







After serving the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) as Deputy Director for five years, Kristi Jones has been appointed acting Assistant Director by Governor JB Pritzker. This new position will

Bathed in an otherworldly purple glow, James Santiago points to a curled leaf at the base of a spinach plant. “This is an issue we saw all the time at

As we’ve already experienced this year, winter in Illinois commonly means snow and ice. Though plowing and shoveling are the primary means of removing snow and ice where they aren’t

National FFA Foundation President Molly Ball was recently recognized as the winner of a Silver Stevie Award® in the Female Executive of the Year – Government or Non-Profit category in

At the 2025 Illinois Farm Bureau meeting in Chicago, delegates from county Farm Bureau organizations gathered to vote on resolutions for 2026. Warren-Henderson Farm Bureau President Jake Armstrong shared that

A new economic analysis finds that EPA’s proposal to assign 50% of the Renewable Identification Number (RIN) credits to imported biofuels and biofuels made from imported feedstocks compared to domestic