Stories Tagged "Illinois"
Rain and Snow Help Reduce Drought
posted on April 19, 2013 at 4:03 PM
Farming Gets Vertical
posted on April 5, 2013 at 5:35 PM
Indoor Farming Goes 'Mega'
posted on March 28, 2013 at 1:04 PM
Already considered to be the largest vertical farm in the country, FarmedHere LLC plans to add another 150,000 square feet of vertical growing space by the end of next year. .
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Illinois Lawmakers File Bill to Regulate 'Fracking'
posted on February 22, 2013 at 1:24 PM
CHICAGO (AP) - Two downstate lawmakers have introduced a bill to regulate high-volume oil and gas drilling in Illinois.
Marion Democratic state Rep. John Bradley and Olney Republican David Reis filed the bill Thursday. Supporters of hydraulic...
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Scholars map city food gardens with Google Earth
posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:15 PM
Backyard and vacant lot gardens play a large part in Chicago's total food production.
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2012 was 10th driest Illinois
posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:13 PM
2012 was Illinois' 10th driest year. Illinois Radio Network reports that Illinois averaged just more than 30 inches of rainfall across the state - about 10 inches below normal.
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Historic Drought Hits Illinois Farmers and Ranchers Hard
posted on August 10, 2012 at 4:55 PM
Drought Continues To Hammer Midwestern States
posted on July 20, 2012 at 7:10 PM
Drought Tightens Grip on Midwest
posted on July 13, 2012 at 7:26 PM
Parents Defend Putting Children to Work on Farms
posted on July 13, 2012 at 1:13 PM
FULTS, Ill. (AP) - As he watched his 10-year-old son ease a tractor across a soybean field, Dennis Mosbacher acknowledged the risks of farming.
But Mosbacher said the U.S. Labor Department was misguided in its attempts to protect children from...
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Rare Weather: April cooler than March in Illinois
posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Illinois climate experts say the state had a rare phenomenon this year: April's weather was cooler than March.
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Money available for farmers markets
posted on May 4, 2012 at 2:29 PM
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has $10 million available for farmers markets and community-support agriculture programs.
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High Illinois Farm Prices Could Last through 2012
posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:44 AM
DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - Some experts believe this year's risingfarmland prices in central Illinois could continue for at least thenext year. Land sales companies say farmland prices in the region increasedby more than 30...
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Ag secretary promotes biofuels at Chicago meeting
posted on January 17, 2012 at 3:54 PM
CHICAGO (AP) - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says biofuels are playing a growing role in the civilian aircraft and airline industry and in the military.
Vilsack spoke Monday at a business roundtable meeting at Chicago-based...
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ADM and University of Illinois Partner In Food-Waste Research.
posted on January 21, 2011 at 12:01 PM
URBANA, Ill (AP) -- Farmers in Argentina have found that simply using jumbo plastic bags can help protect their harvested corn from the elements before it's sold and heads for processing.
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