The 2017 growing season was supposed to be the year of “spotless” soybean fields after Monsanto introduced a new generation of soybeans – the largest
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The demand for water in Illinois is likely to increase up to 50 percent in the coming decades, according to the State Water Survey. While Illinois
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In the summer of 2012, Illinois experienced its worst drought in decades, and water shortages occurred across the state, leading to conflicts between
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While Illinois is not currently facing a water crisis, highly populated areas with high growth — namely Chicagoland and Champaign County — are undergo
Read MoreAfter droughts in 2005 and 2012 led to shortages of top hybrids, seed corn companies decided to take rain into their own hands. Since the 2012
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The drought of 2012 was the worst since at least 1988, spanning the entire Corn Belt, from Ohio to Wyoming, and costing the agribusiness industry bill
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Experts warn that projected decreases in corn and soybean yields in the coming decades because of climate change could continue the rise in irrigation
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Cronus Chemicals will start losing part of its nearly $40 million in state tax incentives if its proposed $1.9 billion ammonia fertilizer plant in Tus
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From warmer temperatures and increased heavy rainfall events to new types of mosquitoes and crop loss, Central Illinois is already seeing the effects
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With record corn and soybean yields projected for this harvest season, the climate has been pretty good to Illinois crops in recent years, providing t
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