Explore aquaculture and diverse row crops. 

McLane Farms is a 3,000-acre diverse farming operation. Mitchel and Amy McLane, along with their children raise corn, soybean, sorghum, and rice and have several ponds where they produce upwards of 75,000 pounds of largemouth bass yearly. During the 18 years the family has produced fish, the farm has expanded to include eight ponds equipped with automatic feeders, cameras, aerators, and oxygen buoys. Because of the farm location, the McLanes have been able to diversify their row crops to include rice, which is ideally grown in low-lying ground that floods from the Mississippi River.  

There is no cost to attend, but registration is required. To register for any (or all) of the meetings in this series, go to go.illinois.edu/twilightseries or call (618) 695-2441.

Explore Additional Programs in the Southern Illinois Summer Twilight Series

During warm summer evenings, you’ll find our Local Foods team hosting events to highlight and demonstrate diverse farming enterprises across southern Illinois. Over the past nine years, the team has partnered with area farms to provide evening twilight meetings to allow participants to experience different types of production and marketing practices utilized by local producers. 

May 13 | Cattle and Hog Production and Custom Processing
Legacy Meats LLC (Sumner)

July 15 | Cut Flower Farm and Market
Blessed Blooms (Fairfield)

August 19 | Intensive Vegetable Production, Processing, and Freezing
Sunnybrook Gardens (Carmi)