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Jeff Rowe of Syngenta will be appointed COO of ADM.
Business
3 weeks ago
ADM appoints Jeff Rowe as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Rowe will oversee ADM’s commercial businesses, R&D efforts and global manufacturing.

Ambulance
IL State News
4 weeks ago
Pilot seriously injured in aircraft crash in rural Champaign County

The Sheriff’s Office added that the pilot was the only person aboard the aircraft and was taken to the hospital to be treated for serious injuries.

A Taco Bell fast food restaurant is shown Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Taylor, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Health & Wellness
4 weeks ago
Lettuce at Taco Bell in 5 states confirmed as a source of diarrhea-causing parasite

The federal warnings to consumers did not identify the company, but a federal official who was briefed on the investigation and not authorized to discuss it told The Associated Press it was Taylor Farms of Salinas, California.

Agriculture
1 month ago
John Deere owners will get the right to repair their own equipment under a new FTC settlement

Denver Caldwell, vice president of aftermarket and customer support.

State Senator Doris Turner (right) watches a community gardener tend to her plot at the Illinois State Fairground Community Garden. She tasted a freshly-grown pea plant.
Local
1 month ago
Bloom where you’re planted; Celebrating a bumper crop of community gardens in Illinois

“It reminds us where our food comes from, encourages healthy lifestyles, and creates opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to come together.”

Nozzle of the tractor sprinklers sprayed. Soybean spraying.
Local
1 month ago
Supreme Court ruling simplifies pesticide labeling for Illinois farmers

“If the U.S. EPA does say it’s cancer-causing, it’s going to go on the label,” Johnson said. “But right now, there is nothing the U.S. EPA has found that says it’s a cancer-causing agent.”

A tractor sits on a Christian County farm. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Local
1 month ago
‘A real farm crisis’: Illinois farm bankruptcies rise for 3rd straight year

Rising land rent, an unstable export market and record farm debt are blamed.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
National
2 months ago
Dozens of states could face new costs because of high error rates in SNAP food aid

Other jurisdictions receiving a one-year, cost-share delay are Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon and the District of Columbia.

A scene at the station where SNAP users can swipe their EBT card for Link Match vouchers at the Logan Square Farmers Market in Chicago (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Molly A. Wallace)
IL State News
2 months ago
Federal cuts are hitting Illinois food assistance recipients — and the farmers who feed them

Changes to SNAP eligibility are cutting benefits for hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents and hurting small farmers who support them.