The December 21, 2016 issue of the Bi-Weekly National Organic Comprehensive Report is now available on the Market News website:...

The 2016 corn yield survey was completed August 18 by the Sangamon County, Illinois Farm Bureau. The associated picture has results by township from the survey.

Here is the link to the latest issue of the latest National Organic Grains and Feedstuffs Marketing Newsletter:...

The latest bi-weekly price report for organic grains and feedstuffs is available from the Ag Marketing Service at...

One barrier to weed control on soybean farms has just been lifted. In early November, the Environmental Protection Agency approved a label allowing use of the herbicide dicamba in dicamba-resistant soybean, although only one commercial product received that label. Many Illinois farmers anticipate...

The University of Illinois Crop Sciences Department will be hosting the annual Agronomy Day on Thursday, August 18 frin 7 am to 2 pm at the new sit on the South Farms in Urbana. Several stops have CCA and CEU credits available. For more information, the website is...

With harvest approaching, questions on whether crop insurance will make payments this year are beginning to arise, particularly for corn where the prospects are for the harvest price to be below the projected price. In this article, we evaluate whether crop insurance will make payments for...

For 2015, county level insurance products made payments in some Illinois Counties. Area Risk Protection (ARP) made payments in 25 counties for corn and three counties for soybeans. Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) made payments in 16 counties for corn and one county for soybeans. For corn,...

A completely revamped crop insurance section of the University of Illinois farmdoc website is being released today along with two new...

The pattern of warmer- and wetter-than-usual weather this past winter has changed in recent months, but hopes for a warm, dry, early spring have faded. Corn growers are concerned about the amount of fall-applied nitrogen that might have been lost through the winter and how this might change...

There is still time to register for the 16h Annual Iowa Organic Conference that will be held on Nov. 13-14 on the University of Iowa (UI) campus in Iowa City, as a joint effort between Iowa State University and the UI Office of Sustainability. At this year's conference there will be Farmer-Mentor...

Should cash rents be lowered? If yes, by how much? How much relief will be seen through lower fertilizer and seed prices? What are the prospects for grain prices to recover from current depressed levels? The University of Illinois Extension and members of the farmdoc team from the Department of...

Corn producers in western and west-southwestern Illinois should be on the lookout for symptoms of Diplodia ear mold during harvest. An informal survey of several grain elevators and farmers in Western Illinois reported up to fifty percent kernel damage in some locations. Factors such as planting...

The Logan County Farm Bureau Young Leaders conducted their 2nd annual crop tour on the 18th of August. The main goal of the crop tour is to obtain an estimated corn yield for Logan County. Daniel Eeten, Jared Brown, Kyle Atteberry, Kyle Klockenga, Eli Klokkenga and Matt Wrage spear...

The bi-weekly report is available at:...

2016 Logan Co. Field Crop Scouting Workshop Series Date Host Educator SW NM IPM CM Tuesday June 7 Blair Hoerbert 2506 100th Ave. San Jose, IL 62682 (309)247-3547 Bill Dickerson, NRCS 1 1 Tuesday June 21...

Register Now for this Upcoming Webinar 8:00-9:00 AM CST Tuesday February 23, 2016 Crop Insurance, ARC, and Risk Management Update Gary Schnitkeyand Nick Paulson Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois...