Food & Farming
WCBU's reporting on agriculture and food issues in central Illinois.
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Research that could mark a potential transformational shift in corn production is being quietly conducted in a rural Roanoke crop field owned by farmer Ken Bachman.
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An array of issues, ranging from biofuels and renewable energy to livestock protection and trade agreements, faced Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Republican challenger Kathy Salvi during Wednesday’s Illinois Agricultural Legislative Roundtable candidates forum.
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Bustos assembled a special “farm bill roundtable” of top Illinois agriculture leaders who met at the Illinois Department of Agriculture’s John Block Building on the fairgrounds.
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A young Woodford County farm family is feeling grateful after an influx of volunteers helped them to harvest a two-acre food plot with the fresh produce destined for area food banks.
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A pathogenic crop disease has officially arrived in central Illinois, with the potential to rival the dreaded corn rootworm as a top corn yield-robber.
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With the spring waterfowl migration complete and warmer, drier weather in place, state veterinarian Dr. Mark Ernst is optimistic that the risk for transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza will be significantly lower, with youth poultry competitions and live sales allowed to resume.
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The 40-year inflation high gripping the U.S. has affected the farming and food industries, pushing consumer costs for beef, pork, poultry, eggs and other food staples up by 10% or more.
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After the Kroger located on Harmon Highway in Peoria closed its doors in 2018, South Peoria has been a known food desert struggling with food insecurity, especially the 61605, 61604, and 61603 zip codes.
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According to Patrick Kirchhofer, manager of the Peoria County Farm Bureau, central Illinois farmers are now back on track to help feed the world.
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Milpa plots alternate between a few years of productivity and several years of lying fallow, or uncultivated. That can lead to healthier soil without the use of fertilizers, and larger yields during productive years.
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Today on Food Trek, host Tory Dahlhoff searches out the real definition of farming's biggest buzz word of the last few years: regenerative agriculture. Where did the term come from, and what does it really mean?
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Andrew Larson is the director of market development for the Illinois Soybean Association.
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