Farmland

Illinois and Indiana had the highest amount of agricultural land lost to development in the Midwest over a 20-year period.

Southern Will County residents are trying to stop 3,600 acre solar energy complex.

The village of Manhattan has signed on to a lawsuit aimed at hemming in a potential 4,000-acre NorthPoint Development warehouse project.

USDA reported 7% of corn was harvested across Illinois compared to 5% at the same time in 2023.

Several hundred people Tuesday made it very clear they oppose using property taxes to help pay some of the costs of transforming 861 acres of farmland near Sugar Grove into warehouses, offices, stores and housing.

Switzerland-based Syngenta Seeds’ new 100,000-square foot facility on 88 acres in Malta is on a mission to develop crops that are more resistant to disease, formidable weather or fungus for northern Illinois farmers.

Will County barns ‘have deep character and tell a story’