Month: July 2025

Long-time Farm Progress economics editor makes significant commitment to the James F. Evans Global Center for Food and Agricultural Communications at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign For more than three decades, John Otte played a pivotal role in providing economic analysis and guidance to readers of Prairie Farmer magazine and other Farm Progress publications across the Midwest. […]

Barb and Keith Anderson, proud Illini and lifelong champions of agricultural communications, now call South Carolina home — where they parade their Illini golf cart each year in a celebration of college colors (pictured above). In their own words below, they reflect on the deep, personal impact of Dr. Jim Evans — the mentor who brought […]