Blog Posts

Read article: EPA launches new tools to help applicators meet ESA mitigation requirements
EPA launches new tools to help applicators meet ESA mitigation requirements
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has introduced new digital tools designed to help pesticide applicators comply with the Endangered...
Agricultural wetland
Read article: 35 years of USDA wetland restoration
35 years of USDA wetland restoration
Wetlands do a lot of work. In Episode 78 of the Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Podcast, University of Illinois agricultural economist...
Agricultural field with cover crops
Read article: Batch and grow with Farmer-Led Advances in Soil Health (FLASH)
Batch and grow with Farmer-Led Advances in Soil Health (FLASH)
Farmers often learn best from one another, and the Farmer-Led Advances in Soil Health (FLASH) program helps make those connections possible. In...
Field of corn
Read article: Addressing nutrient loss through conservation: Precision Conservation Management
Addressing nutrient loss through conservation: Precision Conservation Management

News Releases

Tri-State Forest Stewardship Conference returns to support Midwest landowners
URBANA, Ill. — The Tri-State Forest Stewardship Conference, one of the largest gatherings for forest landowners in the Midwest, returns this spring. For more than 25 years, the conference has provided resources to forest landowners in the Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin area to better manage their...
STAR sign near a field
Extension partners with STAR to support farm conservation goals
LEWISTOWN, Ill. — Healthy soils, cleaner water, and stronger farms, one field at a time – University of Illinois Extension and STAR, Saving Tomorrow’s Agriculture Resources, are working together to make it happen.STAR was born out of a...

Videos

Uncovering the Winter Secrets of Whip-poor-wills

Often heard and rarely seen, the eastern whip-poor-will and its namesake nighttime call is an iconic Midwestern woodland bird. But like many other insect-eating birds, its numbers are declining. University of Illinois avian researchers are working to uncover the secrets of where this elusive...

Cover Crop Conversations, Farmer-to-Farmer Insights Across Illinois

Farmers from northwest, west central, and southern Illinois discuss how they use cover crops in their operations as part of this recorded presentation coordinated in part by the Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy. Hear how they have incorporated cover crops on their farms, lessons learned...

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