Jeff Flamm, farmowner at Flamm Orchards in Cobden, struggled to find enough workers to harvest his crops — and the problem ...

The ag department relaunched a cover crop incentive program after a pause due to funding uncertainties. Here’s how farmers can get paid up to $105 an acre.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Farmers, producers and landowners can learn about cover crops from those experienced in growing them during a free virtual panel ...

RICHVIEW, Ill. – Illinois Extension is excited to announce the return of the eleventh-annual Summer Twilight Series. This southern Illinois tradition brings farmers ...

A Maroa-Forsyth student has been named one of the top leaders in Illinois agriculture. Gehrig Bunselmeyer is the Section 16 ...

GALVA, Ill. — Cover crops are a conservation practice farmers use to increase healthy soil and decrease erosion and compaction. Growers plant crops, such as cereal rye, winter barley and hairy vetch, ...

The Illinois Department of Agriculture is opening applications for its I-COVER program beginning in April.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — When Steve Stierwalt studied agriculture at the University of Illinois in the 1970s, soil health wasn’t commonly taught or discussed. Faculty often told their young farming ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Fall officially kicks off in just a few days, but fall farming will look different this year due to these continued warm temperatures. What does that mean at everyone's favorite ...

Farmers, producers and landowners can learn about cover crops from those experienced in growing them during a free virtual panel event Feb. 24. The session, Cover Crop Conversations: Farmer-to-Farmer ...