http://www.illinoisagconnection.com Your Daily Source for Illinois Ag & Farm News, Markets, Weather, Auctions and Real Estate 180 http://www.illinoisagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=536 http://www.illinoisagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=536 In fall 2012, the Illinois Council on Best Management Practices (CBMP) launched the N-WATCH soil testing program to educate the agricultural industry about residual nitrogen left over from the 2012 drought-stricken corn crop and to provide farmers a tool to inventory and track the residual nitrogen. Fri, 24 May 2013 6:57:27 CST http://www.illinoisagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=537 http://www.illinoisagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=537 A combination of team member food collections, donated dollars and volunteer hours, client cash donations and association matching funds from 1st Farm Credit Services, enabled the organization to donate $125,000 to community food banks within their 42 county service area in northern Illinois. Fri, 24 May 2013 6:57:27 CST http://www.illinoisagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=538 http://www.illinoisagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=538 Grazing methods and pasture management will be two topics covered at the upcoming field day on Kraal Farm, a small subsistence farm used primarily for raising animals (beef, sheep, goats, and chickens) and vegetable crops, said University of Illinois Extension educator Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant. Fri, 24 May 2013 6:57:27 CST http://www.illinoisagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=539 http://www.illinoisagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=539 The Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) is once again asking its members and their families to bring rural life into focus by submitting pictures for the annual member photography contest. Fri, 24 May 2013 6:57:27 CST http://www.illinoisagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=540 http://www.illinoisagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=540 At nearly every visit to a doctor, people are asked whether they have drug allergies. Fri, 24 May 2013 6:57:27 CST