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The first week of climatological winter brought at long last a prolonged taste of winter to Illinois. Average temperatures this week ranged from the low 20s in northern Illinois to the low 30s in southern Illinois, between 8 and 14 degrees below normal. Nighttime low temperatures this week regularly dipped into the teens and single digits, including 8 degrees in Springfield and 9 degrees in Kankakee. Very strong winds added to the cold to push wind chills in the -5 to -10 degree range.…

University of Illinois Extension and the farmdoc Team have scheduled the Farm Assets Conference and Illinois Farm Economics Summits (IFES) starting this coming week. The Farm Assets Conference will be held Friday, December 13 in Champaign and followed by the IFES series in Mt. Vernon (Dec 16), East Peoria (Dec 17), and DeKalb (Dec 18).
You need to attend only one of the four programs to see all of the farmdoc team presentations. The Farm Assets Conferences includes the IFES presentations plus the U of I Extension crop scientists.…

Register for the farmdoc team December Conferences
University of Illinois Extension and the farmdoc Team have scheduled the Farm Assets Conference and Illinois Farm Economics Summits (IFES) for December. The Farm Assets Conference will be held Friday, December 13 in Champaign and followed by the IFES series in Mt. Vernon, East Peoria, and DeKalb the next week.
You need to attend only one of the four programs to see all of the farmdoc team presentations. The Farm Assets Conferences includes the IFES presentations plus the U of I Extension crop scientists.…

Most of this week’s weather was fall-like, with a nice taste of winter. Average temperatures this week ranged from the low 40s in northern Illinois to the low 50s in southern Illinois, between 6 and 8 degrees above normal. November to date has been 5 to 7 degrees above normal, and our fall season to date is among the top 5 warmest statewide. The prolonged mild temperatures made the late week cold a bit more surprising than usual.…