lakeshore campus in Waukegan to include $15 million Urban Farm Center

By Mick Zawislak
Apr 26, 2023 6:27 AM - Farming is coming to downtown Waukegan, but operations won't involve a barn or tractors.
AGI to deliver 2,000th grain dryer

Mar 22, 2023 3:23 PM - Ag Growth International Inc. marked a "milestone moment" at its Omaha, Nebraska, manufacturing facility recently as it shipped its 2,000th NECO mixed flow grain dryer. The Canadian company, which opened its new U.S. headquarters in Naperville in November, delivered its 1,000 dryer in 2014.
Russia: 60-day extension of wartime grain deal acceptable

By JAMEY KEATEN and KARL RITTER
Mar 13, 2023 2:14 PM - A Russian delegation at talks with senior U.N. officials said Monday that Moscow is ready to accept an extension to a grain export deal that has helped bring down global food prices amid the war with Ukraine -- but only for 60 days as the Kremlin holds out for changes to how the arrangement is working.
U.S., states weigh farmland restrictions after Chinese balloon

By MATTHEW BROWN and SAM METZ
Feb 8, 2023 1:13 PM - Lawmakers in at least 11 statehouses and Congress are weighing further restrictions on foreign ownership of U.S. farmland.
Valent BioSciences acquires FBSciences

Jan 30, 2023 2:46 PM - Libertyville-based Valent BioSciences LLC has expanded its agriculture business with the acquisition of FBSciences Holdings Inc.
Are backyard chickens the solution for shellshocked egg shoppers?

By Rick West
Jan 23, 2023 5:30 AM - With the price of eggs soaring due to the worst avian flu outbreak in U.S. history, many suburbanites are looking to backyard chicken farming as an answer. But some folks with experience say you shouldn't count your savings before they've hatched.

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