Stu Ellis

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — The University of Illinois Extension held its annual field day on Wednesday for farmers to compare weed control programs. Extension weed specialist Aaron Hager always draws a good crowd of farmers and weed professionals to see his research. And Aaron said he had some new products to test this year, as […]

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Farmers across the Corn Belt were watching numbers coming out from USDA on Tuesday.

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Farmers are going to start getting compensated for how they raise corn that will be used for ethanol. But that could be complex.

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Farms are becoming more automated, but agriculture and agribusiness are expanding to the level that more people are needed on the farm and in agribusiness industries.

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Soybean fields throughout the Corn Belt are currently infested with a small worm called SCN, but that might not be the case for much longer. WCIA’s Stu Ellis said he wa...

URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Many farmers are scouting fields, trying to determine what they might have done differently to boost their crop prospects. Some answers will be offered in two weeks. A few weeks ago, University of Illinois crop physiologist Fred Below invited the public to Crop Physiology Day on August 6. But many farmers […]

URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — The White House’s Office of Management and Budget has admitted to cancelling congressionally approved research grants to institutions such as the University of Illinois. The loss...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — One of the topics Illinois lawmakers debated during the past session was restrictions on crop protectant sprays.

GREENVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — The southern third of Illinois is where the bulk of the state’s wheat is grown, but this year’s yield champion is from Central Illinois. Wendell Good of Tazewell County is getting a reputation for being the state’s best yield producer when it comes to wheat. He met with Stu Ellis last […]

URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — The new science of crop production and solar panels is a truly electric idea, and University of Illinois researchers are finding out there are numerous ways they can be …