Logan 4-H Members attend Citizenship Washington Focus Trip
Middletown 4-H'ers club members, Klarissa Helton and Miranda Nelson attended the 4-H Citizenship Washington Focus trip in June. Citizenship Washington Focus offers high school teens opportunities to enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at our nation's capital and the chance to meet...
Iris Lovers, This Sale is for you!
Logan-Menard-Sangamon Master Gardener volunteers are offering around 200 different iris for sale. All iris are labeled, but do to possible human error, we do not guarantee 100 percent accuracy. Iris rhizomes are $5 per bag. Sale hours: August 28, 29, 30 and 31...
Cover Crops to Plant In The Garden This Fall
After pulling out the last of this season's tomatoes and cold-season crops, consider planting cover crops. Fall is the perfect time to start thinking about building the soil and replenishing soil nutrients for the next growing season. Cover crops are plants...
Can Foods Safely this Summer with Free Test from Extension
Preserving homegrown fruits and vegetables by canning them at the end of the season is good for you, good for your wallet and reduces your environmental impact. But if your pressure canner lid gauges are inaccurate it can also be risky. To ensure safety in the home canning process,...
Farm Ponds, Fish kills and Oxygen
By Duane FriendUniversity of Illinois Extension EducatorEnergy & Environmental Stewardship Thousands of farm ponds dot the landscape across rural Illinois. They are scenic, functional, and affected by environmental factors, such as temperature, oxygen content, nutrients,...
CHICK IT OUT - 4-H Ag in The Classroom hatch eggs in 90 classrooms
Students and teachers across Sangamon, Menard, and Logan counties are opening their classrooms, minds, and hearts to new and exciting things this spring by incubating eggs in their elementary classrooms. The University of Illinois Extension 4-H and Ag in the Classroom programs are...
USDA reports provide some surprises
Source: Todd Hubbs, 217-300-4688, jhubbs3@illinois.edu News writer: Debra Levey Larson, 217-244-2880, dlarson@illinois.edu URBANA, Ill. – The USDA released a set of reports on Jan.12 containing information with implications for corn and soybean prices...
Updating corn and soybean export pace
Source: Todd Hubbs, 217-300-4688, jhubbs3@illinois.edu News writer: Debra Levey Larson, 217-244-2880, dlarson@illinois.edu URBANA, Ill. – On Jan. 12 the USDA will release a flood of reports to provide some clarifying information for corn and soybean...
New study identifies genetic basis for western corn rootworm resistance in maize
Source: Martin Bohn, 217-244-2536, mbohn@illinois.edu News writer: Lauren Quinn, 217-300-2435, ldquinn@illinois.edu URBANA, Ill. – Farmers are stuck. Western corn rootworm can destroy cornfields – and profits – but populations of the "billion-dollar...
Corn use for ethanol update
Source: Todd Hubbs, 217-300-4688, jhubbs3@illinois.edu News writer: Debra Levey Larson, 217-244-2880, dlarson@illinois.edu URBANA, Ill. – The recent strength in ethanol production has led to speculation about changes to USDA's estimate of corn used for...
ACES researchers among the world’s most influential scientists
Sources: Stephen P. Long, 217-244-0881, slong@illinois.edu; Lisa Ainsworth, 217-265-9887, ainswort@illinois.edu News writer: Lauren Quinn, 217-300-2435, ldquinn@illinois.edu URBANA, Illinois – Of the five Illinois researchers recently recognized by...
Current corn price prospects
Source: Todd Hubbs, 217-300-4688, jhubbs3@illinois.edu News writer: Debra Levey Larson, 217-244-2880, dlarson@illinois.edu URBANA, Ill. – December corn futures closed the week ending Oct. 27 at $3.48 per bushel continuing a pattern over the last month...
2017 a great year for pumpkins
Source: Mohammad Babadoost, babadoos@illinois.edu, 217-333-1523 News writer: Lauren Quinn, ldquinn@illinois.edu, 217-300-2435 URBANA, Ill. – Despite a scare in mid-August, the 2017 Illinois pumpkin crop is looking good. In fact, one expert says, "Don't...
Timing of fall nitrogen
Source: Emerson Nafziger, 217-333-9658, ednaf@illinois.edu News writer: Lauren Quinn, 217-300-2435, ldquinn@illinois.edu URBANA, Ill. – Harvest is back in full swing after a period of substantial rainthat fell over central and northern Illinois between Oct. 5...