By Rhiannon Branch FarmWeek Consumers are experiencing the highest egg prices in history driven by increased demand and highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which could…
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By Tammie Sloup FarmWeek U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is proposing federal protections for the monarch butterfly. The service Thursday, Dec. 12, proposed to…
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By TAMMIE SLOUP FarmWeek Already the world’s top ethanol producer, the U.S. exported a record 1.75 billion gallons from September 2023 to August 2024 —…
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A tow enters the lock chamber moving upstream at Brandon Road Lock and Dam in Joliet. A new study finds any trade disruptions could prove…
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By PHYLLIS COULTER FarmWeek Already this harvest season, grain entrapments, utility task vehicle (UTV) crashes and other farm accidents have been reported across the state.…
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The state’s best youth livestock exhibitors compete during the 2023 Illinois State Fair Master Showmanship contest. The exhibitors each represented their counties and vied to…
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By DANIEL GRANT FarmWeek Illinois once again produced some of the largest crops of any state in the nation despite drought and other weather challenges…
Read More By TIMOTHY EGGERT FarmWeek Certain USDA programs will begin to go dark unless Congress authorizes a new farm bill that covers the next five years…
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By BEN CROFT FarmWeek Sarah Pratt might lack the skills to handle live cattle, but she’s proven herself a master when it comes to creating…
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