Jeannine Otto

Even though he was confident of the outcome, Chad Leman faced the unimaginable “what if” scenario.

Proposition 12 could have limited effect on new hog barn construction in Indiana, according to the head of Indiana Pork.

With 23 years under his belt as a teacher of agriculture at John Wood Community College, Mike Tenhouse is looking toward the future.

For Jana Poliska Knupp and her family, the conversations around and about agriculture and farming come easily.

While Steve Hallett’s journey to Purdue University took “a rather meandering path,” as he describes it, the idea to start a student farm at Purdue occurred more suddenly.

For more than one organization, recent remarks by U.S. Trade Ambassador Katherine Tai fell short of what ag groups wanted to hear from the Biden administration on agricultural trade.

Illinois pork producers intend to keep making bacon — but a little less of it, according to the first-quarter U.S. Department of Agriculture Hogs and Pigs Report.

Indiana pork producers are planning to raise pig numbers, going against the U.S. trend for the spring and summer months.

The first U.S. Department of Agriculture Hogs and Pigs Report of 2023 showed that U.S. pork producers are pulling back on expansion.

“It’s not always rainbows and sunshine. ”That is Jill Vonder Haar’s description of the weather in her part of southern Illinois, in rural Breese.

In a few weeks, weather permitting, the big green and gold John Deere 8400R tractor and the 1775NT 24-row planter will be moving across fields in northern Illinois, planting corn and soybean seeds.

In a state and a nation and a world that is focusing more and more on environmental issues, Don Schaefer’s industry is a target.

Andrea LeFevre wants the world to know that farm women are more than a footnote. “Whatever needs to be done, we do it. That’s just farm women. We get it done,” she said.

Coming from a farm, Matt Rush didn’t think he needed to take ag classes or join FFA upon entering Fairfield Community High School. He now knows that was a mistake.

Matt Rush is weeks away from planting his 2023 crops of soybeans and corn.