October 26, 2007
Gary Schnitkey, Farm Management Specialist – University of Illinois
Farmers throughout the Midwest are getting next year’s land
leases in order. As Todd Gleason reports, it appears those agreements may be
changing just a bit.
October 26, 2007
Murray Wise, CEO and Chairman, Westchester Group, Inc.
The head of a large farm
management group in the Midwest is cautioning farmers to watch the expense side
of their ledgers very closely. Todd Gleason has more from Champaign, Illinois.
October 19, 2007
When University of Illinois crop scientist Fred Below began
growing tropical maize, the form of corn grown in the tropics, he was looking
for novel genes for the utilization of nitrogen fertilizer and was hoping to
discover information that could be useful to American corn producers. Now,
however, as Todd Gleason Reports, it appears that maize itself may prove to be
the ultimate U.S. biofuels crop.
October 19, 2007
www.FarmDOC.uiuc.edu
The price of farmland compared to its capitalized value is
very high. As Todd Gleason reports, the last time per acre prices exceeded the
capitalized value by so much occurred a few years before the farm crisis of the
mid 1980’s.
October 19, 2007
Mahammad Babadoost, Extension Plant Pathologist – University of Illinois
Fall is the season when Illinois
farmers shine. This is truly the case for state’s pumpkin crop. Todd Gleason
has more from the number one place for pumpkin production.
October 19, 2007
Steve Ford, Bioenvironmental Structural Systems Lab – U of I
As animal housing continues to
move toward larger buildings, the research team at the Bioenvironmental and
Structural Systems (BESS) Lab at the University of Illinois is working hard to
keep up with industry trends. What this means, as Todd Gleason reports, is that
the BESS Lab, which is known worldwide for testing livestock ventilation fans,
is checking out larger and larger fans.
October 12, 2007
Fabián Fernández, U of I Extension Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition
The price of nitrogen is very high and that means farmers
should be very careful when they apply the anhydrous ammonia this fall.
October 5, 2007
Bob Thompson, University of Illinois Ag Policy
Legislators in Washington D.C. are working on the next
version of the Farm Bill. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill in
July, and now the Senate is working on the measure. Todd Gleason has more on
the history of the bill and how it might change this time out.
October 5, 2007
Nick Diederich, Little City & Gail Kurti, Master Gardener
The Illinois Master Gardener program is some 600 strong in
Cook County Illinois. Todd Gleason has more from Palatine.
October 5, 2007
Mike Gray, Entomologist - University of Illinois
Genes are being stacked higher
in the corn plant. Todd Gleason has more on how one Land Grant scientist sees
the positives and negatives of relying on transgenic technology.
October 5, 2007
www.FarmDOC.uiuc.edu
The value of farm land in Illinois is still going up. Todd
Gleason has more on recent and past farmland value trends in the prairie state.
October 5, 2007
Bob Thompson, Ag Policy Expert – University of Illinois
The U.S. Senate is working
through its version of the 2007 Farm Bill. As Todd Gleason reports, this year’s
debate has been more inclusive than those in the past.
