The director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture says the Trump administration’s actions of cutting and freezing appropriated funds are hurting the state’s leading industry. Jerry Costello told ...

The proposed Digital Assets & Consumer Protection Act now in the General Assembly would drive blockchain innovation out of ...

The Trump administration’s freeze on climate funding has left some farmers and small business owners footing the bill for energy upgrades.

Introducing horse care and riding to traumatized children has been proven to be effective therapy. The Refuge Ranch in ...

San Jose-based Savor makes designer fats from carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, using a thermochemical process it claims is ...

Look for the sensitive areas in your fields now, advises Steve Pitstick, who farms 50 miles west of the Chicago suburbs. Be ...

CEO Sean Harper says high-risk areas provide an opportunity for the Chicago startup, one of the city's fastest growing ...

Farmers and rural business owners were promised federal dollars for energy upgrades. With funds frozen, some are left holding ...

Delivering farmers solutions faster.  Thaddeus Bates, senior manager with the Nutrien Ag Solutions Innovation Farm Network, ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently slashed over $1 billion in federal funding for schools and food banks.

Farmers and nonprofit organizers that gathered Wednesday in Urbana to share those concerns with Gov. JB Pritzker and U.S. Rep ...

As confusion swirls about funding for a USDA grant, DeKalb nonprofit Rooted for Good stops providing produce to local food ...