Category Archives: Agribusiness
Volunteers plant Normal Food Forest
Michael Jr., Michael III, S.J. and Armon Gardner of Normal dig holes as they help at a planting party for the Normal Food Forest on May 16 at One Normal Plaza. (Carrie Muehling/WJBC) By Carrie ...
May 18, 2015
UPDATED: Green Top Grocery to locate in Bloomington
Green Top Grocery will be built at a site near Beer Nuts and Constitution Trail at 921 E. Washington Street in Bloomington. (Photo by Eric Stock/WJBC)By Eric Stock and Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON ̵...
May 13, 2015
Smithsonian exhibit takes a fresh look at agriculture
By Carrie Muehling WASHINGTON, D.C. - A new exhibit opening July 1 at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History will take a fresh look at agriculture and its contributions to A...
May 12, 2015
Illinois corn, soybeans ahead of long-term averages
2015 is shaping up to be a good year for Illinois' headline crops. (Photo courtesy Stevie Rocco/flickr)By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Illinois corn and soybeans advanced in the...
May 12, 2015
Durbin calls for new renewable fuel requirement
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is urging the Environmental Protection Agency to set the renewable fuel requirement for 2014, 2015 and 2016. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Dick Durbin)By Jim Anderson/Illinois Radio N...
May 11, 2015
FSA paperwork due after planting complete
By Carrie MuehlingNORMAL – Area farmers are wasting no time putting this year’s crop into the ground.A great stretch of weather in early May allowed for significant planting progress in Ce...
May 08, 2015
Planting progress pressures grain prices
Weather has been good for planting progress and crop conditions. (Carrie Muehling/WJBC)By Carrie MuehlingBLOOMINGTON - Grain prices continue to drift lower based on good planting weather for much of t...
May 05, 2015
Weather aids Illinois planting season
2015 is shaping up to be a good year for Illinois' corn and soybean crops. (Photo courtesy Stevie Rocco/flickr) By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – The numbers are rocketing up, no...
May 05, 2015
Normal discontinues farmers market
Normal won’t be bringing back its Trailside Farmer’s Market this summer. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Uptown Normal)By Eric StockNORMAL – It appears Bloomington-Normal isn’t big en...
May 04, 2015
Planters rolling across Illinois
By Carrie Muehling BLOOMINGTON – Illinois farmers are taking advantage of good weather to get this year’s crop into the ground. “It’s very active – I can say that. If fol...
May 01, 2015
