Illinois Corn Growers Association

The organization's biofuels director says a new vehicle emissions rule will harm the prospects of corn ethanol, and with it the wider economy. The EPA says the new rules are important for reducing poisonous and climate-altering air pollution.

What had promised to be a record corn crop in central Illinois earlier this year, may not be one after all.

Central Illinois farmers produce a lot of corn and soybeans. But they also produce tons of data.Now, a new initiative aims to collect that data and tap…