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(The Center Square) – It was a banner year for soybean farmers in Illinois. According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA ...
He even planted soybeans in one of his fields for a second straight year, breaking the traditional soy-corn-soy rotation for field management. He and many other farmers are hoping to just minimize ...
Most of the state of Illinois lies outside the Chicago metropolitan area and inside the North American Corn Belt. [12] Corn, soybeans, and other large-field crops are grown extensively. These crops and their products account for much of the state's economic output outside Chicago. Much of the field crop is remanufactured into feed for hogs and ...
Central Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois that consists of the entire central third of the state, divided from north to south. Also known as the Heart of Illinois , it is characterized by small towns and mid-sized cities.
In each of the six R’s critical to economic development — roads, rails, rivers, runways, routers (technology) and research — Illinois is among the top states in the nation.
The western section (west of the Illinois River) was originally part of the Military Tract of 1812 and forms the distinctive western bulge of the state. Central Illinois is characterized by small towns and mid-sized cities. Agriculture, particularly corn and soybeans, figures prominently. Major cities include Peoria, and Springfield (the state ...
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Illinois Corn Growers Association Executive Director and Illinois farmer Rodney Weinzierl painted a dire picture of the current state of farming. “Today the farm economy is struggling,” said ...