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It's been an uncertain growing season for Central Illinois farmers, with periods of drought giving way to several consecutive days of rain. Now, it could be a record-approaching harvest.
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Local produce farmers, poultry and meat producers will have a permanent outlet for their excess food products at local food banks through the Farm to Foodbank Act (HB-2879), which was signed into law on Aug. 3 by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.
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Since launching in 2016, the Sunnyside Urban Farm, imagined as a high school project, produced thousands of pounds of food and hired dozens of west Bloomington teens.
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The state’s largest industry can’t ignore global warming — but change can be slow and expensive. Here’s what farmers say is tipping the scales for them now.
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Congress will begin negotiations on a farm bill soon. Illinois Farm Bureau President Richard Guebert says the bureau has been meeting with farmers across the state to hear their priorities.
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Food truck operators in McLean County and an Illinois lawmaker want easier regulations.
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The dry conditions impact agriculture operations both big and small. Smaller growers often plant a more diverse fare than corn and soybeans, the major cash crops of Illinois farms.
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Don’t expect your morning cereal box to grow back to its former size or those missing paper towel sheets to return to the roll.
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While the adoption of cover crops-- defined as an overwintering crop raised for the protection and enrichment of the soil-- and other agricultural conservation practices by farmers will not completely eliminate dust storms, widespread usage of sustainable conservation practices by farmers could reduce the chances of another deadly dust storm occurring.
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Sunnyside Urban Farm serves several nonprofits, and will employ 10 teenagers from within a two-mile radius in west Bloomington.