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Flavored Milk Promotes Successful Sale Results at Kwik Trip
Flavored Milk Promotes Successful Sale Results at Kwik Trip

Three flavored milk campaigns helped drive over 800,000 incremental pounds of milk sales at one of America's fastest growing convenience stores.

Saying Adios to Corporate Career, How Mary Pat Sass' Leap of Faith is Now Inspiring Others Through Social Media
Saying Adios to Corporate Career, How Mary Pat Sass' Leap of Faith is Now Inspiring Others Through Social Media

As Mary Pat Sass’ social media shows glimpses of life from the seat of the tractor, it’s not the view she envisioned for her life even a decade ago. But through humor and candor, she's now an inspiration to others.

Derecho Packs Punch of 100 MPH Winds, Flattens Cornfields and Crushes Grain Bins Across the Midwest
Derecho Packs Punch of 100 MPH Winds, Flattens Cornfields and Crushes Grain Bins Across the Midwest

Hurricane-force winds swept from northern Missouri and Iowa all the way east to Illinois and Indiana. The derecho brought wind gusts up to 100 mph, flattening cornfields, but it also drenched soils with crucial rains.

U.S. Farmers' Field of Dreams Is Soaked
U.S. Farmers' Field of Dreams Is Soaked

Just when it looked like the trade-war pain would ease, flooding across the Midwest has done billions of dollars in damage.

University of Illinois Moves Ahead with Feed Technology Center

The new Feed Technology Center at the University of Illinois will replace the 1920s-era feed mill south of campus in Urbana.

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Sons Continue Family Tradition in Dairy Industry

An Illinois dairy farmer is handing the reigns over to his sons after 43 years of service to the industry.

Illinois Dairy Farm Ends Milking Days

A Lake County, Ill., family dairy is calling it quits after more than 140 years of farming.