RFD Illinois

12 pages of comments, petition signed by more than 2,500 Illinois farmers submitted to EPA.

Types of farms planting cover crops becoming more diverse, survey finds.

Hurricanes put benefits of crop insurance on display; IFB president says it would be a bad year to ask Congress for additional financial assistance.

Study by a federal government agency clouds the water when drought, hurricanes, price swings demonstrate the need for crop insurance. The top lawmakers on the House Agriculture Committee, who happen to be CPAs, don't buy the study results.

Unanimous decision ends lengthy court battle.

Commodity prices not likely to spike if USDA lowers production estimates.

E10 requirement will equate to billions of bushels of additional corn usage in China.

Nominations must be approved by Senate ag committee and full Senate.

Farmers have a chance to see the pieces of a bioreactor, Sept. 27 in Henry County.

Northern Illinois farmer estimates his corn is maturing two weeks early.