Reid Thompson, a fourth generation farmer in central Illinois, checks equipment for corn planting, near Gibson City, May 8, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune) ...

After a relentlessly dry Illinois summer, the dirt beneath Kevin Heap’s well-worn boots is parched, but with his 240 acres of corn and soybeans harvested weeks ago, the 34-year-old farmer is no ...

Central Illinois farmers deposit harvested corn on the ground outside a full grain elevator in Virginia, Ill., Sept. 23, 2015. SETH PERLMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS ...

Farmers in Illinois are expected to plant 11.1 million acres of corn this year, up from 10.8 million acres in 2024. DIRK LAMMERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Facebook ...

According to USDA's latest Crop Progress Report, 74% of the Illinois corn crop is planted, which is three points behind average, but a 20-point jump in just a week. Illinois farmer Brent Johnson ...

BLOOMINGTON — If it ever stops raining, farmers in central Illinois will return to the fields, and when they do, some will favor a national trend to plant more soybeans than corn.

Illinois farmers enjoy profitable rail links to Mexico Trump tariffs could push Mexican buyers to South American corn Farmer says Mexican buyers needed: 'it's a competitive world,' JACKSONVILLE ...

With more than half of their crops harvested, farmers in Central Illinois are reporting strong corn and bean yields, despite recent rains that forced a pause in an otherwise brisk ...

Illinois Farmer Says EPA’s New Herbicide Strategy Is A Course Change But Doable Look for the sensitive areas in your fields now, advises Steve Pitstick, who farms 50 miles west of the Chicago ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Following an extremely wet spring, farmers in Illinois face a tall task to get their crops planted and growing. Barely half of the state's planted corn and only a quarter of ...