Don Meyer

Statewide averages over each period were marginally higher than for the region. Overall land values were still up across the state last year, but the report showed some declines in the price of high-quality farmland in northeastern Illinois and the region around Decatur.

Agriculture is big business in McLean County. But it wasn't always that way. And those new to the area probably don't know how the county got where it is. As part of our ongoing Welcome Home series, WGLT dives into the history of agriculture in McLean County.

Nearly 1,000 acres of high-quality farmland are expected to turn into millions of dollars in donations to Illinois Wesleyan University and two other…

In many ways, the history of farming is about its future—how we went from hand tools and horses to self-driving tractors and $10,000-an-acre farmland.Don…