Illinois waterways move over 70M tons of goods each year — including corn. 🚢🌽 Learn why aging locks & dams need urgent modernization.
Explore the most-read Illinois corn stories of 2025, from policy and markets to innovation and farmer impact, plus weekly updates and member stories.
Meet IL Corn Growers Association President, Mark Bunselmeyer of Decatur, IL. Mark farms in Macon County, where he grows corn and soybeans.
This season, we pulled together a few fun reminders of how corn connects farm life to Christmas traditions — both on and off the farm.
Illinois farmers and farm families were well represented in the 2025 Fields of Corn Photo Contest, hosted by the National Corn Growers Association.
Dave Loos, IL Corn’s Director of Biofuels and Research, was recently honored with a plaque at the Hormel Institute recognizing his many years of dedicated research, leadership, and collaboration
Imagine receiving a government payment for a crop you no longer grow, while planting a different crop with stronger market prices... that is happening now
New export data from USDA and the U.S. Grains Council shows continued global demand for U.S. grains.
Illinois corn farmers share conservation and ethanol practices in Japan, strengthening trust and long-term trade with a key U.S. corn market.
Bluegrass meets agriculture as Grass Time Band’s Robbie Morris shares his farm roots, music, and new song “Cotton, Corn and Hay” on Illinois Corn TV.