Feedback on COVID-19 Impacts Requested from Farmers and Agribusiness
“A ripple effect is a situation in which, like ripples expanding across the water when an object is dropped into it, an effect from an initial state...
How to Prune Fruit Trees and Maximize your Home Orchard
One of the secrets to getting fruit out of your home orchard year after year is annual pruning during the dormant season. This early-spring task can...
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Strengthen your farm's resiliency with legal training for Illinois small farms
URBANA, Ill. — Legal risks can be fatal to a farm business and addressing them proactively can keep farms in business. The relief of understanding legal issues can dispel anxiety and help farmers realize their power to control their circumstances....
Getting Started with Swine
Join University of Illinois Extension for the first topic in the "Livestock Production and Principles for Beginners Webinar Series." Katie Bell, Local Foods Systems and Small Farms Extension Educator, will discuss "Getting Started...
Young farmers seek solutions to entry barriers
Young and beginning farmers face many challenges, including access to land, financial capital, technical knowledge and support, social networks, adequate labor, marketing experience, health insurance, and childcare.
University of Illinois Extension is wading...
Farm women are decision makers – Annie’s Project prepares them well
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - Farm women are generating a cultural tide in American agriculture that is moving management, assets, and opportunities to a new wave of farmers across the country. At Annie’s Project courses, farm women become empowered to be better business partners or sole operators through...