The ag community rallies around an injured Western Illinois farmer. Steve Getz of Biggsville was seriously hurt last summer and was [Read the full article...]

A Rockridge FFA soybean test plot nets good yields. It was a tough growing season, but Brad Sunken with Gold [Read the full article...]

Farmers who have forest land as part of their operation may be able to save some expenses in property taxes. [Read the full article...]

The USDA has rolled out a disaster assistance program to help Illinois farmers with crop losses from over the last year. [Read the full article...]

A lack of moisture, over an extended period of time, has caused producers in the Mercer County areas to suffer [Read the full article...]

Attention Mercer County Producers: Filing an accurate acreage report for all crops and land uses, including failed acreage and prevented [Read the full article...]

Weather conditions have made the fungus aflatoxin a threat to this year’s corn crop.  Brian D. Frieden, Director of USDA’s [Read the full article...]

A national livestock judging competition is won by a group of Western Illinois youth. The Rock Island County 4H Livestock [Read the full article...]

Almost all Farm Service Agency payments are made electronically using Direct Deposit.  This innovation has cut down on the number [Read the full article...]

Local emergency personnel being given a hands on demonstration in responding to a tractor rollover this weekend. The lesson will [Read the full article...]

FSA is now accepting continuous sign-up offers for the CRP Highly Erodible Land Initiative (HELI).  Illinois received a total allocation [Read the full article...]

Harvest now in full swing in Western Illinois and reminders are being issued about farm safety. Two big concerns are [Read the full article...]

No five year extension is expected anytime soon for the 2012 Farm Bill, but Western Illinois Congressman Bobby Schilling says [Read the full article...]

The Rockridge FFA Chapter is having their annual Test Plot Supper on September 18th in the Ag Shop at Rockridge [Read the full article...]

Farmland values getting attention at this week’s Farm Progress Show. Don McCabe with the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers [Read the full article...]