Ag in the AM: Farmland Values Increase at Slower Pace
Midwest farmland value is up 15-percent compared to this time last year
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Fall crops may come early
Drought conditions have already pushed corn prices to record highs. The impact on your favorite fall crops, though, may be…
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Drought Forces Livestock On To Conservation Lands
As drought conditions continue their spread throughout the state, livestock farmers are starting to feel a real pinch.Entire pastures are…
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Agriculture
Ag in the AM: Crop Conditions Deteriorate
The latest USDA crop progress report just out shows more than half of Illinois farmers, 56-percent, say their corn crop is in poor to very poor condition
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Agriculture
Ag in the AM: Costly Irrigation Proving Essential
Farmers are turning to irrigation to save their crops but that comes with a hefty price tag
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Agriculture
Ag in the AM: Commodity Price Spike Hurts Hog Farmers
Higher feed costs, he says, will be absorbed by pig farmers who will see a much smaller profit in the months to come
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UPDATED: Teen dies after fall from farm equipment
A 15-year-old boy suffered life-threatening injuries when he reportedly fell from a farm vehicle in Whiteside County, Illinois.
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Agriculture
Ag in the AM: Drought Expands to Eastern Iowa and Northern Illinois
The latest national drought reports is being issued on one of the hottest days of the year in the Quad Cities
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Agriculture
Ag in the AM: Senate Farm Bill Heads to the Floor
Senators will start voting on 73-amendments that both parties agreed to debate for the bill that sets farm policy over the next five years
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Agriculture
Ag in the AM: Senate Farm Bill Amendments Pared
Senators have agreed to pare back the number of new amendments to the bill
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Agriculture
Iowa and Illinois Quad Cities “Abnormally Dry”
Conditions are abnormally dry in more than three-fourths of Iowa and in all of Illinois.
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Agriculture
Ag in the AM: Commodity Prices Drop as Rain Chances Rise
The commodity markets are on track for its biggest slide in two weeks as forecasters predict more rain in the Midwest in the days ahead
