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The U.S. Agriculture Department says McLean County farmers harvested nearly 71 million bushels of corn in 2022, the most of any county in the nation.
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The money will help more than 60 Illinois farmers and businesses install renewable energy systems and make energy efficiency improvements.
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A chemical and agricultural behemoth has bought a St. Louis-based startup company that works closely with Illinois State University, where researchers have worked to domesticate the weed pennycress into a cover crop and oil seed plant dubbed CoverCress.
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Bloomington-based Growmark and St. Paul, Minn.-based CHS are investing $50 million to make technological breakthroughs in agriculture.
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A new assessment of the state strategy to reduce nutrient runoff shows mixed results. “The trajectory will not meet the goals of the strategy,” said Kris Reynolds with the ag environmental group, American Farmland Trust.
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Heartland Community College is moving ahead with a proposal for a $23.4 million agriculture building — the first major item included in the college's new strategic plan.
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Farmers across the nation have expressed concern about economic hardship created by Trump tariffs and retaliation by other nations against U.S.…
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The Illinois Farm Bureau is calling for the Trump administration to go to the bargaining table with China over tariffs.Farm Bureau Lobbyist Adam Nielsen…
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A new manufacturer is coming to town.The Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council said Thursday that American Precision Assemblers will hire 40 to…
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Five nights of testimony over a proposed wind farm in northeastern McLean County were not enough.The Zoning Board of Appeals will go to a sixth on…