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URBANA – In 2019, farmers across Illinois launched into the first growing season for industrial hemp with mixed results. Hemp is one of the newest and fastest-growing specialty crops in the Midwest, and the University of Illinois Extension is helping producers keep up by providing cutting-edge research updates straight from the field. By collecting data from more than 180 hemp growers over the past two years, Illinois Extension researchers now have a better understanding of how to produce hemp and are sharing that information directly with growers through the Midwestern Hemp Database . Illinois legalized the growth of industrial hemp, which is used for fiber and food, in 2018. Demand for the new crop outpaced the data. Phillip Alberti , Illinois Extension commercial agriculture educator, recognized that producers did not have basic information about how to grow the newly available crop. The database project is a collaboration between Midwestern researchers and growers. “

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URBANA – Over the years, there has been a growing demand for organic-based fertilizers to use in the garden and landscaping. There are of course ways to manufacture these organic fertilizers, but what if we could use a byproduct of the manufacture of a different product? It is an efficient use of our natural resources and perhaps even creates a sustainable source. “This has given rise to many different types of organic fertilizers appearing on the market that are the “leftovers” of some other type of industry,” says Chris Enroth , University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator. For instance, corn gluten meal is an organic fertilizer that is a byproduct of the corn milling industry. Milorganite is a hybridized trade name of an organic fertilizer. “Mil” means Milwaukee, “orga” shortened from organic, and “nite” for nitrogen. Though I was originally taught “nite” came from the term “night soil”

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Once the deal is final, SLUCare will become an academic physician division within SSM Health-St. Louis, boosting its number of providers to 1,200 in the region.

There was a small EF-1 tornado in Perryville around 5:00 pm Saturday.

The drowning is the third at Table Rock Lake in just the last two weeks.

A concerned family and the Troy Police Department are asking for the public's help to locate a man missing from his Troy Illinois home since Tuesday morning.

Every five years I post about Twain. Not Mark Twain, but the COR-TEN steel sculpture by Richard Serra (1938 – ) It was inaugurated 40 years ago today — May 1, 1982. St. Louis loves to hate this sculpture, bashing it is a group bonding experience. I like it, partly ...

One day after a minor earthquake hits the St. Louis region, a one-of-a-kind emergency training group with O’Fallon police shows why their team is crucial.

Jen struggled to help find support for her sister Amy, who has down syndrome. But then they found L'Arche and the Joyful House.

In the Merry, Merry Month of May I knew you would want to see this photo of me, possibly age 8 or so, wearing my May Day dress. It was our way of welcoming spring to the Earth. We did it by dancing around the flag pole in the school yard, holding onto long ribbons.... 

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The long-awaited "Twain" sculpture by artist Richard Serra was dedicated at the Gateway Mall. The panels of rusted steel soon became much-ridiculed.

Air Quality Forecast Tuesday, May 3rd, is Green.

A new initiative led by the Mound City Bar Foundation is intended to support the development of a strong pipeline of Black law students at St. Louis law schools, aiming to promote equity in the legal profession and retain diverse talent in the region. The foundation’s new Equity Scholars Program will advance diversity in the legal profession and social equity in the community by attracting and supporting high-quality law school students. As identified in the St. Louis Business Journal’s Advance…

On April 26 at the St. Louis Zoo, Beyond Housing sponsored an event hosted by the St. Louis Business Journal called Once and for All: The Role of Business in Moving St. Louis Forward. The event featured a discussion about why investing in the future of the St. Louis region is so important. Panelists included Rich Liekweg from BJC, Orvin Kimbrough from Midwest BankCentre, Todd Schnuck from Schnuck Markets, Valerie Patton of Greater St. Louis, Inc., John Berglund of the StarWood Group, Robert Bobroff…

EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville High's distance runner Ryan Watts recently had a weekend to remember. On a Friday night in a showcase meet at Carmel, Ind., Watts broke the school's 3,200-meter run record previously held by Stephen Pifer since 2003 when he won the race at 8:54.09, then came back on Saturday to win the 1,600 meters at the Winston Brown Invitational meet at home, winning with a time of 4:19.93, with teammate Geo Patrylak coming in second at 4:27.49. Watts is the iCAN Clinic Male Athlete of the Month For Edwardsville High School. Watts was very happy with the outcome of the record on that Friday. "I'm feeling good," Watts said in an interview that followed the 1,600-meter race. "It's been a full day to recover. Now, this meet is nice to get a good mile in." The race Watts competed in had a loaded field, with a pair of state champions running with him and Patrylak. "It was great competition down at Carmel," Watts said. "Two All-Americans, a couple of state championships

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Carman Deck's lawyers have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution, set for next week.

BRIGHTON – The Piasa Southwestern baseball team picked up a 13-3 win over the Pana Panthers to remain undefeated in South Central Conference play and boost their season record to 12-9. Sophomore Marcus Payne started on the mound for the Piasa Birds and pitched the entire six-inning game throwing nine K’s along the way while only walking one. “Pretty much everything was working today,” Payne said postgame. Payne is the Altonized Community Federal Credit Union Male Athlete Of Month for Southwestern High School. His mixture of pitches proved to be troubling for the Panthers as he held them to just three runs. “We we’re really productive at the plate today, we had a couple sac flies,” he added. He produced one of them in the second inning that tied the game back up at 2-2 after going down 2-0 in the first inning. Offensively he went 1-2 with a hit and two RBIs. He mentioned that these conference wins are huge saying that Piasa Southwestern

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