Illinois Commerce Commission Again Reviewing Utility Company Proposals

New school meal standards announced last week by the USDA include major steps to promote the health of America’s children through school meals. The new standards will be gradually updated

With the warmer weather upon us, the cicada season is nearing. While cicadas chirping is typical for Illinois summers, University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator Chris Enroth says that this year Illinois could see billions

Windbreaks have been used worldwide for centuries in both rural and urban settings During the height of the Dust Bowl in 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt included windbreaks in the New Deal

Warmer weather means more days suitable for fieldwork in western Illinois. Throughout April, farmers took advantage of warm weather pockets to start to get seeds into the ground. Pioneer agronomist Brad Mason says that

To further protect the U.S. livestock industry from the threat posed by highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, USDA is sharing a number of actions that we are taking with our