Local Ag News

A Mercer County High School junior has won a district FFA competition. Peyton Knapp was selected as a District FFA Proficiency Winner in Specialty Animal Production. Illinois FFA recognizes students in forty-eight different areas based [FULL STORY]

The Mercer County Farm Bureau is hosting a farm succession planning workshop this week. The event is designed to help farm families build a clear, confident path forward for future generations. Uncommon Farms’ Mike Downey will [FULL STORY]

A Western Illinois Congressman wants to provide one-time payments to commodity producers across the state. It’s part of the Farm and Family Relief Act, in which Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-Illinois) joined ranking member Rep. Angie [FULL STORY]

The application period for the Mercer County Farm Bureau Foundation Scholarship is now open. One applicant will be awarded the John Sheriff-Dan Lloyd Memorial Scholarship and another applicant will be awarded the Steve and Marilynn [FULL STORY]

The Mercer County Farm Bureau is joining forces with six other county farm bureaus to host a mental health event for women in agriculture on Thursday. The event is called “Strong Enough to Bend: Turning [FULL STORY]

The Mercer County Farm Bureau is joining forces with six other county farm bureaus to host a mental health event for women in agriculture next week. The event is called “Strong Enough to Bend: Turning [FULL STORY]

The Mercer County Farm Bureau is hosting an “Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture” event next week. Taranis Chief Commercial Officer Jason Minton will be the featured speaker for the event, which is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. [FULL STORY]

The Mercer County Farm Bureau is hosting an “Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture” event next week. Taranis Chief Commercial Officer Jason Minton will be the featured speaker for the event, which is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. [FULL STORY]

Registration for the annual “Women in Agriculture” conference is now open. The event, hosted in Rock Island, will take place on March 27. The conference is headlined by Tara Barrett-Duzan, who is a former news [FULL STORY]

The Bushels for Hunger program, now in its 16th year of area farmers helping local families, is wrapping up this week. Mercer County Farm Bureau Manager Jenna Preston says farmers can donate bushels of grain, [FULL STORY]