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'Illinois is on your side': Pritzker acts to aid IL farmers hurt by rising costs, tariffs

'Illinois is on your side': Pritzker acts to aid IL farmers hurt by rising costs, tariffs

  • Updated Oct 29, 2025

Governor JB Pritzker signed a new executive order Wednesday morning at a Taylorville farm, as many Illinois farmers share that rising costs an…

Pritzker signs executive order to boost Illinois agriculture, help farm families
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Pritzker signs executive order to boost Illinois agriculture, help farm families

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Oct 29, 2025

Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order in Taylorville Wednesday to help Illinois farmers through the impacts of President Donald Trump's tariffs and trade policies.

1:52
Local fire department turns to farmers for help

Local fire department turns to farmers for help

  • Updated Sep 9, 2025

After a huge farm field fire in 2024, a local fire protection district is planning ahead for this year's harvest by asking for help from area …

2:48
First responders and local farmers work together to save man inside grain bin

First responders and local farmers work together to save man inside grain bin

  • Updated Sep 3, 2025

An hours-long rescue culminating in a team of 70 people—first responders from around the area and local farmers looking to help—worked to free…

0:53
Pritzker signs bill helping farmers, landowners with nuisance deer control
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Pritzker signs bill helping farmers, landowners with nuisance deer control

  • Mike Miletich
  • Updated Aug 15, 2025

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law Friday to give landowners and farmers more flexibility to hunt deer on their property.

0:53
Pritzker signs bill helping farmers, landowners with nuisance deer control

Pritzker signs bill helping farmers, landowners with nuisance deer control

  • Updated Aug 15, 2025

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law Friday to give landowners and farmers more flexibility to hunt deer on their property.

1:38
Mid-summer crop update: Local farmers watch skies and markets

Mid-summer crop update: Local farmers watch skies and markets

  • Updated Jul 10, 2025

Central Illinois farmers have found themselves cautiously optimistic about the 2025 growing season.

1:38
Mid-summer crop update: Local farmers watch skies and markets
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Mid-summer crop update: Local farmers watch skies and markets

  • Caryn Eisert
  • Updated Jul 10, 2025

As fields stretch tall and green across the region, central Illinois farmers have found themselves cautiously optimistic about the 2025 growing season.

0:47
IL EATS program ends, cuts access to local produce and meats
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IL EATS program ends, cuts access to local produce and meats

  • Carlee Bronkema
  • Updated Jul 3, 2025

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - For more than a year, the Illinois Equitable Access Towards Sustainable Systems (IL EATS) connected local farmers with …

1:51
Farmers share concerns over federal funding cuts
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Farmers share concerns over federal funding cuts

  • Carlee Bronkema
  • Updated Mar 19, 2025

URBANA, Ill. (WAND)- Farmers and non-profit organizers met with Governor J.B. Pritzker, Representative Nikki Budzinski, and Jerry Costello II,…

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