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Blog Posts (17)

What I Do and Why It Matters - Nicole Flowers-Kimmerle

Local Extension Offices Provide Important Support for Pesticide Safety Education Program

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Crop disease forecast for 2021

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ISP Fellow Hannah Price: In her own words

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Leases, yields and stress-It must be harvest time

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Commercial Ag Webinar Series

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Feedback on COVID-19 Impacts Requested from Farmers and Agribusiness

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Sick plants? No problem! UIUC Plant Clinic still open!

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Navigating Agricultural Markets in Uncertain Times

Opportunities for on-farm research in 2020 with University of Illinois

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The Reality of Growing Plants for a Living

The Reality of Growing Plants for a Living

University conducting focus group on conservation practices in the Flint/Henderson watershed- looking for participants

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Farmers, have you checked your stored grain lately?

$Pile of stored grain corn$

Learn how to use your farm data effectively and efficiently

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Upcoming Commercial Agriculture Extension Programming in the New Year

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What Lenders in the U.S. are saying about the Ag Economy

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Considerations for grain storage after the 2019 growing season

corn seeds, soybean seeds, and grain storage bins.

News Releases (40)

Planting Time Considerations

Information for farmers and producers for spring planting

Communities searching for answers to food system gaps

$10,000 prize awaits top ag innovator

Midwestern Hemp Database 2021 Applications Open!

Hemp research a win-win for new Midwestern crop

Illinois Extension honors 30-year rainfall reporting volunteers

Stay safe on the farm this planting season

Extension has been busy offering 21 Farmer testing opportunities!

Dream big with expert updates for northern fruit, vegetable farmers

Southern Illinois growers rely on Extension's sound production advice

PSEP Testing-Only Sessions 2021

Marshall-Putnam Ag in the Classroom Welcomes Samantha Smoode

Illinois Extension grows local foods team with new educator in Central Illinois

2021 Driftless Region Beef Conference

Improve profitability, sustainability of local food, small farm specialty operation

CropFlix takes annual crop management conference online with binge-worthy content

Farmdoc Illinois Economic Summit: Farm management guide in difficult times

"It's a Bug's Life" program held at Putnam County Libraries

Extension initiative supports urban ag programs, career paths for youth

Partnership connects urban youth to careers in ag and food innovation

Farmdoc expands field crop resources with launch of new website

New report shows UI Extension generates value 10 times its budget

Livestock producers invited to USDA outbreak preparedness scenario

Corn fields add to muggy, humid Midwestern temps

Illinois Extension presses forward with planning for summer 4-H shows

Website serves ag, natural resource industries

Illinois Extension Looking for Rainfall Network Volunteers in Kendall County

ACES NEWS: Illinois Study Shows Universally Positive Effects of Cover Crops on Soil Microbiome

Seeking farmers for ag conservation focus group

New Extension Director Named for Dixon Springs Agricultural Center and Six Surrounding Counties

CBD Hemp Harvesting and Processing Summit to take place

Small Farmers Invited to Free Extension Webinars

TESTING FOR PRIVATE PESTICIDE APPLICATOR LICENSE TO BE OFFERED

Industrial hemp summit to take place in January

Soil and Water Management Webinar for Certified Crop Advisors, Landowners and Farmers

Soil and Water Management training to take place in Monmouth

Private Applicator sessions scheduled in Monmouth and Galesburg

Private Applicator Test-only Sessions Scheduled In Pekin, Peoria, and Havana

2019 Illinois Farm Economics Summit dates scheduled for December

Staff (3)

Sara Farley

Sarah Farley

Extension Educator, Local Food Systems and Small Farms

Kathryn Pereira

Extension Educator, Local Food Systems and Small Farms

Karen Winter-Nelson

Karen Winter-Nelson

Evaluation and Communications Specialist