Infrastructure news
Each year, the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri and its collaborators put together a baseline projection for the U.S. and world ag sectors for the major grains, oilseeds, biofuels, livestock and dairy commodities.
Early spells of warm weather mean that truckers who use rural roads in Illinois had an added challenge.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will soon meet with farm officials from key trading partners Canada and Mexico.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering over $6.7 million in competitive grant funding for projects designed to build food supply chain resilience in Indiana.
The Biden administration is awarding $623 million in grants to states, local governments and tribes to help build an electric vehicle charging network across the nation.
About 36.4 million tons of food and food products, including corn and soybeans, are shipped annually via Illinois waterways and are dependent upon locks and dams that were built in the 1930s.
Finally there’s no more talk of drought. The recent rains have kept the pastures looking good. Harvest in this area is probably on par with other years — many finished with beans, but not so much here.
For thousands of years, waterways have been essential as a food source and transportation means and are now a major avenue for economically and efficiently moving grain and other freight.
Victor Tsvyk harvested 4,800 tons of wheat this month, but after Russia exited a wartime deal that allowed Ukraine to ship grain to the world, he has no idea where his produce will go, or how his beloved farm will survive.
Indiana Farm Bureau Vice President Kendell Culp visited Washington, D.C., to testify at a U.S. House Committee on Small Business. He discussed the challenges of operating a small business in rural Indiana.
Matt Rush was waiting for rain, watching his corn crop grow. “It looks good. Obviously, we’re dry. But it’s held on remarkably well for the lack of rain we’ve had,” he said.
Indiana Farm Bureau hosted nine policy advisory groups in which farmers worked through county policy suggestions.
A new constructed wetland and restored wetland site in Livingston County was among the stops as part of the Mississippi River Network’s River Days of Action.
Legislation creating the Illinois Waterway Ports Commission Act was unanimously passed by both chambers of the General Assembly and awaits the governor’s signature.
The Illinois Soybean Association recognizes that rural roads and bridges serve as the initial link in the agricultural supply chain.