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Orr Beef Center Field Day looks to strengthen beef producers' focus on herd health

URBANA, Ill. — Beef cattle producers can dig deeper into herd health and management research by attending the Orr Beef Research Center Field Day on Sept. 11. The meeting will be held at the Ag Sciences Complex and Fred Bradshaw Learning Center at John Wood Community College Ag Center located…

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Extension interim assistant dean, program leader sustains and strengthens community and economic development programs

URBANA, Ill. — For more than 100 years,University of Illinois Extension experts have worked in communities around the state, providing research-based solutions for life’s everyday problems. In that time, Extension outreach efforts have evolved from community-focused in-person and postal mail…

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Extension empowers rural communities transition to sustainable energy sources with new program

URBANA, Ill. — Power is so readily available, literally at the flick of a switch, that it is all too easy to forget how this valuable resource arrives in our homes and businesses and where it comes from. Energy demands are increasing across Illinois, and communities have difficult decisions…

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Corn use for ethanol update
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Source: Todd Hubbs, 217-300-4688, jhubbs3@illinois.edu News writer: Debra Levey Larson, 217-244-2880, dlarson@illinois.edu   URBANA, Ill. –...
Current corn price prospects
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Source: Todd Hubbs, 217-300-4688, jhubbs3@illinois.edu News writer: Debra Levey Larson, 217-244-2880, dlarson@illinois.edu   URBANA, Ill. –...
2017 a great year for pumpkins
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Source: Mohammad Babadoost, babadoos@illinois.edu, 217-333-1523 News writer: Lauren Quinn, ldquinn@illinois.edu, 217-300-2435   URBANA, Ill...
Timing of fall nitrogen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Source: Emerson Nafziger, 217-333-9658, ednaf@illinois.edu News writer: Lauren Quinn, 217-300-2435, ldquinn@illinois.edu   URBANA, Ill. –...
Are we at a tipping point with weed control?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Source: Adam Davis, 217-333-9654, asdavis1@illinois.edu News writer: Lauren Quinn, 217-300-2435, ldquinn@illinois.edu   URBANA, Ill. –...
Soybean consumption finishes strong in 2016-17
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Source: Todd Hubbs, 217-300-4688, jhubbs3@illinois.edu News writer: Debra Levey Larson, 217-244-2880, dlarson@illinois.edu   URBANA, Ill. –...
Corn and soybean production outlook in 2017-18
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Source: Todd Hubbs, 217-300-4688, jhubbs3@illinois.edu News writer: Debra Levey Larson, 217-244-2880, dlarson@illinois.edu   URBANA, Ill. –...
The time is RIPE to transform agriculture and feed the world
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Source/writer: Claire Benjamin, 217-244-0941, claire@illinois.edu, @ClaireBenji   URBANA, Ill. – Political and agricultural leaders gather at the University of Illinois today to see transformative...

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