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Subscribe to more newsletters | Puzzles & Games | Daily horoscope | Ask Amy Brian Duncan transfers corn into a red grain cart on Sept. 27, 2024, in Polo, Illinois. Family farming dates back to the 1900s for the Duncan family.
(Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune) Since the last farm bill was enacted in 2018, international wars and a pandemic have disrupted supply chains, inflation has skyrocketed and worsening climate change has put a renewed emphasis on conservation practices. Farmers feel left behind and forgotten. Read more here.
More top news stories: Service on 4 Metra lines disrupted during Monday morning rush Man in car shot by someone in another car; both vehicles later crash: CPD Pumper Mitch Bauman works to load chocolate into a truck at Ferrero’s Bloomington factory in May before it is transported to another facility. (Clay Jackson/The Pantagraph) Candy giant Ferrero opened a $214 million Kinder Bueno production facility in downstate Bloomington on Monday, the company said. .