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Wednesday, April 24
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Jennifer Russell
Dispose of Agricultural Pesticides During the IL Dept of Agriculture “Clean Sweep” Program
The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) is hosting a "Clean Sweep" program where residents of 11 Illinois counties can dispose of unwanted agrichemicals for free this summer. A “Clean Sweep” collection has been scheduled for late summer for Bureau, Carroll, Henry, JoDaviess, Lasalle, Lee, ...
Thursday, April 4
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Tom Katz
Senator Chesney’s Column: Agriculture Advisory Committee
Northwest Illinois is home to some of the most fertile soil in the state, nation, and world, and the farmers who work this land are vital to this state’s top economic driver- agriculture. Knowing this, when I was elected to the Illinois ...
Wednesday, March 27
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Tom Katz
First Agriculture Advisory Committee Meeting of 2024
Over 60 leaders from the Northwest Illinois farming and agriculture community gathered at the Stephenson County Farm Bureau building on Tuesday for State Senator Andrew Chesney’s (R-Freeport) spring 2024 Agriculture Advisory Committee meeting. Jerry Costello, Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture, ...
Sunday, March 24
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Fox News
US agriculture industry gears up for futuristic aerial drone-swarm farming after FAA decision
A new exemption for drone piloting from the Federal Aviation Administration has cleared the airways for "drone-swarm" agriculture, a method of seeding and spraying crops at a fraction of the traditional cost.Hylio, a Texas-based drone manufacturer, successfully applied for an exemption ...
Wednesday, March 13
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Republicans to spearhead oversight hearing on growing Chinese threat to US agriculture
FIRST ON FOX: A top House panel is planning an oversight hearing to examine the threat China poses to the U.S. agriculture industry as part of broader efforts to curb foreign influence in the key strategic sector.The hearing — titled "The ...
Tuesday, February 27
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Brownfield Ag News
Ernst blasts Prop 12, says the law will harm agriculture
A U.S. Senator from Iowa says she’s continuing to push back against California’s Proposition 12 law. Republican Joni Ernst says tells Brownfield Prop 12 will be harmful to food production and the ag economy. “We aren’t going to be able to sell across the United ...
Monday, February 26
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Brownfield Ag News
Illinois Farm Bureau expanding urban agriculture offerings
The Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) is encouraging expansion of urban agriculture throughout the state. Reghala Scavuzzo, associate director of food system development, says they’ve partnered with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service for a three-year, 1.2-million-dollar project… “What we’re going to be doing is looking at ...
Monday, February 26
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EU agriculture ministers meet to discuss widespread European farmer protests
Farmers on Monday blocked a border crossing between Poland and Germany, threw bottles at police in Brussels and gathered in Madrid to demand action on cheap supermarket prices and what they say is unfair competition from abroad, including Ukraine.Agricultural ministers from across the European ...
Thursday, February 22
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US state agriculture leaders looks to Cuba’s private farming sector for possible cooperation
The leader of an association of top U.S. state agriculture officials on Wednesday said his country might want to take advantage of reforms underway in Cuba, possibly through investments."There seems to be a new Cuba that is emerging and it may ...
Monday, February 19
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Hundreds of tractors block downtown Prague as farmers protest EU agriculture policies
Hundreds of tractors blocked a lane in downtown Prague in a farmers' protest Monday over European Union agriculture policies and what they said were unfair practises.Major organizations representing Czech farmers didn’t participate and distanced themselves from the rally after it turned ...
Tuesday, February 13
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WV agriculture bill revives concerns over planned fumigation facility
A West Virginia bill approved by the House of Delegates on Tuesday that limits counties from regulating agricultural operations is stoking fears that a logging company could resurrect plans to build a toxic-spewing fumigation facility in the picturesque Allegheny Mountains.The House ...
Monday, February 5
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Jennifer Russell
Seminar on Agriculture and Artificial Intelligence on March 5, 2024.
The University of Illinois Extension is hosting a seminar on agriculture and artificial intelligence (A.I.). Farmers and ag professionals are invited to the "A.I. and Your Farm" event and luncheon on March 5, 2024, at the Woodhull Community Center from 10 AM to 1 ...
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