Trump budget could shutter Peoria’s USDA-ARS ‘Ag Lab’
USDA facility closures resulting from President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget, announced in late May, could mean the loss of the nation’s largest USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) crop use research center.
Mid-spring rains have farmers concerned about nitrogen loss
The last couple months of torrential rain has farmers concerned about nitrogen loss, noted Emerson Nafziger, University of Illinois extension crop production specialist.