June 17, 2026
ScienceFarm Equipment

From the Fields: Lack of rain may sap yields

We don’t have much subsoil moisture, so we are going to need rain through the season because there is not much reserve. We could take a 2-inch rain easily.

By Cliff Lane●

Fuel gauge for week ending June 15

Continuing a steady decline from the mid-May peaks which reached as high as $5.64 per gallon, the national average diesel price dropped 15.1 cents from a week ago to $5.059.

By AgriNews Staff●

FFA Star finalists develop award-winning projects

Exceptional FFA members from across the state who have developed extensive Supervised Agricultural Experience projects will be highlighted during the 98th annual Illinois FFA State Convention, set for June 9-11.

By Martha Blum●

Meet the Finalists: Star in Agriscience

Three district winners for the Star in Agriscience award will be honored on the stage of the Illinois FFA State Convention.

By Martha Blum●

Illinois FFA members develop outstanding projects

Illinois FFA state proficiency winners are selected based on members’ outstanding skills in recordkeeping, leadership and scholastic achievement.

By AgriNews Staff●

2026 season of ‘Talking Crop’ podcast announced

Hosted by University of Illinois Extension Commercial Agriculture Educator Kathryn Seebruck, “Talking Crop” is a row crop production podcast, with episodes occurring every other week during the growing season between May and September.

By AgriNews Staff●

Agronomy Days returns to U of I

With summer just around the corner, Agronomy Days will soon return to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

By AgriNews Staff●

Wildfires are making the U.S. smoggy again, reversing progress on cleaner air, study finds

For more than a decade, the United States dramatically reduced its national smog levels, but since 2015 smoke from increasingly larger wildfires is reversing that clean-up trend and making the air dirtier and deadlier, a new study finds.

By Seth Borenstein●