Stu Ellis
Farm Broadcaster at WCIA-TV (Champaign, IL)
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1 week ago |
wcia.com | Stu Ellis
CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — The Illinois General Assembly has six weeks left in its session, and soil and water conservation advocates are following several topics of discussion very closely. This includes Senate Bill 2387, which could be a permanent fix to funding for local offices, according to Eliot Clay, state executive director of the Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
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2 weeks ago |
wcia.com | Stu Ellis
Posted: Apr 3, 2025 / 06:11 PM CDT Updated: Apr 3, 2025 / 06:11 PM CDT SHARE STONINGTON, Ill. (WCIA) — Nationally, farmers will plant 5% more corn acres this year, according to the USDA Planting Intentions Report. You probably won’t notice the difference though.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Stu Ellis
STONINGTON, Ill. (WCIA) — Nationally, farmers will plant 5% more corn acres this year, according to the USDA Planting Intentions Report. You probably won’t notice the difference though. From the Farm: Tracking soil nutrients with Howard BrownIn Illinois, farmers are expected to plant 11.1 million acres, up from 10.8 million last year. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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3 weeks ago |
wcia.com | Stu Ellis
CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — If you’re Howard Brown, you can do a lot with a red flag, a board with holes, a bucket and a funny-looking metal rod. Brown is retired from Illini FS, but he’s still out in the farm fields working with Visionary Agronomics. What does he do with all of those things? “I’ve been doing this for over 12 years now, and I’m tracking nutrients in the profile. And when I say I’m tracking nutrients, I’m pulling soil samples,” Brown said.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Stu Ellis
CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — If you’re Howard Brown, you can do a lot with a red flag, a board with holes, a bucket and a funny-looking metal rod. Brown is retired from Illini FS, but he’s still out in the farm fields working with Visionary Agronomics. What does he do with all of those things? “I’ve been doing this for over 12 years now, and I’m tracking nutrients in the profile. And when I say I’m tracking nutrients, I’m pulling soil samples,” Brown said.
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