Feeding Illinois

The holidays are a time for giving and thinking of others. That is what Feeding Illinois does all year long. According to their website 1,532,238 people, including 500,000 children, now live in poverty in Illinois and requests for emergency food aid have doubled in the past two years. The purpose of Feeding Illinois is to […]

Insurability of Crops Following Cover Crops In Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., December 1, 2011 – An announcement made by the Risk Management Agency (RMA) today outlines changes that will provide producers more flexibility when insuring a crop that follows a cover crop in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. Heavy spring rains last year delayed planting in parts of the Midwest raising […]