Agriculture
1 week ago
USDA announces commodity payment rates for Farmer Bridge Assistance Program

FBA payments are based on planted acres in 2025, Economic Research Service cost of production, and the World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimate Report.

A discarded Christmas tree
Holiday Guide
1 week ago
Christmas is over, but what to do with the tree? Here’s some alternatives to the landfill

According to the Nature Conservancy, some 10 million live Christmas trees end up in landfills every year.

Entertainment
2 weeks ago
Illinois State Fair goes digital: Tickets for 2026 will be paperless

Digital ticketing for the 2026 season expected to improve convenience and security for fairgoers.

A train derailed in Stonington Sunday night.
Local
3 weeks ago
Train partially derails in Christian County

Norfolk Southern told WAND News that three cars derailed, two of which were spilled grain.

Phillip Nelson, Illinois Farm Bureau president
Agriculture
3 weeks ago
Illinois Farm Bureau re-elects Phillip Nelson as President

Nelson explains the reasoning that farming is getting hard in this day and age.

Bill Harmon
Education
3 weeks ago
LLCC agriculture professor honored

Bill Harmon was honored by the Illinois Leadership Council for Agricultural Education.

deer
Local
3 weeks ago
Illinois firearm deer numbers

2025 falls short of 2024.

Agriculture
3 weeks ago
Illinois unveils roadmap to lead the future of food and biomanufacturing

State’s first-in-the-nation Alternative Protein Task Force releases landmark blueprint.

Jerry Costello II, director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture, speaks at a Christian County farm alongside Gov. JB Pritzker (left) and Cameron Joost, assistant director of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. The group discussed the impact of tariffs on Illinois farmers in an October visit. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Agriculture
4 weeks ago
Illinois ag director says Trump trade policies are ‘crushing’ farmers

Jerry Costello II says latest aid package insufficient; warns of long-term impact.

Charlie Radman, a corn and soybean farmer, stands for a photo on the land his family has owned since 1899, near Randolph, Minn., Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)
Agriculture
4 weeks ago
Trump wants to keep farmers happy with cash. They’re still worried about the future

“It’s a bridge. It’s not the ultimate solution we’re looking for,” said Charlie Radman, a fourth-generation farmer who grows corn and soybeans on the land his family has owned near Randolph, Minnesota, since 1899.

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