Stakeholders prepare for 2020 Illinois River closure
Agribusiness representatives, farmers and other key stakeholders gathered August 6 in Peoria to wrap up a series of Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) meetings on the planned repair and closure of six locks along the Illinois River in 2020 – an effort that will essentially shut down the key trade waterway for most of next summer.
‘Let’s Talk Livestock’ off and running at Indiana State Fair
Part of the fun of visiting the state fair is wandering through the livestock barns to see farm animals up close, but the crowds and noise can sometimes be off-putting.
Growers report more than 15M acres prevent-plant corn, soy
armers reported 11.2 million acres of prevent-plant corn and 4.4 million acres of soybeans for 2019 – both significant increases over last year, according to statistics released Monday by the USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA).
Legislation that will raise the Chapter 12 operating debt cap to $10 million has been passed by Congress and was awaiting President Trump’s signature at press time.
