The ag economist at the University of Illinois are gearing up for a Mid-December summit. Todd Gleason has more from the Urbana Champaign campus.

A process developed at the University of Illinois could dramatically increase the economic and throughput efficiency of existing dry grind corn ethanol plants. Todd Gleason has more from the Urbana Champaign campus.

Beef cattle and dairyman from around the Midwest gathered in Springfield for the Beef Cattle Co Products conference. They hoped to learn more about how to use the feedstuff co products generated from the dry grind and wet mill ethanol industry. Todd Gleason has this story.

Cattle producers around the Midwest are taking advantage of cheap feed supplies coming from the developing ethanol industry. Todd Gleason has more today on how distillers grains might be stored on the farm after delivery from the plant.

It is difficult at this time for analysts to accurately predict the price of corn, soybeans, and wheat into the next growing season. Todd Gleason has more from the University of Illinois.

University of Illinois Extension will host a Beef Cattle Co-Products Conference in Springfield this (next) week (November 28). Todd Gleason has more on how it will teach cattle producers to use the agricultural co-products.

Learning is best served as a discussion. This winter that's exactly what the University of Illinois agricultural professionals expect to have with the audience attending the Corn and Soybean Classics. Todd Gleason has more from the Urbana Champaign campus.

Competition in world agricultural inputs has changed dramatically over the last three decades. Todd Gleason files this report on what those changes have meant to the Land Grant scientist responsible for evaluating the products.

One hundred forty four years ago today (November 19) President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg address. The Civil War had entered its third day. And for three days more than ninety thousand soldiers from the Army of the Potomac and about seventy five thousand troops from the Army of Northern Virginia had fought at a crossroads in Pennsylvania's fruit growing hill country. The clash between the Union and Confederate soldiers in the market town of Gettysburg stands as the largest land battle ever fought in the western hemisphere. On this day in history President Lincoln came to the site to consecrate a cemetery in their honor. The brief Gettysburg Address marked a defining moment in the Civil War. University of Illinois Extension's Todd Gleason reads the address.

Four score and seven years ago…

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…not perish from the earth.

Live Tag: University of Illinois Extension's Todd Gleason reading the Gettysburg Address. Abraham Lincoln delivered the famous speech 144 years ago today.

A pair of University of Illinois rural sociologists has completed an assessment of Southern Illinois. Todd Gleason has more on the findings.

The Cashman family name is well known on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade. Todd Gleason files this report on the Family Business.

The state of Illinois will require a premises identification number to exhibit livestock at state, county, 4-H and FFA fairs beginning in 2008. Todd Gleason has more on the new rule and how the National Animal Identification System works.

The University of Illinois is redoubling its efforts in the southern part of the state. Todd Gleason has more on the Dixon Springs field research farm.

Beef cattle producers in southern Illinois aren’t finding enough hay for their animals. Todd Gleason files this report with a Johnson County farmer.

The agricultural specialists from the University of Illinois are gearing up for the winter meeting season. Todd Gleason files this report on the Corn and Soybean Classic.

Wheat futures in Chicago and Kansas City appear to have topped out. Todd Gleason has more on the reason why.

Several well respected marketing firms, and even a USDA government official, have speculated on how many acres of corn and soybeans U.S. farmers will plant next season. As you’ll hear from Todd Gleason a University of Illinois Extension Ag Economist thinks the official banter may be a bit early.

The ag economist from the University of Illinois will hit the road in December to explore the future of agriculture in the state. Todd Gleason has more on Illinois Farm Economic Summits.

Illinois farmers, and for that matter those around the nation, have harvested a record sized corn crop. And now, as you’ll hear from Todd Gleason, they seemed to have managed to put that crop away for the winter. It may all mean the continuation of higher corn prices.

Some communities have requested golf courses utilize natural fertilizers in order to minimize the possibility of a downstream threat to surface and groundwater. Todd Gleason has more a replacement fertilizer that could help the links go green.