| Trump softens China rhetoric after meeting |
| A recent meeting between the presidents of the United States and China may have helped alleviate immediate concerns of a trade war between the two nations, a market analyst said. |
| 4/19/2017 |
| Full Story... |
| EPA seeking comments on agency regulatory reforms |
| The U.S. EPA is taking comments from the public about how agency regulations might be modified, replaced or repealed. |
| 4/19/2017 |
| Full Story... |
| Purdue economists on why markets making shift to soy |
| The world’s markets asked for more soybeans and U.S. farmers have obliged, according to veteran Purdue University agricultural economist Chris Hurt. |
| 4/19/2017 |
| Full Story... |
| Processed meat in the crosshairs of vegan doctors |
|
| 4/19/2017 |
| Full Story... |
| Don't litigate the past, invest in talent for a brighter future |
|
| 4/19/2017 |
| Full Story... |
| The fate of natural resources in hands of private landowners |
|
| 4/19/2017 |
| Full Story... |
| Proposed gas tax hike to pay for infrastructure woes |
| U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) has a plan to fix the nation’s infrastructure problems. The ranking member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has proposed legislation that would increase the gas tax by a penny per year for the next 30 years to help pay for an infrastructure system in desperate need of repair. |
| 4/19/2017 |
| Full Story... |
| Illinois farmland values continue to drop |
| Farmland values in Illinois, as across much of the Midwest, continued their downward direction during 2016, dropping by as much as 14 percent depending on the soil type. |
| 4/19/2017 |
| Full Story... |
| Indiana farmer has close call with 2,200-pound bull |
| Brian Banks, 42, never knew what hit him – but when he crambled for safety and was able to get to his feet with the help of others, he realized he was ambushed by a 2,200-pound Simmental Angus cross bull. |
| 4/19/2017 |
| Full Story... |
| Try a new conservation tactic on-farm this year |
| As Earth Day 2017 approaches, farmers in Illinois and across the region are committing themselves to conservation stewardship in record numbers, according to Ivan Dozier, Illinois state conservationist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). |
| 4/19/2017 |
| Full Story... |
|
