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This year has been very warm across Illinois, to the tune of 3 to 4 degrees above normal. Through the middle of December, 2024 has been the warmest year on record in Chicago, Peoria, and Carbondale, and a top 5 warmest year on record virtually everywhere else across the state. Ironically, it was July – the climatologically warmest month of the year – that had statewide average temperatures farthest below normal. The mid-summer cool down was welcome following a very warm and dry start to the growing season. …

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.…