It's Fair Time!
Receipts from the Van Buren County large animal auction totaled $389,317.42 from the sale of 273 lots last Thursday in Hartford. Combined with ... Read entire story
Ten-year member Greta Minthorn of Smith Twp. raked in a record-breaking $10,775 with the sale of her grand champion rabbits at the Whitley County ... Read entire story
What's Making News
In his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention late last week, former President Donald Trump made no direct mention ... Read entire story
Politico's Grace Yarrow reported Monday that "after Joe Biden's bombshell announcement Sunday afternoon, a number of ... Read entire story
This Week's Farm Operations
Drier weather and warmer temperatures prevailed last week across the state. There were 5.3 days suitable for fieldwork ... Read entire story
Cooler weather and continued rainfall alleviated dry conditions in many parts of the state ... Read entire story
This Week's Market News
As reported last week the Agriculture Department lowered its 2024 and 2025 milk production forecasts in World Agriculture Supply and Demand ... Read entire story
U.S. consumers are drinking less milk with each passing year, but overall dairy sales are on a multiyear winning streak. Cheese, butter ... Read entire story
Weekly Columns
Like most southern Illinois farms of my youth, my family had a closet filled with guns ... Read entire story
Four-H families seem to have a love-hate relationship with their county fair. The love usually occurs prior to fair week and lasts for ... Read entire story