Flamm Orchards

Area teachers learn about agriculture

During the week of June 12, local county Farm Bureaus collaborated with Southern Illinois University, local farmers and agribusinesses to hold the Southern Illinois Summer Agriculture Institute. The program offered participants an up-close look at one of the key driving economic forces for Union...

Union County farmers who attended the conference included, from left, Jeff Flamm from Cobden; Mark Eddleman, president of the Union County Farm Bureau, from Dongola; and Paul Rich, director, Union County Farm Bureau, from Anna. Photo provided.

Illinois Farm Bureau conference held

Members representing local county Farm Bureaus attended the Illinois Farm Bureau’s 2017 Governmental Affairs and Leadership Conference, which was March 1-2 in Springfield. The conference, with a theme of “Together Towards Tomorrow,” offered a variety of speakers and information encouraging farmers...

Fruit growers monitor peach crop

Snow and cold followed quickly on the heels of 75-degree temperatures during the past week in the Union County area. Bitter cold temperatures were in the forecast on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings of this week. The National Weather Service office in Paducah early this week issued a freeze warning...

Flamm Orchards

Area teachers learn about agriculture

Illinois Farm Bureau conference held

Fruit growers monitor peach crop

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