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(The Center Square) – Illinois livestock farmers dealing with highly-aggressive black vultures now have the means to fight back. The Illinois Farm Bureau has secured statewide black vulture depredation permits through t...

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is circulating some ideas for farm program reforms that include an increase in effective reference prices that would benefit all commodities, plus an unspecified improvement in marketing loans.

Farmers and ranchers would like to see increased crop insurance subsidies and commodity price supports in the new farm bill, and a strong majority support cutting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, according to an exclusive Agri-Pulse producer poll.

A new animal welfare law going into effect in California Jan. 1 that mandates space requirements for pigs, cows and chickens has some livestock farmers on edge.

A new animal welfare law going into effect in California Jan. 1 that mandates space requirements for pigs, cows and chickens has some livestock farmers on edge.

Illinois farmers concerned about effects of California’s animal welfare law

Illinois farmers concerned about effects of California’s animal welfare law

(The Center Square) – A new animal welfare law going into effect in California Jan. 1 that mandates space requirements for pigs, cows and chickens has some livestock farmers on

(The Center Square) – A new animal welfare law going into effect in California Jan. 1 that mandates space requirements for pigs, cows and chickens has some livestock farmers on edge. Proposition 12 prohibits sales in Ca...

Thanksgiving dinner shoppers will get a bit of a break in the pocketbook this year. Illinois shoppers particip...