Read the transcript from our Talk-Line podcast featuring Lee County Extension 4-H Youth Development Program Coordinator Katie Baker.

The TALK-LINE interview for April 21 featured Lee County Extension 4-H Youth Development Program Coordinator Katie Baker discussing the upcoming “Ag Expo” for fifth grade students to attend on Friday, April 25, at the Lee County Fairgrounds.

Crop protection tools — including widely popular glyphosate-based herbicides — are critical for weed control and providing an ample and affordable food supply. That is the prevailing sentiment in a survey from the Modern Ag Alliance.

The multiyear streak of farmland value increases ended in 2024, according to a report by the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers.

Uncertainty in both commodity prices and input prices is making farmers’ already tough job even more difficult.

Indiana and Iowa saw year-over-year decreases in foreign ownership of agricultural acres while Illinois increased, according to a new report.

The peak wind speed in Illinois happens in March and April and it is the least windy in July and August.

What happens globally can impact the profitability of U.S. farmers.

Read the transcript from our Shaw Local Radio podcast with Lee County “Ag In The Classroom” representative Katie Pratt on the state of agriculture in the county.