Peoria Ag Lab

The probationary employees fired from Peoria’s largest federal employer earlier this year are almost all back on the job.

Amid recent calls to host a town hall meeting with constituents, U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood says he frequently makes himself available to the public.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture publicly committed to bringing probationary employees laid off last month back to their jobs. A union representative says a Peoria facility is still figuring out exactly how that works.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is calling for the reinstatement of employees fired from a United States Department of Agriculture research facility in Peoria.

Jeannie Klein-Gordon spent more than 11 years getting to a permanent position with the United States Department of Agriculture.

As the fall harvest season arrives each year, the economic significance of agriculture in the Peoria area becomes highly visible. That’s a fact Greater Peoria Economic Development Council CEO Chris Setti has come to appreciate after growing up in suburban Los Angeles.

Scientists at the Peoria Ag Lab are concocting a new solution to a problem that's long plagued the ethanol production process.

Penicillin could soon get a much-needed boost up in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

Mustard seed meal is a byproduct of the processing used to make condiments and other products. But when it's soaked in water, it becomes something more potent, for mosquitoes at least.

Scientists at the Peoria Ag Lab have improved upon their recipe for a better kitty litter. Now they just need to find a company interested in bringing it up to a commercial scale.