AgribusinessGovernor JB Pritzker has opened the Invest in Illinois Fund to prospective buyers of the former Tyson Foods beef plant at Joslin, whose closure last month cost nearly 2,500 jobs and removed a key cattle market for the state's 14,000 beef farms.
CropsWith anhydrous ammonia averaging $1,057 a ton in early July, up almost a third on the year, University of Illinois researchers say timing, split application and the MRTN calculator matter more than ever.
AgribusinessFarm manager Michael Lauher says 2026's extremes of flooding, heat and August rain make field-by-field judgement essential, that higher prices do not restore the margins that once justified aggressive rent rises, and that drainage deserves its own line in the lease.
