Farming

A new online resource, FarmStress.org, aims to help farmers manage stress, anxiety, depression, or substance use issues.

A startup meal prep service and delivery company is creating new partnerships with food producers and now a major grocery chain in…

Passers-by are getting quite a view outside a home on Vernon Avenue in Normal: Instead of flower beds chilling in the front yard, there are 15-foot stalks…

The tomato hornworm didn’t stand a chance in Scott Trimble’s field.As Trimble walked his field near Heyworth, out of the corner of his eye he spotted a…

McLean County farmers and landowners have been sent over $68 million in USDA trade relief payments so far—and one ag industry watcher says more may be on…

2019 was a memorable year for central Illinois farmers—and not in a good way. Trade disputes cut into prices and drove up anxiety. A soggy planting season…

Teacher Katie Buckley needed to show her students in LeRoy the many real-world applications of the STEM concepts they were learning about. That made…

Illinois’ two senators are calling on the USDA to rework its massive trade aid program to fix what they see as inequities and a lack of transparency into…

An environmental sciences instructor at Illinois Wesleyan University is concerned that the Trump administration's rollback of regulations could be making…

Illinois State University researchers are part of a team that’s creating a new crop that could help both the environment and farmers' bottom lines.The…