MBMartha Blum

1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Martha Blum

   Many factors impacting profitability of corn producers (opens the original)

   Excerpt · English

   Read excerpt

   NORMAL, Ill. — Tight margins, rising input costs, shifts in global trading and changing biofuels are all impacting U.S. corn growers. “These four things are not separate stories — they are all connected,” said Krista Swanson, chief economist for the National Corn Growers Association. “The U.S. Department of Agriculture shows the net farm cash income for 2026 is expected to land at the 20-year average,” she said during a presentation at the Generations of Women in Agriculture Across America event

   Feedback

2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Martha Blum

   Many factors impacting profitability of corn producers (opens the original)

   Excerpt · Critical tone · English

   Read excerpt

   NORMAL, Ill. — Tight margins, rising input costs, shifts in global trading and changing biofuels are all impacting U.S. corn growers. “These four things are not separate stories — they are all connected,” said Krista Swanson, chief economist for the National Corn Growers Association. “The U.S. Department of Agriculture shows the net farm cash income for 2026 is expected to land at the 20-year average,” she said during a presentation at the Generations of Women in Agriculture Across A

   Feedback

3. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Martha Blum

   Kinkeeping is one of numerous job responsibilities for farm women (opens the original)

   Excerpt · English

   Read excerpt

   NORMAL, Ill. — Farm women have many responsibilities in their job descriptions, including kinkeeping. “Kinkeeping is that aspect of keeping people connected,” said Rachel Brown, mental health specialist at Farm SOS. “It is the person who remembers birthdays, organizes Thanksgiving and calls to check on the neighbor, family member or friend,” she said during a presentation at the Generations of Women in Agriculture Across America event, a project of Illinois Agri-Women. Kinkeeping is on

   Feedback

4. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Martha Blum

   Picking pumpkins, preparing for harvest at northern Illinois farm (opens the original)

   Excerpt · Neutral tone · English

   Read excerpt

   WATERMAN, Ill. — Along with preparing for soybean and corn harvest, work at Wessels Family Farm includes transitioning from selling summer crops at their farm stand to fall products. “We are down to the nitty-gritty for sweet corn. We’re on our last planting,” said Brandon Wessels, who is married to Kayla and farms together with his parents, Rob and Teri Wessels. “Our sweet corn sales plummet after Labor Day, but we probably have a week or maybe two weeks left for sweet corn,” he sai

   Feedback

5. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Martha Blum

   Picking pumpkins, preparing for harvest at northern Illinois farm (opens the original)

   Excerpt · Neutral tone · English

   Read excerpt

   WATERMAN, Ill. — Along with preparing for soybean and corn harvest, work at Wessels Family Farm includes transitioning from selling summer crops at their farm stand to fall products. “We are down to the nitty-gritty for sweet corn. We’re on our last planting,” said Brandon Wessels, who is married to Kayla and farms together with his parents, Rob and Teri Wessels. “Our sweet corn sales plummet after Labor Day, but we probably have a week or maybe two weeks left for sweet corn,” he sai

   Feedback

Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.

Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.

• Grassland Council16 pieces
• National Resources Conservation Service10 pieces
• Illinois Extension6 pieces
• John Deere6 pieces
• DEKALB COUNTY6 pieces
• United States4 pieces
• Farm Progress Show4 pieces
• Illinois Corn Growers Association4 pieces
• International Harvester2 pieces
• Coldwell Banker Real Estate2 pieces
• National Corn Growers Association2 pieces
• IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY2 pieces