The director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture says the USDA’s currently frozen Resilient Food System Infrastructure (RFSI) grant program may be returning. “In communications with USDA, we are being told that it in fact may be turned back on.” Jerry Costello says reinstatement of the program would mean over $6 million dollars to boost…… Continue Reading

The House Agriculture Committee is set to consider its portion of the budget reconciliation bill, which includes elements of the farm bill, Tuesday evening. Congressman Eric Sorensen (D-IL) says this isn’t how a farm bill is done. “We need to make sure that the farm bill stays the farm bill,” he says. “We can’t afford…… Continue Reading