The director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture says farmers are facing numerous headwinds as harvest progresses. Jerry Costello says low commodity prices and high input costs are financially squeezing producers. “The first three months of this year, there were more farm bankruptcies than all of last year.”  He says, “Farm bankruptcies right now are […]

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