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Illinois Farm Cash Rent Trends in 2026
Illinois farmers and landowners have completed their farm lease negotiations for the 2026 production year. Forecasts indicate farmers will endure a...
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Illinois Farmland Values in 2026: Volatile Signals
Farmland Sales in Illinois are continuing their recent pattern of being unpredictable. Low farmer profits are the main driver of this volatility, but...
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Farm Drainage Series Part 8
A USDA Certified Wetland Review is required before altering farm drainageMost farmers and absentee landowners who own or farm cropland in Illinois...
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Farm Drainage Series Part 7: Farmers Incentivizing Landowners to make Tile Improvements
Farm drainage tile systems in Illinois have aged, leaving many farms poorly drained, resulting in lower crop yields. Upgrading farm drainage systems...
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Northwest Illinois Agronomy Summit slated for January 28
Many northwest Illinois corn and soybean farmers produced their highest yields ever in the 2025 growing season. Despite this, challenges remain, most pertinently the price-cost squeeze that continues to force producers to make management decisions with added scrutiny, rendering standard...
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New land grant research detects dicamba damage from the sky
URBANA, Ill — Drones can now detect subtle soybean canopy damage from dicamba at one ten-thousandth of the herbicide’s label rate — simulating vapor drift — eight days after application. This advancement in remote sensing from the University of Illinois...
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John Jones

Assistant Professor of Agronomy and Soil Fertility Extension Specialist
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