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| Summer drought threatens yields in southern Illinois |
While corn and soybean producers across much of Illinois are giving thanks for what they expect will be a big crop, a number of farmers in the southern part of the state are suffering.
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Friday, September 03, 2010
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| Canola may be the ‘Comeback Kid’ in Illinois |
Canola may be making a comeback in Illinois. The crop — which was all the rage in the 1980s, but quickly fell out of favor — may have a future here after all, according to Vince Davis.
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Thursday, September 02, 2010
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| Lawmaker endorses bill to boost ag exports to Cuba |
Corn to Camaguey? Beans to Bayamo? Pork and poultry to Pinar del Rio and beef in Baracoa? That could be the new map for American ag exports if a new version of an old movement to end the 47-year travel and trade embargo to Cuba becomes law.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
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| Ag officials urge higher priority on farm issues |
La Salle County farmer Monty Whipple knows that Congress has been busy, but he fears that in all of the business Congress has had to do, agriculture has been relegated to a back seat.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
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| Dry down, moisture levels pose challenges as harvest gets near |
Corn harvest likely will have begun by late August in some parts of the state this year, said Purdue University agronomist Bob Nielsen.
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Friday, August 27, 2010
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