Mercer Co.   Corn $6.93   Soybeans $15.25 Rock Island Co.   Corn $6.93   Soybeans $15.28

Western Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos says bipartisanship can work. She says the five-year Farm Bill is an example of that [Read the full article...]

Western Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos, a member of the House Agriculture Committee, voted late last night to advance the bipartisan, [Read the full article...]

A FFA family tradition continues in Western Illinois. Two brothers and now a cousin will serve as a section president. [Read the full article...]

Corn planting is still slow go in Western Illinois. Producer Michael Zecher says there has been a lot of starting [Read the full article...]

Adam Lloyd, a junior and member of the Mercer County FFA Chapter was elected the 2013-14 Section 4 FFA President [Read the full article...]

A whole lot of learning going on at the Mercer County Fairgrounds today. One of the presenters at the Mercer [Read the full article...]

Both the Mercer County High School Varsity and Junior teams won the Section 4 FFA Livestock Contest held on May [Read the full article...]

Join Midwest livestock enthusiasts at the Fifteenth Annual Stockyard Collector’s Auction to be held June 7-8, 2013 at the Best [Read the full article...]

It’s called the “funnest” day of the school year for over 200 second graders in Western Illinois. This time of [Read the full article...]

Farmland values in Illinois will continue to increase in 2013, but no where near the 21-percent jump that was experienced [Read the full article...]

Producers in Western Illinois hope to start rolling in the fields next week. Matt Ewing of Seaton is optimistic he’ll [Read the full article...]

  Join area County Farm Bureaus at the “Ag in a Day” teacher workshops for hands-on activities, grant opportunities, farm [Read the full article...]

The Illinois House Revenue and Finance Committee hosted a hearing on farmland assessment this week. Brenda Matherly, assistant director of [Read the full article...]

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack believes the farm sector will get some certainty this year with the passage [Read the full article...]