Tag Archives: farming

• Agriculture / Education / News

  Kids and animals team up at Mercer County farm camp

  It’s a dog’s life at the Mercer County Fairgrounds in Aledo on Tuesday. That’s where border collies practice herding while…
• Agriculture / Viral Video

  Video: Farming Gangnam Style

  The same guys who brought us “I’m Farming and I Grow It” are now farming – Gangnam Style.
• Agriculture

  Ag in the AM: Mississippi River levels falling

  Farmers worried as Missouri River drawdown impacts the Mississippi River at St. Louis
• Agriculture

  Ag in the AM: Illinois Corn Yields Higher, Iowa Lower

  Illinois corn yield estimates higher, Iowa’s lower in November report
• Agriculture

  Ag in the AM: Corn Yields Vary Widely

  Farmers reporting wildly different corn yields in their fields, USDA to allow aflatoxin in Illinois corn feed
• Agriculture

  Ag in the AM: Farmers Needed in Illinois Classrooms

  Farmers asked to adopt urban schools to talk about rural life
• Agriculture

  Ag in the AM: House May Hold Farm Bill Vote This Week

  Republican leaders abandon plan to extend current farm bill, may push for a vote on a new Farm Bill this week
• Agriculture

  USDA offers more drought assistance

  The USDA is trying to help out livestock producers who are having trouble feeding their animals because of widespread drought conditions.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Agriculture

  Ag in the AM: Iowa Farmers See Worsening Conditions

  Just under one-half of iowa`s pasture and range land is rated in poor to very poor condition