Summer cookout costs climb

The cost of a summer cookout continues to climb with inflation and supply chain disruptions driving grocery store prices. American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual marketbasket survey reported an Independence Day…

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Farmers feeling coronavirus effects

Like any other business, the ripple effects of the coronavirus pandemic have affected the farming industry nationwide, including in Monroe County. According to the most recent data from the American…

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Durbin: farmers treated unfairly

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) released a statement earlier this month accusing the United States Department of Agriculture of treating Illinois soybean farmers unfairly by playing favorites with trade war…

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