Agriculture Education

Buzzy phrases like “regenerative agriculture” and “precision farming” are gaining traction among younger farmers looking to produce more sustainably....

Fields, crops and farm animals are part of the agriculture-industry landscape, but an increasingly small one. The number of farm and ranch managers...

Construction is complete on the greenhouse at Macomb High School, while construction is just getting started on the renovation project at Lincoln…

Gov. Bruce Rauner says he supports one of Illinois' top industries: Agriculture. But critics say a recent plan goes against his own assertion that he's...

Close to 60,000 jobs are set to open up in agriculture, food and natural resource sectors each year for the next five years, according to a report from…

Farms aren’t just for food any more.With the local food movement growing, more savvy farmers are putting a price tag on more than those organic tomatoes.…

Construction will begin this month on a greenhouse for Western Illinois University’s School of Agriculture.Agriculture Professor Dr. Winn Phippen has been…

Pike County calls itself the "pork capital of the world." However, in an area so tied to farming, it might be a bit surprising that a local school...

Galesburg is making it easier for people to grow more of their own food.Alderman approved an ordinance allowing various kinds of farming within city…

In a small classroom at Knox College, a group of kids sat in a circle of tables, surrounded by seed catalogs and marked up sheets of paper.They had been…