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Farm Life
Cultivating Master Farmers: Apply now

Young Illinois farmers can apply now for the Cultivating Master Farmers mentorship program, which pairs young farmers and Master Farmers.

byHolly Spangler
Jan 27, 2023|
2 Min Read
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Commentary
More than a pipeline
byHolly Spangler
Jan 26, 2023
5 Min Read
Matt and Liz Hulsizer stand in front of red barn
Farm Life
No farm worth a farmer’s life
byBetty Haynes
Jan 25, 2023
10 Min Read
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Commentary
Let’s start strumming the tune people need
byOwen Roberts
Jan 23, 2023
3 Min Read
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Crops
Is your drainage tile making the grade?
byBetty Haynes
Jan 20, 2023
3 Min Read
Bahia, a 5-year-old Australian cattle dog
Farm Life
We want to see your farm dogs!
byBetty Haynes
Jan 19, 2023
1 Min Read
Market Overview
ContractLastChangeHighLowOpenLast Trade
Jul 23 Corn665.75
-2.25
669663.566707:19 PM
Mar 23 Oats388.25
+2
390.25384.75387.2507:19 PM
Jan 23 Class III Milk19.48unch —19.4919.4819.4907:31 PM
Jan 23 Soybean1538.25
+8.75
1538.251525152511:41 PM
Aug 23 Soybean1456.75
-5.5
14671454146107:19 PM
Jan 23 Feeder Cattle179.57
-0.005
179.57179.57010:39 PM
Jan 23 Ethanol Futures2.161unch —2.1612.1612.16110:01 PM
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Commentary
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Commentary
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Jerry Costello standing in front IDOA sign
Farm Life
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Commentary
Tell Washington you grow food that’s medicine
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Matt Boucher standing on a planter at sunset
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snow covered fields and farm in the distance
Commentary
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Dan and Betty Haynes with daughter, Clare; Kevin and Nancy Thomas; and Mark and MiKayla Thomas
Commentary
The caretaker, in sickness and in health
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Dan and Doug Scheider receive the Dairy Sustainability Award
Dairy Cattle
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sunset on soybean field
Commentary
5 characteristics of record-high land sales
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sun shining through green forest
Commentary
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byFredric Miller
Illinois Farm Bureau President Rich Guebert presents the Charles B. Shuman Distinguished Service Award to Ed McMillan
Names in the news
Illinois Farm Bureau recognizes members, elects officers
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Cynthia Ryan and her dad flank Fritz Robinson, their longtime farm operator
Commentary
How a guy across a field becomes family
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Commentary
Make a splash with charcuterie
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Evelyn Brandt Thomas stands in the Brandt Consolidated boardroom in Springfield, Ill.
Business
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farmstead
Commentary
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Commentary
Common ground is right beneath our feet
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1-year-old Clare Haynes surrounded by baking dishes and ingredients
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sprayer sitting parked on a farmstead as light streams from behind
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