Fruit

A newly formed institute at Purdue University is offering training and development support to agriculture producers with novel food and beverage product ideas.

The stories across the Corn Belt’s Federal Reserve Districts mirrored one another in the agriculture sector with concerns over lower commodity prices and favorable crop conditions.

When you set a record ag trade deficit for the third consecutive year, the decline isn’t an aberration or a coincidence. It is growing proof that your national ag policy is headed in the wrong direction.

Raices Latinas, a nonprofit coalition dedicated to promoting the agricultural contributions of Latino and Latine community in McHenry County, will host its second farm tour on Aug. 27.

Summer is in full swing on Clay Geyer’s home fields, where he’s on the lookout for — and has already found — some plant diseases and weeds.

The U.S. Department of Energy estimates more than 10 million acres will be converted to solar energy by 2050, and the American Farmland Trust projects over 80% could be sited on agricultural lands.

Corteva Agriscience is not only innovating to ensure a safe, nutritious and affordable food supply. Employees are getting their hands dirty in a garden and donating the produce, honey and flowers to others in need.

I might never have fallen in love with kohlrabi had I not joined a CSA. Signing up for a Community-Supported Agriculture program means getting a box of produce from local farms every week or two.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency announced the availability of low-interest physical loss loans for producers affected by the Feb. 8 and Feb. 27 tornadoes in Illinois.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recent trade mission to India was a success, including more than 500 business-to-business meetings between U.S. exporters and Indian businesses.

I have the tremendous opportunity to work with some of the greatest employees in government and we have the pleasure to work for the American farmer — the original environmentalist, who cares for the land like no other.

April is the perfect time to get to work on your home garden.

Bob Evans Restaurants announced its 2024 Supervised Agricultural Experience Grant recipients with 12 high school students from across the Midwest.

My family’s fourth-generation farm has been growing asparagus in west Michigan for decades, but that could soon be changing. Simply put, there are too many hurdles that block my path to growing this nutritious crop efficiently and sustainably.

“Magnificent Trees of Indiana” is a perfect book for nature enthusiasts, with more than 200 photographs of Indiana’s tree and old-growth forest remnants.

Blueberries, pumpkins, apples and tomatoes are all on the agenda for the 28th annual Stateline Fruit and Vegetable Growers Conference on Feb. 19 at NIU-Rockford in Rockford.

A beloved Boilermaker and horticulturalist, Ross Byers died Nov. 24. Byers grew up in Vincennes, where he and his family managed Dixie Orchard — the largest grower in the state at that time.

The combination of high interest rates and a strong U.S. dollar is beginning to take a disproportionate toll on rural industries like agriculture, forest products, mining and manufacturing.

There is a quiet a battle being waged to ensure the high quality food and fuel being produced by U.S. farmers and ranchers reaches consumers around the world.

Lincoln Land Community College dedicated its newest learning space, 2.1 acres of land at 2320 West Lake Shore Drive, now known as West Lake Nature Grove.

While many of our landscape trees don’t necessarily need yearly pruning, the same can’t be said for fruit trees, especially if you want your trees to consistently bear fruit.

The success of fruit production hinges heavily on employee availability. When the fruit is ready, it must be picked. Sager Farms, a long-time, family-owned orchard in southern Illinois, found itself in a troublesome predicament this past fall ahead of the apple harvest.

Global hunger numbers rose to around 828 million people in 2021, according to the latest edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World from the United Nations. That’s 46 million more people from a year earlier and 150 million more from 2019.

Winter is a great time for orchard owners and fruit tree gardeners to reflect on how their trees are doing and to create a plan for the coming growing season.