Small Farms 2014

NEW PUBLICATION: written by Zachary Grant, Manager of the Illinois Sustainable Student Regional Farm and Food Project...

The Illiana Vegetable Growers Symposium January 7 is cancelled due to severe weather conditions. Preregistered participants will be notified by phone and/or email. Cancellation information with be provided to radio station Indiana 105.5 FM, and will be posted at the Purdue Fruit and Vegetable...

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

Between 2007 and 2012, the amount of land in farms in the United States continued a slow downward trend declining from 922 million acres to 915 million. This is only a decline of less than one percent and is the third smallest decline between censuses since 1950. For more information about the...

USDA released the preliminary 2012 Census of Agriculture results. Key findings include an increase in the value of agricultural products sold in the United States totaling $394.6 billion in 2012, up 33 percent ($97.4 billion) from 2007. The number of farms and land in farms were down slightly, but...