A researcher at Southern Illinois University wants to use agricultural waste products to develop carbon materials specifically designed to trap carbon dioxide.

Dan Parker and family had a full schedule since AgriNews’ last visit in late May, including the FFA convention and the opening of fair season.

We’ve been getting spotty rains. Some fields are getting them and some aren’t, but so far we’ve been pretty lucky.

Illinois Farm Bureau is hosting Nutrient Stewardship Field Days this summer for farmers and industry partners to collaborate and discuss ongoing research and innovative approaches to nutrient stewardship.

It sounds simple: Control what you can to get crops off to a strong start, so they finish the season even stronger. Yet, doing so is not always so simple in practice when agronomic and daily management challenges arise and demand attention.

American Agri-Women’s 30th Symposium was held at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington.

Corn and soybean crops are in the ground and now must deal with a host of threats, including disease pressure.

Farming is all about being resilient, and Mindy Orschell and her family have had to be just that as weather challenges impacted planting this spring.

Timing sure was tricky this year and continues to be an issue with spraying and sidedressing the crops.