Illinois Featured Content

  • U.S. farm groups urge sowing on protected land as war cuts off Ukraine supply

    Mar 24, 2022 10:00 am by ReutersIllinois in the News
    Corn grows in a field outside Wyanet, Illinois, U.S., July 6, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Acker/File Photo

    Images

    • Corn grows in a field outside Wyanet, Illinois, U.S., July 6, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Acker/File Photo

    Reuters (March 23) 'This is an emergency, wartime situation,' says U. of I. agricultural economist Scott Irwin. 'It’s very clear to me that the world needs acres of corn and wheat this spring, and where are we going to find them?'