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Illinois Farm Bureau’s FarmWeek turns 52 today. With the anniversary, it surpasses the IAA Record (51 years) as the longest running membership publication for IFB in its 110 years. @FarmWeekNow
1/2) Warmer winters — and longer, warmer seasons in general — have contributed to an increased presence of ticks in Illinois. Experts, incl. from @IDPH, who spoke to FarmWeek say the diversity of #tick species in Illinois is expanding, as well as their active periods...
1/2 Confirmation of the New World screwworm in Texas was a hot topic for pork producers at the World Pork Expo last week. @NPPC Director of Animal Health Anna Forseth tells FarmWeek "this is the perfect season for that fly to thrive and continue to move and can ...
During the Illinois Soybean Association’s @FieldAdvisor Forum, FarmWeek interviewed University of Illinois Extension experts about weeds, pests and diseases impacting Midwest soybean fields that are top of mind for them in 2026.
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Big congrats again to FarmWeek's General Assignment Editor Phyllis Coulter! The award from ILCAE honors her 20-plus years of reporting and writing about agriculture education and its importance. Find her work for FarmWeek ➡️ farmweeknow.com/users/profil…
Congrats to FarmWeek’s own Phyllis Coulter for winning the IL Leadership Council for Ag Education Excellence in Media Award. She was nominated by longtime staffer and FarmWeek legend Kay Shipman. @FarmWeekNow
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Together with @FarmWeekNow, we’ll be sharing key updates throughout Annual Meeting. Be sure to follow Illinois Farm Bureau and FarmWeek on social media and check back on this article — it will be updated continually during the meeting! #IFBAM25on.ilfb.org/4ossC31
Congrats to FarmWeek’s own Phyllis Coulter for winning the IL Leadership Council for Ag Education Excellence in Media Award. She was nominated by longtime staffer and FarmWeek legend Kay Shipman. @FarmWeekNow
Imagine that the President of @ILFarmBureau didn’t like that someone is running against him so the board voted in executive session to not publish statements from candidates that are running against him in FarmWeek. @ILFBPres care to explain yourself? Someone leaked the other opponents article that was suppose to be published in farmweek to the board in executive session and the Illinois Farm Bureau president didn’t like hearing the truth from his opponent. Censorship at its finest right here. farmprogress.com/farm-busine…
Classy move to begin #FPS25 w/ a moment of silence for Tom Ritter, a Macon County Farm Bureau member and #FarmWeek CropWatcher the past 3 decades, who died in a grain bin accident Aug. 20