<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Illinois IGNN: Agriculture News</title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/news/</link><description>The Illinois Government News Network (IGNN) section is your online source for news from the State of Illinois. Choose from the IGNN Links on the right to locate press releases in the categories that are of interest to you, or use the search the news feature to locate specific press releases or a different topic of releases. For other media, access the Illinois Information Service (IIS) Radio page for digital radio feeds and news soundbites.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright &#169; 2009 State of Illinois</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><ttl>2</ttl><webMaster>cms.rss@illinois.gov</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:32:01 CST</lastBuildDate><image>  <title>IGNN</title>  <link>http://www.illinois.gov/news/</link>  <url>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/images/IGNN133x45.jpg</url>  <width>133</width>  <height>45</height>   </image><!-- Note: You can get the HTML version by replacing .xml to .htm --><item><title><![CDATA[IDOA Trade Missions Aid Illinois' Livestock Industry - Sales from events the past three months alone total nearly $500,000]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=15&#x26;RecNum=7993</link><description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Trade missions led by the Illinois Department of Agriculture the past three months have produced immediate results, generating almost half a million dollars in business for the state’s livestock industry.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6C250B592DC94D4DE38A79DB4D2B18F2</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oral History of Illinois Agriculture Website Launched - Features 300 hours of audio and video interviews withmore than 130 people]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=15&#x26;RecNum=7986</link><description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD – Anyone with a computer can now see and hear the history of Illinois agriculture told by the people who lived it. Today, during a news conference, the Illinois State Museum launched the Audio-Video Barn website (http://avbarn.museum.state.il.us), featuring 300 hours of interviews with more than 130 people involved with agriculture in Illinois over the past 129 years.  The website is the culmination of a two-year Oral History of Illinois Agriculture project led by the Illinois State Museum and Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4158F6D19559955BAE372BB00F6204E4</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EAB Risk Management Training Offered Throughout The State - Day- long seminar will help municipalities and communities prepare for possible EAB outbreak]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=15&#x26;RecNum=7957</link><description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The public will soon have one more tool to use in the fight against an invasive species that has devastated ash trees in the northern and central part of the state. The Illinois Department of Agriculture and University of Illinois Extension are hosting a series of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Risk Management training seminars for persons looking for more information about this beetle and what they can do to help stop its spread.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">FA636C3D216834A2E0DB24CC157AB5F0</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governor Quinn Celebrates 200th Illinois E85 Station - Encourages Use of Flex-Fuel Vehicles, Creation of Green Jobs]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=15&#x26;RecNum=7951</link><description><![CDATA[SHILOH – October 23, 2009. Governor Pat Quinn today joined with corn growers, business leadersand representatives of the American Lung Association to celebrate the state’s 200th E85 station at the Green Mount Motomart in Shiloh.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">416E5CF0ACB7E553A880B7647903DA6E</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois Awarded Specialty Crop Grants - Funds will expand the availability of fresh, locally-grown produce and strengthen state’s specialty crop industry]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=15&#x26;RecNum=7932</link><description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois has been awarded more than $435,000 through the United States Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program – Farm Bill.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">7FC346397DC202259F27EDC7D2ADEC88</guid></item></channel></rss>