Attendance at the Illinois State Fair and the Du Quoin State Fair combined for over 1 million visitors in 2025.

Country superstar Luke Bryan’s Farm Tour stop in McHenry County turned up more than great music this year — it also helped fight hunger in northern Illinois.

It’s almost time for Mindy Orschell’s favorite view — sunsets from the combine next to a fresh-cut soybean field.

Most of our cow-calf pairs are still on pasture. However, the pasture is mostly burnt up, so we are feeding hay daily now.

First aid knowledge can save lives — especially in rural areas where it takes emergency crews extra time to reach the scene.

Dan Neenan, director of the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety, shared grain bin safety tips in an educational message sponsored by Nationwide.

“Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” the winning picture in the annual online AgriNews Favorite Farm Photo Contest, was submitted by Erica Rabe.

With low commodity prices, high input costs, weather, taxes, personnel and other concerns, farmers and ranchers face a myriad of stresses in their lives — and free resources are available to help get through those tough times.

Students from a program that is near and dear to his heart were working at Ropp Jersey Cheese.