Lawmakers are taking weeks away from Washington while many of the nation’s most pressing problems remain unresolved.

And the number climbs every second because the federal government continues to spend more than it collects in revenue, making ...

Workers use combines to harvest soybeans in Tangara da Serra, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. (AP photo/Andre Penner/AP) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — China shifted a major portion of its soybean purchases to ...

Convention has arrived! Throughout the year, Illinois FFA members have spent countless hours preparing for contests, strengthening their communities and becoming the next generation of leaders within ...

Tapping the gavel, traveling the state and embracing the heat — from the moment the team was elected on June 11, everything changed in the everyday lives of the six new Illinois FFA major state ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on April 22 signed a $300 million “blanket purchase agreement” with Palantir Technologies Inc. to, as Palantir explained, “support the National Farm Security Plan” ...

The eggs from chickens fed orange corn tend to have dark orange yolks. This high color pigmentation comes from an increased amount of carotenoids that get transferred to the eggs from the chickens’ ...

The Illinois AgriNews and Indiana AgriNews staff is in the field each week, covering topics that affect local farm families and their businesses. We give readers information they can’t get elsewhere ...

Rancher Buck Rich applies a pour-on dewormer to his cattle as his son looks on. (Provided photo/Boehringer Ingelheim) DENISON, Texas — Parasites are a hidden drain on cattle performance, quietly ...

Each year the state association invites the over 14,400 Indiana FFA members to attend a three-day convention of leadership workshops, banquets and trade shows. (Provided photo/Indiana FFA) NOBLESVILLE ...

The Purdue Farmland Values and Cash Rents Survey is conducted out of Purdue University’s Department of Agricultural Economics and produced in cooperation with numerous professionals knowledgeable ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Women involved in the agricultural industry are generally expected to live a triple-duty lifestyle that can lead to depression and anxiety. “Farm women are the homemakers and they ...