View from the Cab: Stay safe
By Kent Casson With warmer temperatures and sunshine returning to Central Illinois, large equipment will soon fill the roadways for...
Apr. 10 WASDE not hurting anyone
The April 10 USDA WASDE report didn’t do farmers any harm. Corn came in a bit lower than the average guess at 1.465 billion bushels. We...
Brandt moves into new building
New buildings recently constructed at the Brandt site in Fairbury. Progress is being made at the Brandt location along Route 24 in...
1% of state's soybeans planted
There were 1.7 days suitable for fieldwork in the week ending April 6, according to the first weekly crop progress report of the season...
View from the Cab: A biodiesel win
Effective this month, biodiesel blend requirements are increasing from B14 to B17 which marks another step toward advancing cleaner fuel...
CIH acquires Advance Trading
Commodity & Ingredient Hedging (CIH) has announced its acquisition of Advance Trading, Inc. (ATI), a provider of risk management and...
Extension analyzes USDA reports
By: University of Illinois Extension The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released the estimated acres for corn and...
USDA Illinois numbers released
USDA on Monday released the March 31 Prospective Plantings and Grain Stocks reports for Illinois. Illinois Prospective Plantings: Corn...
Mar. 31 report not much of a shock
The data itself from Monday’s March 31 USDA Prospective Plantings report wasn’t much of a shock. Corn acres came in actually a little...
View from the Cab: Estimate time
By Kent Casson As we get set to change the calendar to April, it is the time of year when we hear all about acreage estimates for the...
