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Midwest farmers who rely on healthy soybean harvests have one more reason to consider adding cereal rye into their crop rotation in 2014.Research…
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A new labeling rule that went into full effect Saturday requires meatpackers and retailers to provide consumers with more information about where their…
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As farm bill negotiations continue in Washington, D.C., it’s fairly certain that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will be cut. One…
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This Thanksgiving, hungry families all over the country will finish off their holiday meal with a little slice of the Midwest. That’s because the vast…
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Data collected between 2010 and 2012 indicate Illinois' nonmetro areas had the second highest losses of jobs in the nation.The state of Arizona also saw a…
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture was forced to send home tens of thousands of employees because of Tuesday’s government shutdown.As a result, the…
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District 186 students might be on break, but many are still showing up at schools. Six different schools offer free meals to students during the summer…
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As Congress fiddles with major farm legislation, there’s a portion of it that gets very little attention. Some say it is a difference-maker for job…