Organization | • | Illinois Department of Agriculture | [X] |
| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 June 17 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Agriculture today announced the candidates for three state commodity boards. Producers will vote July 2 to select members of the Illinois Corn Marketing Board, the Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board and the Sheep and Wool Marketing Board. | | | | Date Created: | 06 17 2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 655*13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050310 Original UID: 171248 FIRST WORD: Candidates | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 June 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Agriculture has scheduled treatments next week to parts of five northern Illinois counties to control the population of the destructive gypsy moth. | | | | Date Created: | 06 18 2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 659**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050313 Original UID: 171251 FIRST WORD: Gypsy | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 June 26 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | CrossFit fanatics are invited to put together a team and get ready to compete at the 2013 Illinois State Fair! | | | | Date Created: | 06 26 2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 684**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050477 Original UID: 171418 FIRST WORD: New | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 June 28 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois farmers soon will have a cheap and convenient opportunity to dispose of their empty agrichemical containers.
The Illinois Department of Agriculture has arranged to offer a free pesticide container recycling program this summer. Beginning in late July, sites throughout the state will collect the containers and grind them into small plastic chips that will be used to make shipping pallets, fence posts, drainage tubing, plastic lumber and other useful products. | | | | Date Created: | 06-28-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 705**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050495 Original UID: 171437 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 March 7 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) now is accepting applications for federal specialty crop grants. | | | | Date Created: | 03-07-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 213**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050576 Original UID: 171576 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 March 22 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Acclaimed blues rock musician John Mayer will perform at the 2013 Illinois State Fair. The seven-time Grammy Award winner will take the Grandstand stage Sunday, Aug. 11 as the headline act for a concert that also will feature Phillip Phillips, the reigning American Idol champion. | | | | Date Created: | 03-22-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 288**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050682 Original UID: 171689 FIRST WORD: Award | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 July 5 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois State Fair is quickly approaching and, as always, the fair will kick off with the Twilight Parade on Thursday, August 8th at 6 p.m. Those interested in participating in the 2013 Twilight Parade must act soon; the deadline to enter is July 12th. Parade applications are available on the main page of the state fair website at www.illinoisstatefair.info. | | | | Date Created: | 07-05-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 726**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050805 Original UID: 171836 FIRST WORD: Twilight | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 August 2 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | SPRINGFIELD, Ill. The world famous Budweiser Clydesdales will be on the fairgrounds for the entire duration of the 2013 Illinois State Fair. | | | | Date Created: | 08-02-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 810**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051175 Original UID: 171995 FIRST WORD: World | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 August 2 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois State Fair offers more than 2,000 competitions, is home to hundreds of food vendors and hosts numerous musical and specialty acts. The sheer volume of activities may seem a bit overwhelming to fairgoers, but they shouldn't fear because the Illinois State Fair has created an app to help them. | | | | Date Created: | 08-02-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 811**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051176 Original UID: 171996 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 August 7 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Fifteen-year-old Serena Schafer was shocked when her Californian rabbits were chosen as the Grand Champion Meat Pen of the 2013 Illinois State Fair today. | | | | Date Created: | 08-07-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 822**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051185 Original UID: 172005 FIRST WORD: 2013 | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 August 8 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Mike Kirkton, the new manager of the Illinois State Fair Society Horse Show, is on a mission. The Morton, Ill., native and former Army officer wants to raise the standard on how horse shows here are viewed. | | | | Date Created: | 08-08-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 824**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051188 Original UID: 172009 FIRST WORD: New | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 August 7 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The ever-popular butter cow will be unveiled by sculptor Sharon BuMann on Thursday, Aug. 8 at 3:30 p.m. in the Dairy Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds. | | | | Date Created: | 08-07-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 821**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051189 Original UID: 172010 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 August 8 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The iconic Butter Cow, an Illinois State Fair tradition for more than 90 years, is now under construction, Sculptor Sharon BuMann revealed today. | | | | Date Created: | 08-08 -2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 825**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051190 Original UID: 172011 FIRST WORD: 2013 | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 August 8 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | For the third year in a row a member of the Hummel family in Caberry, Ill., has exhibited the Grand Champion Meat Goat at the Illinois State Fair. | | | | Date Created: | 08-08-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 831**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051194 Original UID: 172015 FIRST WORD: Kankakee | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 August 9 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Indescribable. That is the best word 19-year-old Tyler Gradert of Geneseo could find to express the intense relief and excitement he felt after learning his Crossbred barrow had been chosen as grand champion of the 2013 Illinois State Fair. | | | | Date Created: | 09-09-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 833**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051226 Original UID: 172054 FIRST WORD: Grand | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 August 10 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Nelson England has been showing cattle for as long as he can remember. The Knox County teens experience, which includes ten years of 4-H competition, paid off in a big way Saturday when his Crossbred steer was chosen as grand champion of the 2013 Illinois State Fair. | | | | Date Created: | 08-10-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 834**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051227 Original UID: 172055 FIRST WORD: Long | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 August 11 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Kelley Tierney of Cornland, Ill., took home first prize in the Husband Calling Contest. The victory was her eighth in ten tries, but first since 2009. Kyle Barton of West Des Moines, Ia., won the Hog Calling Contest. He is a three-time champion, having won previously in 2010 and 2011. | | | | Date Created: | 08-11-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 835**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051228 Original UID: 172056 FIRST WORD: Two | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 August 12 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Agriculture has named a McLean County couple its 2013 Sustainable Agriculture Farmers of the Year. Ron and Angie Ackerman of Chenoa, proprietors of Ackerman Certified Organic Farm and More, will receive the award tomorrow during the Agriculture Day Luncheon on the Directors Lawn at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. | | | | Date Created: | 08-12-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 841**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051230 Original UID: 172058 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 August 13 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This was an amazing year for the Governors Sale of Champions, an auction of prize-winning Illinois State Fair junior livestock. Seven records were broken, including two that more than doubled, and an eighth was tied! | | | | Date Created: | 08-13-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 844**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051237 Original UID: 172068 FIRST WORD: Governor's | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 August 14 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Tiana, a 450 lb., golden tabby, Bengal tiger, is not only one of the rarest big cats in the world, but also one of the beautiful tigers starring in the Bengal Tiger Encounter show appearing in Happy Hollow throughout the 2013 Illinois State Fair. | | | | Date Created: | 08-14-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 847**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051240 Original UID: 172072 FIRST WORD: Bengal | |
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