Monarch Waystations are needed across readership area
It’s one of nature’s top wonders: each fall, millions of monarch butterflies migrate from upper Midwest and Corn Belt states to mountains in central Mexico to wait out the winter. Along the way from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and elsewhere the insects require plenty of nutrition and habitat, which has historically been provided by milkweed plant varieties that are now threatened -- primarily by modern farming practices.
MILFORD, Ind. – Jim Kraft has been named product director for Brock Grain Systems, according to Don Sjolin, vice president and general manager for the CTB Inc. business unit. In this new position, Kraft will provide additional support in Brock’s commitment to product leadership in the market.
Rural-urban Illinois partnership yields water quality benefits
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — An innovative collaboration led by the Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) of Greater Chicago is celebrating five years of success, while looking forward to continuing their work in developing strategies to improve the nation’s water quality
