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Recent articles

• Nuisance pests and galls
  By John Fulton

• Small farm machinery and your body: Use both wisely

• Early spring pests and to-do list
  By John Fulton

• USDA Rural Development celebrates Earth Day by promoting water quality in rural Illinois

• Central Illinois Sustainable Farming Network workshops

• Nuisance fruit prevention and lawn updates
  By John Fulton 

• U of I news: Research advances in conversion of wastes and algae to crude oil

• FSA reminds CRP participants of primary nesting season requirements

• USDA seeks applications to promote job creation and boost the rural economy

• Early lawn weeds, fairy rings, puffballs
  By John Fulton

• Logan County FSA April newsletter

• USDA invites applications for renewable energy system and energy efficiency improvement projects

• From the Spring 2013 Logan County Farm Outlook

  • 2012 in review
    By John Fulton

  • Who got hurt by the 2012 drought?

  • To insure or not to insure

  • Farming, drought, land sales: Getting in or getting out?

  • The condition of Logan County soils

  • Is irrigation a good backup plan for Logan County producers?

  • Turnips and radishes: Making dollars & scents out of cover crops

  • What about drought-tolerant corn?

  • And here's a look at the weather

• Dealing with the drought
  By John Fulton

• Spring gardening tips
  By John Fulton 

• Weekly Outlook: 2013 corn and soybean acreage and yield prospects

• U of I news: Regulation recommendations so that biofuel plants don't become weeds

• Deadline extended: Claims by Hispanic and women farmers and ranchers must be filed by May 1

• Spring lawn care
  By John Fulton

• Farm Bureau, IDOT, state police launch campaign for rural safe driving

• Free Web-based training available to farmers for anhydrous ammonia safety

• Open houses scheduled to explain gypsy moth treatment program

• Home fruit spray schedules
  By John Fulton

• Chamber gives away $14,000 at annual Ag Breakfast

• U of I and TIAA-CREF launch Center for Farmland Research

• Weekly Outlook: Anticipating USDA's March 1 corn stocks estimate

• IDNR seeks applicants for potential Conservation Police officers

• Groundwater Awareness Week, March 10-16

• Illinois Department of Agriculture requests specialty crop grant proposals

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