Category Archives: Ag News

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsThe "Put Safety First on your Farm" breakfast is being held Thursday, February 4, at the Lexington Community Center in Lexington.Topics included in the morning will be fire an...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsJesse and Mary Faber of Pontiac have been named the runners up for an American Farm Bureau Federation award yesterday.The Fabers were named Illinois' winners of the American F...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsContracts 101: Utility Easements and Wind Farm Leases is being presented this evening at the Pontiac Township High School auditorium at 6.Laura Harmon, senior attorney, Garret...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsThe Illinois Harvest Dinner attracted farmers from around the state to an outdoor gathering north of Pontiac last night.Katie Pratt, who organized the event with Pontiac's Mar...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsA Fairbury man was one of the people honored during the State Fair as an Illinoian of the day.Tom Schahrer was recognized during the fair's Veterans Day for all the work he's ...

Homegrown by Heroes aims to help military veterans pursue careers in farming and agriculture (Photo by modernfarmer.com)By Haley Kosik/WJEZ NewsThe Illinois Department of agriculture has a new program...

The goals for the amount of ethanol which has to be blended into gasoline as part of the Renewable Fuels Standard fall short of farmers expectations. (Photo by theenergycollective.com)By Haley Kosik/W...

Breakfast is served rain or shine from 7am to 10am!By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsThe Farmers' Share Breakfast will be at Kilgus Farm in Fairbury Saturday, June 6, which will give people a chance to eat tog...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsJordan Johns, of Pontiac, recently completed the 2015 Illinois Farm Bureau & Affiliates Premier 20 Leadership Conference, in Bloomington.Johns joined other 4-H and FFA mem...