Ford workers told their CEO ‘none of the young people want to work here.’ So Jim Farley took a page out of the founder’s ...

How many times have you heard the phrase "knee-high by the Fourth of July" when referring to corn crops? What does it mean?

Illinois landowners and farmers could soon have more flexibility to hunt deer on their property thanks to a bill on Gov. JB ...

Knee high by the Fourth of July,” is an old adage farmers use to measure the success of their corn's growth. Some corn in ...

The United States is the world’s largest producer and exporter of corn, and corn farmers are bolstering the U.S. economy and building strong communities, according to a new study released by ...

While the majority of Midwestern farmers rotate corn and soybeans, commodity prices and corn yield advantages compel some to plant corn year after year. Although foundational research on the benefits ...

Central Illinois farmers, such as Rob Asbell, have seen favorable weather conditions this season, allowing for ideal planting ...

U.S. farmers had to navigate a trade war during Trump’s first term, but did so after years of rising commodity prices and ...

The ancestors of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin built earthen mounds to grow crops. The site could be the largest preserved archaeological field system in the eastern United States ...

Kernels of truth: Garrett Hawkins, a Waterloo corn farmer and president of the Illinois Corn Growers Association, credits Emanuel with boosting ethanol sent to Japan.

Meanwhile, nearly 147,000 policies were sold to corn and soybean farmers. “Does this mean that only 10 farmers in Illinois would benefit from (specialty crop insurance).

Farmer Jerry Meyer, left, talks with neighbors Rachael Smedberg and her husband Jesse Smedberg on their 120-acre former corn and soybean farm, May 8, 2025, in Beecher.