The website, "Living with Wildlife in Illinois", provides information on controlling deer damage.

"Take the Family Mealtime Challenge: Strive for 5!"Research shows that kids who eat five or more meals per week with family do better in school and have fewer behavior problems. To help famillies a website has been developed, "Take the Family Mealtime Challenge: Strive for 5!"

The Illinois Heifer Development Program sale, will be Dec. 4. Consignors from central and southern Illinois will offer high-quality, health verified bred heifers. The sale will be held at 6:30 p.m. at United Producers, Inc., Route 37 North, Salem. For more details, contact Teresa Steckler, U of I Extension, 618-242-9310, or tsteckle@illinois.edu.

Private pesticide trainings have been scheduled for Sangamon-Menard on January 6 or March 2. To register go to the right side of this page. For more information on other training sites click below.

A new cookbook, Favorite Recipes of Illinois 4-H Through the Years, includes all of the most requested recipes from the past 60 years and is available from the Illinois 4-H Foundation. Click to order below.

The fall issue of Illinois Small Farm News is available. Click below!

Information on the 2010 Corn & Soybean Classic is now available and coming to Springfield, January 11.

Dr. Dale Sorensen will speak on " Corn Hybrid Development for the Future", at this years AGMASTERS Conference, set for Dec. 1st and 2nd. For more information click below.

The University of Illinois Tax School, is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the Fall Tax School. Click below for the Tax School site.