6+ hour, 53+ min ago  (386+ words) While some Illinois farmers finished planting earlier than usual this spring, others are still in the middle of a drawn-out season. Kendall-Grundy Farm Bureau President Bob Stewart farms in De Witt, Kendall, Piatt and Will counties and got an early…...

6+ hour, 53+ min ago  (308+ words) Last month was the warmest April recorded in Illinois since 1895 and it brought severe weather with it, according to Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford at the Illinois State Water Survey, Prairie Research Institute. Prolonged periods of warmth broke 29 daily high…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (224+ words) Well to say the past few weeks have been different is an understatement. It's been good running for the most part and everyone is getting along pretty well. I'd say most in the area are well close to 75-80% completed, except…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (194+ words) Farm Week Now We did not receive any rain last week. We did have a few sprinkles and threatening skies but no rain. That let us get finished with planting. Still not many fields have emerged yet. Most of the…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (206+ words) Farm Week Now Three rain events this week brought 0. 95 inches to our house" Rain at our place was 0. 67 inches last week. We had 2 inches" Our place received 0. 2 inches of rain last week. We managed to get all the crops planted…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (425+ words) On one warm afternoon last June, I suddenly throttled down the boat as a barrage of silver carp leaped out of the water and pummeled my assistants and me, leaving a generous layer of slime on everything in the boat....

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (204+ words) In my role as president of Missouri Farm Bureau, I spend a lot of time behind a windshield. Anyone who has logged hours on a highway, a gravel road or an open field knows that staring through the glass gives…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (180+ words) Farm Week Now Fields dried up enough by Tuesday for activities to resume. By Wednesday, it was full bore with planters finishing up the first time, replanting corn and beans (pretty much everything planted April 25-26 needed redone) and sprayers and…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (157+ words) Farm Week Now In this week's Vintage Country, Derek Martin, Logan County, talks with RFD Radio's Rita Frazer about the great memories of fishing on Clinton Lake as a young boy, and the story of the lucky lure that brought…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (216+ words) Kids ages 8-13 can get a college science experience this summer through the University of Illinois College of Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES). The three-day immersive experience, July 8-10, will give kids and their guests a sampling of what the College of…...