Category Archives: Agribusiness

By USDASPRINGFIELD – There were 4.2 days suitable for field work during the week ending August 13, 2023. Statewide, the average temperature was 73.6 degrees, 0.2 degrees below normal. Precipitat...

Naomi Dolan and Illinois FFA president Thad Bergschneider joined Gov. JB Pritzker Monday for the bill-signing ceremony on the fairgrounds. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – When you are ...

Amanda Haarstad with her Golden Abe award. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – For many of us, the Illinois State Fair is about food. And an annual contest to select the best fair food has...

The people who count crops for a living have the first 2023 yield forecast out. (Photo by Andy Melton/flickr)From USDACorn: Planted area is estimated at 11.5 million acres, up 6 percent from last year...

Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs assistant director Anthony Vaughn. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – When you are a veteran, you have something nobody can take away.That was the...

The event was canceled due to storms with strong winds predicted to hit the area Friday morning. (WJBC file photo)By WMBD-TVSPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Fair announced Thursday evening that ...

Thursday's Illinois State Fair Twilight Parade. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The statewide FFA leaders served as grand marshals for the Twilight Parade, which closed out the first d...

Thursday's ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Thursday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Illinois State Fair mixed ...

Lorilee Schultz, whose family farms in Orangeville, near Freeport, is depicted milking the cow. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The famous butter cow, 2023 edition, has taken her place...

Paige Van Dyke of Clay County is the 2023 Miss Illinois County Fair Queen. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – An experience babysitting a child with a seizure disorder is guiding the path...