Small Farms 2014

Northern Illinois Strawberry Symposium will be held on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at Dining on the Green, 349 Main Street Park Forest, IL 60466, from 8 am – 5 pm. Topics to be covered include: diseases, insects and weeds affecting strawberries; managing fertility; growing strawberries vertically and...

Webinars will be held from 1:00 - 2:30 pm on Thursdays and are free. To register, click https://web.extension.illinois.edu/registration/?Registra

Apply for your audit now to receive up to 75% of the cost of the food safety inspection Time is running out. The Illinois Department of Agriculture Food Safety Grant that assists farmers with a cost-share for GAPs audits will terminate in September 2014. There are still funds available for...

The 2012 Census reported several historic changes in value of sales for agriculture producers in the United States: * In 2012, crop sales of $212.4 billion exceeded livestock sales of $182.2 billion. This occurred for only the second time in Census history; the other time was 1974. For more...

Illinos farmers raise about 3 million turkeys a year!  A small percentage of the almost 250 million turkeys raised in the United States.