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Infrastructure & Incentives Update (Oct. 30, 2026)
This Infrastructure & Incentives Update from Business Facilities for site selection decision-makers features news from Illinois, North Dakota, Utah, and Virginia. In mid-October, Ameren Illinois announced that its Solar Energy Center in northwest Peoria has been energized. Located on a 37-acre site, the nearly 5,000 panel array serves 2.5-megawatts of clean power onto the utility’s electric distribution system.
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Visiting Shields Auto Center in Rantoul
CI Living Host Kayla Campbell meets with Shields Auto Center General Manager, Rick Shields, and Sales Manager, Craig Fanning, to learn more about the dealership.This CI Living segment is sponsored by Shields Auto Center.
fordcountychronicle.com
County-owned farm slated to be leased for 2 years
PAXTON — The Ford County Board is seeking bids from prospective tenant farmers for the cash-rent leasing of a county-owned farm southeast of Paxton for the next two years. The board voted unanimously during a special meeting on Monday, Oct. 26, to approve the terms of the lease agreement for the farm — the Hatfield/Bowen Farm, also known as Farm 3, in Button Township — while opting for a two-year lease term instead of other term lengths considered ranging from one to five years.
AgWeb
Make Every Pound of Fertilizer Work Harder
High fertilizer costs are forcing farmers to look harder at every pound of phosphorus and potassium they plan to apply this fall. On the Precision Technology Institute (PTI) Farm near Pontiac, Ill., Jason Webster and team are testing whether changing fertilizer placement — and cutting application rates — can help preserve profits without sacrificing too much yield.
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25newsnow.com
Local coffee shop owner unfazed by competition as new chains move into area
PEORIA (25News Now) - National coffee chains 7 Brew and Dutch Bros are expanding into central Illinois, raising questions about how locally owned coffee shops are holding up against the new competition. James Cross, owner of Leaves ‘n Beans Coffee, said business has not taken a hit since the chains...
springfieldherald.news
Longtime Morrow Plots steward leaves lasting legacy
URBANA, IL — In the 150 years since the establishment of the Morrow Plots at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, many forward-thinking people have had a hand in their upkeep and management. But in that long line of leaders — from founder Manly Miles to current director Andrew Margenot — it’s recently deceased Robert Dunker whose love and dedication towards the plots may surpass the rest.
grainjournal.com
Crickets Offer Potential Solution for Mycotoxin-Contaminated Corn
Photo credit: U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) researchers in Peoria, Illinois, and Stoneville, Mississippi, are exploring a way to recover value from mycotoxin-contaminated corn by using crickets to convert the grain into a high-protein feed ingredient. Corn is a staple of livestock feed across...
WCIA
$1M U of I project on water quality, farm economy takes a local approach to a bigger issue
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — A research project at the U of I aiming to prevent algal blooms in the Gulf of Mexico while boosting farm economies has received nearly $1 million from the EPA. The Illinois Water Recycling for Gulf Nutrient Reduction Project is taking a local approach to the issue, before taking their data […]
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City manager says Normal is watching statewide data center talks, shared sales tax negotiation
The Town of Normal is still mulling over public testimony in the Twin Cities and McLean County from Bloomington's planning commission hearing on data centers earlier this month. At the Oct. 17 meeting, citizens overwhelmingly spoke out against the prospect of a data center. “Well, all of the citizen comments...
WCIA
$1M U of I project on water quality, farm economy takes a local approach to a bigger issue
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — A research project at the U of I aiming to prevent algal blooms in the Gulf of Mexico while boosting farm economies has received nearly $1 million from the EPA. The Illinois Water Recycling for Gulf Nutrient Reduction Project is taking a local approach to...
agfundernews.com
iPROOF facility aims to bridge biotech’s valley of death
US corn wet miller and biomanufacturing expert Primient is preparing to open a precision fermentation scale-up facility in Decatur, Illinois, next May, enabling startups and established companies to validate their tech and economics before moving to commercial-scale manufacturing. The iPROOF site (Illinois Pilot Research and Operations Optimization Facility), will feature...