The per-acre incentives are offered through a national “Climate-Smart” program funded by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Scoular’s participation is part of its sustainability efforts that ...

The USDA says corn and soybean harvest is complete in Illinois. Monroe County farmer Jeremy Neff says he wrapped up a few weeks ago. “It was the quickest harvest I’ve ever seen.” He says, “It was a ...

American farmers are worried that President-elect Donald Trump's sweeping tariff plans will curb their access to top soy ...

“They love soybeans.” That’s a common complaint in the region, which is in close proximity to the 250,000-acre Shawnee National Forest, the only national forest in Illinois. Much of the land ...

A central Illinois farmer says timely rains throughout the growing season produced very good crops. Ken Franklin, who grows ...

According to a University of Illinois crop sciences researcher, there has been a great deal of interest recently in the idea of using nitrogen fertilizer during the growing season to increase ...

Most corn and soybean fields in the U.S. are planted with herbicide-resistant crop varieties. However, the evolution of superweeds that have developed resistance to common herbicides is jeopardizing c ...

That’s both good and bad. Evans got most of his harvest done the week of Oct. 12 on his small Saline County farm. He grows soybeans on about 150 acres.