The Illinois Farmers Union will host a free public event, “Getting Back on Track: Fixing the Farm Economy,” at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the Rock Island Downtown Library, 401 19th St., in Rock Island.
History will come alive this weekend at the Bos Brothers Historical Farm as farmers gather to harvest crops and showcase vintage farming equipment at the Old Fashioned Fall Harvest Show.
The annual Ogle County Farm Stroll will take place Sunday, Oct. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., giving participants the opportunity to take a self-guided tour of 10 farms that have agreed to participate this year.
The 65th annual Antique Engine & Tractor Association’s Working Farm Show kicks off on Friday, September 18th and runs through the weekend at the organization's Geneseo showgrounds along IL-92.
Gavin Hooper of Sterling took first place in the Prostock Compact Division at the 155th Annual Whiteside County Fair's Demolition Derby on Saturday, August 22nd.
Four members of the Whiteside County Fair Board of Directors were elected to three-year terms on Saturday, August 22nd, the final day of this year's annual five-day run.
The Whiteside County Farm Bureau Foundation invites the community to their upcoming fundraising event on Sunday, July 19th, which will showcase local and regional foods, the impact of agriculture education, and FFA members across Whiteside County.
The public is invited to attend the Whiteside County 4-H Show, taking place Thursday, July 9, through Saturday, July 11, at the Whiteside County Fairgrounds, 201 W. Winfield St., Morrison.
The early Saturday morning dew still hangs on the grass when vendors begin to arrive at John Dixon Park, in the 500 block of North Galena Avenue, Dixon. While most people in town are still enjoying their first cup of coffee, local merchants are carefully setting up their tables for the day’s sales.
Tracy Kitzman picked up a legless chicken she plans to feed and house for the rest of its life and showed it to local officials during a recent tour of Kitzman’s Farm Sanctuary on North Brinton Avenue in Dixon. The legless bird is one of about 100 farm animals kept at the sanctuary that started in 2015.
