Agriculture

Tanners Orchard, located in Speer, Illinois, just north of Peoria on Route 40, is a longstanding family business. Established in 1947, four generations of the Tanner family have taken part in developing the orchard into the famous agritourism business it is known as today.

A couple months ago, agriculture experts were predicting a record high corn harvest.But that's no longer the case.

A coalition of central Illinois farmers is starting a new processing cooperative in hopes of reaping the rewards by expanding its customer base and selling season.

The USDA’s COMET-Farm tool is increasingly useful to farms choosing to implement regenerative practices such as planting perennials and cover crops, and reducing tillage, to better verify their on-farm carbon capture to sell credits on the emerging carbon marketplace.

The monumental task of mitigating climate change and transforming agricultural practices at a scale is anything but simple. Getting a carbon market to a stable and verifiable condition is just one of the many challenges.

Two Peoria coffee bars cut out the middleman between the coffee farms in Latin America and their stores. WCBU Student Reporter Jordan Mead explores how…

Fruit farmers in Central Illinois are worried a freeze Tuesday night could destroy their crop.According to the National Weather Service, a Freeze Warning…

The Peoria area is expecting an unusually late snowfall event heading into Tuesday.The National Weather Service in Lincoln forecasts rain shifting to snow…

After a meeting with Chillicothe Economic Development Director Amanda Beadles, Laura and Jim Sniff uncovered the next step in their 20-year journey.The…

A rural Peoria County health care provider hopes to soon offer a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for the surrounding community.The Community Health…