CHICAGO (WLS) -- Outside of Chicago and our cities, most of Illinois is farmland, and this is a critical time for farmers to plan. Changes from the Trump administration are making that planning ...

Illinois farmers are expected to plant more corn and fewer soybeans this year, part of national trends reflected in a recent federal report. Agriculture economists say that a slightly more ...

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COLUMBIA — For southwest Illinois farmer Ben Stumpf, the steady stream of income from a new federal grant allowed him to quit his second job working nights for UPS in Belleville and focus full ...

Season 1 of the reboot premiered with four farmers — Allen Foster, Ryan Black, Hunter Grayson and Landon Heaton — planting seeds of romance. Season 2 followed in 2024 and introduced us to ...

The Trump administration’s freeze on funding from the Inflation Reduction Act, the landmark climate law from the Biden era, has left farmers and rural businesses in Illinois and across the ...

Now, that money is being deposited into farmers' bank accounts, but the Illinois Farm Service Office said farmers need to be proactive to get their share of the cash. Johnson stresses Congress’s ...