Illinois and Indiana initiatives are among those projects selected for funding through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program.
Soybeans are ranging from 65 to 80 bushels per acre, a little less than last year.
Lower field moisture should allow farmers to minimize or eliminate post-harvest corn drying.
Beekeeping can be a therapeutic hobby for military veterans.
Overall, the weather for harvest has been amazing. We could not ask for a better harvest forecast than what we have encountered so far.
A $15 million investment in the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will expand the facility and provide opportunities for new bio-products using corn to scale to commercialization.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale researchers are working to design a robot and program its artificial intelligence models to detect soybean diseases before symptoms appear.
Over 100 years ago, Henry A. Wallace’s interest in science and agriculture led to experimenting with hybridization to develop a corn variety with higher yield.
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