Local Ag News

Around two hundred (200) second graders from all over Mercer County gathered at the Mercer County Fairgrounds on Tuesday to learn more about agriculture, conservation, and the environment. The Mercer County Farm Bureau Ag in [FULL STORY]

Rockridge FFA members serving as teachers this week. They hosted the 2nd Ag Day for 500 elementary students in the district. An idea of Chapter President Laikyn Parchert. The event was held both Monday and [FULL STORY]

WRMJ spoke with Sherrard FFA President Levi Schurr about a Livestock Fitting Clinic set for April 13 at the Mercer County Fairgrounds.

Statewide recognition for the Mercer County FFA program. Senior Caleb Wagner is the Illinois FFA State Proficiency Winner in the area of Nursery Operations. He spoke about his record book or supervised agricultural experience leading [FULL STORY]

Local county farm bureau members get an ag weather outlook. Meteorologist Paul Otto with Freese-Notis Weather was the guest speaker at Thursday night’s Market Outlook series hosted by the Henry, Mercer, and Rock Island County [FULL STORY]

Monmouth College has received a gift valued at nearly $12 million, the second-largest donation in the College’s 171-year history. The gift comes in the form of a 780-acre farm in Mercer County, from the estate [FULL STORY]

A recent area farmland sale brought plenty of interest. And the buyers were local says Dale Jones with Merit Auctions. One of the tracts brought $16,000 an acre. The farmland sale occurred Nov. 27.

WRMJ highlighted Sherrard FFA’s Horse Evaluation CDE (career development experience) team on Thursday. The group finished third in the nation at last week’s National FFA Convention in Indianapolis.

The Sherrard School District ag program expanding. It will now include a junior high component says high school ag teacher Bill Hammes. The Sherrard School Board approved the junior high ag program earlier this school [FULL STORY]

Seaton native and 1988 Aledo grad David Hollinrake is now the Global Head of Strategy and Portfolio Management for Syngenta. The University of Illinois grad resides in North Carolina. He visited last week with the [FULL STORY]