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farmweeknow.com | Phyllis Coulter |Phyllis Coulter FarmWeek
Teachers across the state will get rolling on the Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom’s (IAITC) transportation theme “Roads Rivers and Rails” at IAITC Summer Ag Institute workshops. The event prepares teachers to take their students on a similar learning journey in 2026. Key to the theme will be “Celebrating 100 years of Route 66” with activities surrounding the Mother Road, which opened for travelers between Chicago to California a century ago.
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farmweeknow.com | Phyllis Coulter |Phyllis Coulter FarmWeek
The eggs came before the chickens this month in the third-grade classroom of teacher Kim Cheline. That meant students at Immaculate Conception School in Monmouth had to wait for 21 days to meet the new chicks. Most of these third graders saw eggs hatch before, as wide-eyed kindergarteners, and welcomed cute chicks.
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Sunshine might help increase sheep populations in Illinois, according to an Ohio sheep producer. Camren Maierle, an American Lamb Board member, showed Illinois sheep producers photos of his sheep grazing on Ohio pastures in a field of solar panels. Solar grazing has become a big part of his business. kAm“%96C6 4@F=5 36 2 5646?E 2>@F?E @7 E9:D :? x==:?@:D :? E96 ?6IE 4@FA=6 @7 J62CD[” |2:6C=6 E@=5 x==:?@:D =2>3 2?5 H@@= AC@5F46CD 2E E96 $966A x?5FDECJ s2J] %96C6 2C6 23@FE dd[___ D966A :?
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1 week ago | 
effinghamdailynews.com | Phyllis Coulter |Phyllis Coulter FarmWeek
Weather has changed over the past century when much of the river infrastructure was built, according to Madelynn Wuestenberg, Iowa State University Extension weather and climate specialist. The Mississippi River Basin has received an increase in annual precipitation with more coming in heavy rainfall events.
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3 weeks ago | 
farmweeknow.com | Phyllis Coulter |Phyllis Coulter FarmWeek
Andrew “Andy” Baker has a connection with all five of FFA's major state officers this year. Usually, it’s through having taught their agricultural teacher. The director and professor of ag education at Western Illinois University (WIU) also has something else in common with the state officers as of May 31. He’s starting the next chapter of his career.
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3 weeks ago | 
farmweeknow.com | Phyllis Coulter |Phyllis Coulter FarmWeek
Sunshine may help increase sheep populations in Illinois, according to an Ohio sheep producer. Camren Maierle, an American Lamb Board member, showed Illinois sheep producers photos of his sheep grazing on Ohio pastures in a field of solar panels. Solar grazing has become a big part of his business. “There could be a decent amount of this in Illinois in the next couple of years,” Maierle told Illinois lamb and wool producers at the Sheep Industry Day.
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3 weeks ago | 
farmweeknow.com | Phyllis Coulter |Phyllis Coulter FarmWeek
Central Illinois farmer Luke Stuber is probably even more focused on his sprayer’s effectiveness than most of his neighbors because he is also an ag product engineer. For years, the senior product manager for Precision Planting, based in Tremont, has worked on sprayer improvements. At the company’s winter conference this year, he shared experiences from his own fields, highlighting both the benefits of new products —some using artificial intelligence (AI) — and areas still needing improvement.
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3 weeks ago | 
farmweeknow.com | Phyllis Coulter |Phyllis Coulter FarmWeek
Sheep producers wool-gathered and pondered topics of genetics, nutrition, the best lambing season and the price of steak at the annual Sheep Industry Day in Urbana. While growing in numbers, sheep aren’t as common as corn in Illinois. “I’m from southern Illinois and you can almost hear the brakes squeal when people see sheep in my field,” said Bill Fulton, president of the Illinois Lamb and Wool Producers and the Illinois Sheep and Wool Marketing Board.
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4 weeks ago | 
farmweeknow.com | Phyllis Coulter |Phyllis Coulter FarmWeek
Weather has changed over the last century when much of the river infrastructures were built, according to Madelynn Wuestenberg, Iowa State University Extension weather and climate specialist. The Mississippi River Basin has received an increase in annual precipitation with more coming in heavy rainfall events.
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4 weeks ago | 
farmweeknow.com | Phyllis Coulter |Phyllis Coulter FarmWeek
Corn Belt Ports and the Mid-America Port Commission had much to celebrate at the groups’ annual meeting this month, including earning international recognition for their ports. “We’re excited two rural regional partnership ports made Global Trade Magazine’s Top 50 Power Ports list,” Robert “Bob” Sinkler, executive director of Corn Belt Ports, told FarmWeek after the meeting. “We’re thrilled that Mid-America Port Commission and Illinois (River) Waterways made the list.
