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$15M of EQIP Funding Available – Deadline Friday

  • February 27, 2025
  • Todd Gleason

The Illinois Corn Growers Association and the Illinois Department of Agriculture received a special allocation of EQIP funding. This allocation was not tied to the Inflation Reduction Act and is not impacted by any freezes, but the catch is farmers need to work with their local NRCS office by FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28th.
The two were able to bring $15M into Illinois to address the Dust Storms and Nutrient Loss Reduction efforts. Ranking for these funds will be elevated if your farm is in either the defined Dust Storm Region or a priority nitrogen or phosphorus watershed.…

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Register for the March 4 All Day Ag Outlook

  • February 21, 2025
  • Todd Gleason


REGISTER TODAY $40/person
Tuesday March 4, 2025
Doors Open at 7:30am central, 8:30am eastern
Coffee and Beef House Cinnamon Rolls
Wrap up by 3:00pm central, 4:00pm eastern
Beef House Restaurant
16501 North State Road 63
Covington, IN 47932
If you have questions contact Todd Gleason.
tgleason@illinois.edu or 217-333-9697

Morning Session
– Grain Market Fundamentals with Joe Janzen, U of Illinois
– South America Production Update with Joana Colussi,…

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Feb 21 | Climate Review and Weather Forecast

  • February 21, 2025
  • Todd Gleason

 
Finally, the coldest week of the year by far has come to an end. Average temperatures this week ranged from the single digits in northwest Illinois to the high 20s in southern Illinois, between 10 and 20 degrees below normal. Nighttime low temperatures regularly dipped into the single digits to well below zero, including -15 in McHenry and -12 in Freeport. Even Carbondale briefly dipped below zero this week. Maybe more impressive was the fact that several places did not get above freezing the entire week.…

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Feb 14 | Climate Review and Weather Forecast

  • February 14, 2025
  • Todd Gleason

Average temperatures this week were a bit closer to normal than in the first week of the month, ranging from the low 20s in northern Illinois to the high 30s in southern Illinois. February to date has been 4 to 10 degrees above normal, following the 35th coldest January on record statewide. Temperatures did flip later in the week, with nighttime lows dipping into the single digits to below zero across the state early Friday morning. …

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Feb 07 | Climate Review and Weather Forecast

  • February 7, 2025
  • Todd Gleason

We got a little break from winter this week, as average temperatures ranged from the low 30s in northern Illinosi to the mid-40s in southern Illinois, between 5 and 12 degrees above average. Monday brought spring-like temperatures across the state, and several places broke the 70-degree mark, including 76 degrees in Jerseyville and 70 in Charleston. In Jerseyville specifically, Monday was the earliest occurrence of a high temperature 75 degrees or higher on record, going back to the 1940s.…

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Jan 24 | Climate Review and Weather Forecast

  • January 24, 2025
  • Todd Gleason

Another very cold week in the books. Average temperatures this week ranged from the low teens in northern Illinois to the mid-20s in southern Illinois, between 5 and 10 degrees below normal. January to date has been 4 to 8 degrees below normal. Some of the more impressive nighttime low temperatures this week included -16 degrees in Stockton and -13 in Galesburg. This week, temperatures in Peoria were below freezing for 127 consecutive hours, or about 75% of the entire week.…

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Jan 17 | Climate Review and Weather Forecast

  • January 17, 2025
  • Todd Gleason

January continued its cold pattern this week. Average temperatures ranged from the mid teens to the high 20s across the state, between 4 and 12 degrees below normal. Some of the more impressive nighttime low temperatures this week included -7 degrees in Aurora and -6 degrees in Champaign. The first half of the month has at least felt quite cold, and has been colder than normal; however, this month so far is only among the top 40 to 50 coldest on record in Illinois.…

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Jan 10 | Climate Review and Weather Forecast

  • January 10, 2025
  • Todd Gleason

The first full week of the year was more winter-like than pretty much anything we had in 2024. Average temperatures this week ranged from the low teens in northern Illinois to the mid-20s in southern Illinois, between 3 and 6 degrees below normal. High temperatures regularly struggled to make it above freezing while low temperatures dipped near to below zero on a few nights. Some of the more impressive nighttime low temperatures included -2 degrees in Champaign and -1 in Lincoln.…

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Jan 05 | Champaign County Winter Storm Forecast

  • January 5, 2025
  • Todd Gleason

A winter storm warning is in effect for Champaign county and surrounding portions of east central Illinois until 12 p.m. Monday. Periods of heavy snow and blustery winds are expected to create dangerous winter weather conditions Sunday afternoon into Monday morning after a quiet morning locally. Snow will begin to over spread the region through midday. The heaviest snow is expected to fall across Champaign county late Sunday afternoon into Sunday night with 4 to 7 inches of accumulation possible by Monday morning.…

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