Several individuals and a family were honored for their contributions in promoting and supporting corn farmers during the Illinois Corn Growers Association’s annual meeting.

The Illinois Corn Growers Association announced that Laura Lant, an agronomist at Midwest Grass & Forage in Macomb, received the Mike Plumer Environmental Excellence Award at the organization’s annual meeting.

We must look internally — within the borders of the United States — not externally to foreign countries, to resolve our domestic beef production shortfall.

Winter weather isn’t just tough on producers — it’s tough on cattle, too.

With historically strong beef prices driving profitability for many ranchers in 2025, now may be the ideal time to reinvest in their operations by enhancing feed grain, hay and pasture production by adding center pivot irrigation.

For beef producers using benzimidazoles — commonly known as white dewormers — getting the application right is just as important as choosing the right product.

With lower grain prices, higher interest rates and increased production costs, some farms are facing a challenging financial situation.

Emergency loans are available to counties impacted by excessive rain and flooding last spring in southern Illinois.

After experiencing the biggest cattle industry event of the year, CattleCon 2026 attendees are encouraged to stay a little longer to see Tennessee cattle country firsthand.

Powerful anti-vaccine advocates and people selling potentially harmful goods such as raw milk are profiting from the push to write anti-science policies into law across the United States.

Clay Geyer celebrated the end of another successful year on his farm in northern Indiana.

Farmland values were unchanged from the second to third quarter of 2025 in the Seventh Federal Reserve District and up 3% year-over-year.

Indiana’s poultry farmers donated $620,000 worth of chicken, duck and turkey meat to Hoosiers through local food banks, including Second Helpings in Indianapolis.

Jim Henry gives thanks that the price of a classic Thanksgiving dinner has dropped for the third consecutive year, according to a Farm Bureau survey.

President Donald Trump accused foreign-owned meat packers of driving up the price of beef in the United States and asked the Department of Justice to open an investigation.

Together, we can help farms of all sizes succeed to ensure America’s ability to be food independent long into the future.

Zinpro Corporation, the world’s leading innovator and manufacturer of high-performance organic trace minerals and animal nutrition solutions, has launched the Zinpro Sow Excellence Index — the swine industry’s first data-driven benchmarking system.

Hoosiers are paying an average of $53.62 for Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people, or $5.36 per person — a marginal increase of 3 cents per person from last year.

College students and recent graduates are encouraged to attend CattleCon 2026 in Nashville to help them prepare for careers in the cattle industry.

I like Thanksgiving because I like the USA. I like all the opportunities we have only in this great country and nowhere else in the world.

I still consider beef and lamb prices a bargain compared to most store items on most shoppers’ grocery list. And that good red meat is building health, not destroying it.

I am getting everything ready in the barn for winter. We do not have a lot to do since we do not lamb in the winter.

Ropp Jersey Cheese has transitioned from using milk produced on-site to milk from another family farm for its cheese products.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins touted the Trump administration’s milk action plan to support American dairy farmers at the National Milk Producers Federation’s annual meeting.

Brian Rexing, an Indiana dairy farmer and a member of the Dairy Farmers of America cooperative, was chosen as the National Milk Producers Federation’s 15th chairman at the organization’s Joint Annual Meeting.

U.S. dairy farmers are thriving in the marketplace even as labor shortages and a volatile policy environment remain challenges, dairy industry leaders stressed at the National Milk Producers Federation’s annual meeting.

The goal of the Building a Better Cow project is to improve dairy cow productivity, profitability and wellness.

The U.S. Dairy Export Council and the National Milk Producers Federation praised the announcement of new trade frameworks with Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador and Guatemala which collectively position U.S. dairy exporters for further gains in the Western Hemisphere.

Outstanding projects developed by three Illinois FFA members earned them top honors in the nation.

Indiana Pork and the Fort Wayne TinCaps donated over 2,000 ground pork meals to the Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana.

Beef imports into the United States market have exploded over the past two years — and no one in the industry wants to say anything about it.

Illinois Beef Association staff have long been the premier planners of cattlemen’s meetings across Illinois. This November and December will prove no different.

At 92, Mom had outlived all her siblings and all her classmates, but her passing has left a big hole to fill in all the love she poured into all the friends and family that were lucky enough to know her.

We never quit trying to solve problems and figure out what could we have done better.

A California animal rights activist who took four chickens from a major Perdue Farms poultry plant was found guilty of felony conspiracy, trespassing and other charges and faces several years in jail.

As the fall harvest season comes to a close, farmers are carefully studying their balance sheets.

Six people who died at a Colorado dairy farm this summer were exposed to hydrogen sulfide gas, authorities said.

Once harvest is complete on Mindy Orschell’s farm, the family doesn’t slow down. They take a deep breath, then jump back in.

Agricultural conditions across the Corn Belt are strained in part due to concerns about China’s elimination of soybean purchases and low crop prices, according to a Federal Reserve survey.

Kiah Twisselman Burchett describes her love for agriculture as a seed that was planted when she was very young, growing up on a cattle ranch in rural California.

After investing many years into their Supervised Agricultural Experiences projects, two Illinois FFA members were named top in the nation as American Star winners.

Jim Henry shares some long-awaited positive trade news — a meaningful step to reestablishing a stable, long-term relationship with the world’s largest buyer of soybeans.

We have been in this pattern now for three years, not just 2025 — hot, dry periods with lots of strong drying winds and a lack of snow to make up for deficiency from the rest of the season.

Ever since Corey Trobaugh was a kid, he wanted to either defend his country or help feed it — and he has done both.

The Indiana AgVets program provides veterans an opportunity to learn about everything from beekeeping to raising cattle.

Joe Ricker wears many hats: army veteran, farmer and nonprofit founder, to name a few.

When Randy Rosengren graduated from high school, he could not wait to start farming with his dad, but first he choose to complete his military service.

Brad Dearing checks all the life-lesson boxes from his experiences in military service, decades as a teacher and owning a farm.

The Midwest Pork Conference will be held Dec. 2 at the Horizon Convention Center in Muncie.

American farmers welcomed China’s promise to buy some of their soybeans, but they cautioned this won’t solve all their problems as they continue to deal with soaring prices for fertilizer, tractors, repair parts and seeds.