Nitrogen and herbicide applications rank among the highest input costs in crop production. To help offset some of those expenses and realize environmental benefits, producers can introduce ...

Illinois soybean farmers breathed a sigh of relief last month when China agreed to resume strong soybean purchases in the ...

Rural Illinois was blessed with nutrient-rich soil that has made it a fertile cradle for crops. Soybeans and corn are its economic heartbeat, covering over 21 million of the state’s 26.3 million ...

Back when Republicans were a mighty political force in Illinois, one of the party’s great unifiers was the humble soybean. Illinois produces more of these fuzzy legumes than any other state, and the ...

U. of I. natural resources and environmental sciences researcher Lowell Gentry and his colleagues found that an intensive three-year crop-rotation system reduced nitrate pollution runoff by 50% ...

The disease has spread to fields in at least seven states since 2018, including three new ones just this year. Once ...

Bright orange is a great color for pumpkins but not so much for corn. Nonetheless, that was the prevailing color Brent Judisch reports seeing as he evaluated crops Wednesday morning in northwest ...

The report contains data on planting, crop development and harvest progress, all of which can drive commodity markets. The ...

SPRINGFIELD -- Much needed rain has Illinois farmers reporting 80 percent of the corn crop and 73 percent of the soybean crop as good or excellent. Corn silking in Illinois had reached 93 percent as ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Spared a second straight year of drought, Illinois farmers can expect to harvest bigger corn and soybean crops this year, the U.S. Agriculture Department reported Friday.