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Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) is a popular and iconic native and a mainstay of my plant palette for the garden. It’s one of the first native plants I began to incorporate into my own gardens ...

With the arrival of warm, wet weather, mosquitoes are becoming more prevalent. Unfortunately, this can turn relaxing evenings outdoors into a constant battle against these buzzing and biting insects.

URBANA, Ill. — After strong storms swept across much of Illinois, many communities are facing damaged property and stressful situations. The hours and days following a major storm are often filled ...

The report uses operating profit margin (OPM)—the share of gross income that remains as profit—as a key measure of financial performance. Farms with an OPM below 10 percent are considered high ...

URBANA, Ill. — This Sunday at 2 a.m. Central Standard Time, daylight saving time will end, with clocks set back one hour. One of the most noticeable effects of “falling back” is that people will find ...

If you take some time to look closely at a plant, chances are you’ll see a variety of different insects. Take sunflowers, for example: many different pollinators can be seen visiting the flowers, from ...

A sad fact of life is that sometimes a tree must be cut down. Some trees are beset by invasive insects or disease, others may be mangled by storms, and some die from environmental stress or old age.